Sunday, January 4, 2009

Cardio Training and Eagles game prediction

Hey. Its been a while since my last post, but ive been busy enjoying myself over this break by not touching anything slightly related to school. Break has been nice and long, and I hope everyone else enjoyed it as much as myself. Since im back, i would like to send a formal welcome to Chelsey, who makes a great addition to this blog! I cant wait to hear more from her. 

Ok. now to my topic. This break i have been doing a little running here and there and i have discovered a few things about it. So i thought i would share. So i used to run all the time. Like the classic two or three mile jog around my neighborhood. This wasn't very time consuming, i just happened to think that i wasn't getting enough out of my workout. So i looked into it, and talked about it. I came up with a simple solution that makes sense. When jogging or running at a constant speed throughout the two mile run, you are not working your cells to exhaustion. In order to do this, you must be running at top speed and be winded at the end of your run. not many people can sprint for two miles. So the solution to this would be running sets of sprints at a distance you are comfortable with. After each sprint you should be winded and tired. This leaves your cells with no oxygen, however when the mitochondria produces oxygen after the workout but it will always produce more, making the cells stronger. And thats how cardio training works. So if you run at constant speed, and don;t use all your cell's oxygen the mitochondria will produce less. However, if you run your cells to exhaustion the mitochondria produces more oxygen. So yes, i recommend running sprints if one would want to get in shape. However, a nice jog here and there is also enjoyable. 

Also. The Terrapins have won the huminatarian bowl. Yes! 

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And. The eagles made the playoffs, miraculously. Today they play their first game in their trek towards the superbowl against the Vikings. The Vikings are a run oriented team with their amazing back Adrian Peterson. They run the ball most of their plays because Tavaris Jackson, their QB is uhhh mediocre on a good day. The Eagles run a complicated defense with many blitz schemes. They bring pressure from all angles. That means if Peterson breaks the first line of defense, he will most likely break a twenty yard run. What the Eagles have to do if control the gaps at the line of scrimmage. They can not allow the vikings offensive line man to open holes for adrian peterson to run through. The Eagles line backing core will be key. The middle line backer, Stewart Bradley, will have to keep Peterson out of the middle and force him to run laterally around Trent Cole and Chris Clemmens, the Eagles quick outside lineman. This will force Peterson to try to stretch the game to the sideline, where the Eagles can use the sideline as another defender and force Peterson out of bounds. The Eagles have to stop the run. My prediction, Eagles win (surprised?) by a touchdown. 

2 comments:

  1. thanks for the welcome! and nicely done on your running research lol

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