Dara just one the national title in the 100M Freestyle in 54.4 at the ripe old age of 40. Simply Incredible. :applaud: :woot:
If that's not inspiring I don't know what is.
The article hardly demystified Dara. It raises doubt, a natural thing to do, but it provides no answers.
I agree the title is misleading. It is a fairly short article so I would not expect too much, but what I liked is that there was at least an ATTEMPT at some research; so many articles out there are just simple opinion pieces.
Did anyone click on the meridian stretching links? Last spring I bought a DVD demonstrating some of the exercises and was not that impressed but I am not sure I have given it a fair shot.
I admit to being turned off by two aspects: one is the weirdness of Bob Cooley and his claims for some of the stretches (improving personality and the like). The other is the fact that it seems to get the most benefit, you need to do it with a partner, which can be impractical (to be sure, there are a number of stretches that can be done solo).
My wife laughed so hard at some of Cooley's claims that I doubt I could ever get her to partner up with me on the stretches (at least, not without much snide commentary!).
But I have heard some good things about the method (the physical aspects anyway) from some people I know and respect. Anyone else have any experience with it? (Those of you who are anti-stretching can save your breath. :) )
The article hardly demystified Dara. It raises doubt, a natural thing to do, but it provides no answers.
I agree the title is misleading. It is a fairly short article so I would not expect too much, but what I liked is that there was at least an ATTEMPT at some research; so many articles out there are just simple opinion pieces.
Did anyone click on the meridian stretching links? Last spring I bought a DVD demonstrating some of the exercises and was not that impressed but I am not sure I have given it a fair shot.
I admit to being turned off by two aspects: one is the weirdness of Bob Cooley and his claims for some of the stretches (improving personality and the like). The other is the fact that it seems to get the most benefit, you need to do it with a partner, which can be impractical (to be sure, there are a number of stretches that can be done solo).
My wife laughed so hard at some of Cooley's claims that I doubt I could ever get her to partner up with me on the stretches (at least, not without much snide commentary!).
But I have heard some good things about the method (the physical aspects anyway) from some people I know and respect. Anyone else have any experience with it? (Those of you who are anti-stretching can save your breath. :) )
