[at-l] Snow-Fitness

[jbryankramer@xxxxxxx (J Bryan Kramer)]

Stretching may fall into disrepute, a guy named Pope did a study of the
Aussie Army's recruits. It had some of them stretch and others not stretch.
The study found no statistical difference between the two groups.

http://www.alexanderschool.edu.au/articles/sportstretch.html

I pointed this out to a LMT that I work with and he just rejected it without
even bothering to read the report. So considering that attitude it may take
awhile for the truth to be known, whether this report is right or not.

Bryan

> The one interesting comment he made was that most backpackers
> really hike incorrectly.  They usually try to get too many
> miles in for a day and they don't warm up properly.
> Backpackers should spend some time stretching all of there
> leg muscle groups.  He spends 5 minute stretching when he
> runs and he spends the same amount of time when he
> backpacks.  One should also do the stretching routine when
> one gets up from a break (all five minutes).  Each morning
> before he puts on a pack he also goes for a roughly 5 minute
> walk without the pack.  He is also a big believer in Tai Chi
> and he does a 18 step Tai Chi (roughly 15 minutes) before he
> hits the bed.  The routines gently stretch the tendons and
> ligaments and he finds that his muscles are not as sore in
> the morning.  He also sleeps better.  I can attest to the
> sleeping better as I also do about 15 minutes of Tai Chi
> every night.
>