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“Water is unmistakably the -

Training should be a stretch

By Lori Marccux

’ Contributing Writer

THE three things that
people should do more
of when taking part in
an event such as the
Lions Gate Hospital
911 Relay are: drink-
ing water, warming up
and cooling down. |

. “Many common injuries
could be avoided if enough

- attention were given to

these areas, and if nursing
~an injury, paying attention
to. these areas becomes even

most important nutrient for

our bodies to function effec

tively,
; This nutrient assists in
the transportation of all the

_ other nutrients necessary for °

he

shop on Pender; near + Homer, at the’ cere
same time Earl had'the ski school going

full blast on Seymour.

RO

t the insistence.of an enquiring .
porter, he listed'sume of the numbers;
- 1948 to 1986...

from his time up the

dugh two.mi

fe had’as many as.6() buses in the park-

ing lot for.ski school weekends. At our:
Pisin we had the third largest ski’ rental’

-/-business in North America — 5,000 =~

i Pairs 0 ‘of skis, 3,000’ pairs of. bodts.- po.
oe" Until they put the toad i into Cypr

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our brain, nervots system

and motor functions to per-

form and repair, Aim for
eight glasses of water a day,
As your activity increases, $0
must your consumption of
water,

An adequate warm-up
will stimulate all the liga-
ments and muscles in the
body. The warmup will also
increase the temperature of
the synovi ial fluid surround-
ing the joints.

In your warm-up include
the following movements:
arm circles, shoulder shrugs,

"stretching the neck to eac
side, stretching the obliques

with your‘arms stretched up

high, stretching the obliques -”

Lwith-your arms stretched
across and out front, lunges,
hurtle stretches for the
hamstrings, standing, and

, grabbing your ankle behind

your rear to stretch cach:

the

‘06 Honda cRX, ne spe looks

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quadracep,

An adequate cool-down
will lower body temperature
slowly, This is important, to
avold going into shock
because ofa sudden change
in body temperature, Aside
from slowing your pace and
walking at the end of your
exercise do the same move-

ments that you did in your

warm-up.

Injuries occur most often
from over use, doing too
much too soon or doing the
same activity too often,
When you are training for -
the 911 Relay you are caus-
ing wear and tear on your
muscles. They need time to
repair and become stronger
during the rest period. fF
you tire overly fatigued dur-.
ing your days off, experience
restless sleep | of loss of
appetite this is an indication

. of-overexertion, ;

: tear y skiers relive the heady days.

2 park in,B.C, We catered to the blue col-
‘. ‘laiend of the business: We charged by
the carload and gave good rates.”
: Talk about being busy as a one-
- armed paper hanger. How about a one-
- .,armed ski school operator? Originally
“from Revelstoke, Pletsch started his’
working Aife with the CPR. ‘He was mak-
ing up.atrain in Golden when he. -
slipped under,a car and lost his right :
‘arm. But he kept competing, both... -
~jumping and downhill, until he: ‘Bot into,
iusiness end at Seymour:
If ski school isn’t as big as it used, to
‘be, blame the winters..When he started
Out in the business, the, North Shore.

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| Sept. 21 call the Relay, Hotline
, At 984-3782, © "

_ Slopes were skiable from’ mid-November;
in a good year from Hallowe'en, Even at. >. *
sea level, he says, you could figure oti'six ” JJ | ;
weeks of s snow over the winter; on skiing
down the mountain and all the way". -
home on city streets.

No longer, he claims. No skiable 4
snow below 3,000 feet. Not that it con-
‘cerns him anymore. When he was diag-

- nosed with cancer in 1986, his doctor wok
- told him to sell the business and try to.
enjoy what little time he had left. :

- Eleven years and several operations ;
-later, he’s still enjoying himself. A’mere ©
‘79, he'll be’ there for the reunion. “Just:

a whippersnapper,” sniffs Tyrell. a

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Muscular imbalance and
poor exercise technique also
cad to injury. Strength
training on a regular basis
will help correct muscular
imbalance, In the meantime,
proper exercise technique
will compensate for muscu.
lar imbalance. Whether you
are walking, jogging, or
running posture is a key fac-
tor, Keep your abdomen
tight, shoulders relaxed and
back, chin up and stand tall
(like a “puppet on a
string”

Lori Marcous: is a certi-
fied weight training and’
Bonerfit instructor, and is the
events cuvrdinator. and direc-
tor of public relations for |.
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