Re[4]: [at-l] Snow-Fitness

[Charles Copeland" <charles@xxxxxxxxxx (Charles Copeland)]

I think that people start throwing around "pointless" when the trail goes
up-down-up-down... on a very artifical path when it could just as easily
have been built to follow a contour.  I've never thought of it as a serious
complaint though - just somebody poking fun at the trail.

As for stretching, my sprint coach at Auburn made us jog a lap or two
*before* we stretched - and the only reason we stretched was to improve our
flexibility.  The more flexible we were, the less injury-prone we were.  We
also believed that stretching gave our muscles more room to grow but that
just was our theory.  We also stretched because it felt really good!

Charles

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob C." <ellen@clinic.net>
To: <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 9:01 AM
Subject: Re[4]: [at-l] Snow-Fitness


> >"...I always shake my head when I see someone say this.  If it's
pointless, why
> >are you out there?" points out Sly.
>
> And I agree completely. I've never actually seen a pointless up and down
(though
> Moody Mountain in Maine comes close).
>
>  I used the expression as a short hand way of explaining why I don't
stretch. I
>  figure scrambling over boulders, blowdowns and up and down hills provides
all
>  the stretching needed, especially after the "experts" began arguing that
one
>  should warm up the joints and muscles before stretching.
>
>  Weary
>
>
>
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