Here's a thread for the ladies to discuss anything that relates to women and swimming. For example, feel free to discuss how disgustingly ugly fastskins are, how the "curse" can kill a meet, how suits don't fit, how swimming wrecks your hair, how hormones unhinge you, etc.
Some interesting research out of Stanford about saunas and sports performance. One of the body's biggest physiological adaptations to exercise, particularly endurance exercise in the heat, is getting better at dealing with the considerable heat generated internally by muscle contractions.
We have a great triathlete on our swimming team, and he can last forever in the steam bath and sauna. I quipped once that this was probably a great form of "training" that was giving him an advantage over this tri competitors. He later found the Stanford references, which I might be able to track down if there is any interest...
To sum up: Ahelee, you might feel lazy sitting around in the sauna. But you might actually be getting in shape in a new way! Not all gains come at the expense of pains!
So this is an endorsement of bikram yoga then? :)
Some interesting research out of Stanford about saunas and sports performance. One of the body's biggest physiological adaptations to exercise, particularly endurance exercise in the heat, is getting better at dealing with the considerable heat generated internally by muscle contractions.
We have a great triathlete on our swimming team, and he can last forever in the steam bath and sauna. I quipped once that this was probably a great form of "training" that was giving him an advantage over this tri competitors. He later found the Stanford references, which I might be able to track down if there is any interest...
To sum up: Ahelee, you might feel lazy sitting around in the sauna. But you might actually be getting in shape in a new way! Not all gains come at the expense of pains!
So this is an endorsement of bikram yoga then? :)
