Re: RC: Re: Re: Re: Conditioning Tips/Schedules for The Full Time Worker

["Truman Prevatt, PhD" <truman.prevatt@netsrq.com>]

Well I guess we there is a semantics problem here. And by the way how many wind
sprints did you brother have to do in high school, college and the pros?

According to the very good series of articles by Nancy Loving in TB, it takes a
couple years - maybe two maybe three - depending on a lot of things for
tendons, ligaments and bones. Pretty hard to get that in a ring.  It's also
pretty hard to get that with progressive speed to condition these things  if
you got a turn every 60 feet.

Truman

Susan Garlinghouse wrote:

> > Well you clearly didn't read the whole post which goes to say "Arena work
> is
> > very good for a lot of things, but I would be suspect that basic
> conditions is
> > not one. "
> > make it. It's sort of like Michael Johnson spending all his time in the
> weight
> > room and on the ballet floor to train for the Olympics. Won't work.
> >
>
> I'm quite literate, but thanks for asking.  My interpretation of 'basic
> condition' goes beyond simply cardiovascular, which is a piece of cake to
> attain compared to bone, tendon and ligament.  Done correctly, good arena
> work, and access to a a very short stretch of hard ground can and will
> condition a horse *physically* (though not mentally or experience-wise) for
> a completion-speed 50.  Seen it done, done it myself.
>
> And since my brother is an ex-NBA center, I'm pretty familiar with what it
> takes to make one of those as well.
>
> Susan G
>
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