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- From: toad@cellar.org (Tony Shepps)
- Newsgroups: rec.skate
- Subject: Re: Rollerblade miles = ? Running miles
- Message-ID: <o5mPwB4w164w@cellar.org>
- Date: 1 Jan 93 18:13:11 GMT
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- pae@teal.csn.org (Phil Earnhardt) writes:
- > In article <5qRmwB3w164w@cellar.org> toad@cellar.org (Tony Shepps) writes:
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- >>But the question changes... maybe the real answer is that the *type* of
- >>workout you get with cheaper bearings is different. The cheap bearings give
- >>you more resistance. Maybe the workout is just more anaerobic.
-
- > I think you're missing the point. If you have better bearings, go faster! The
- > air resistance will quickly become the dominant force that you're working
- > against. If you're skating with other people, then you may have a problem.
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- Oh, I get it! That's the whole difference, then. Almost all of my skating is
- with other people: 70% of it is hockey practice and 10% of it is actual
- hockey. The workout you get from hockey is quite different, probably because
- so much of it is spent in acceleration. And that's where the better bearings
- really do cut down on the workout -- before wind resistance has had a chance
- to get to you.
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- Tony Shepps toad@cellar.org
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