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52 Cardiorespiratory Conditioning
Chapter 4Running for FitnessRunning is a fundamental part of your physicaltraining program and provides an excellent aerobic workout. Moreover, it is not expensive;most of the cost of running involves buying a pair of “good” running shoes. If you trainintelligently and have the right gear, you can continue to enjoy the fitness and general senseof well-being that accompanies running while avoiding running injuries. In this chapter,basic information is provided for maintaining a sound, middle distance running (20 to 40miles/week) program; this is adequate for running 10K and half marathon races. Some ofyou may consider running a marathon in the future; at such a time you may want to gettraining tips from experienced marathoners, trainers at a running club or runningmagazines.The Navy SEAL Physical Fitness Guide 53
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The Navy SEAL PhysicalFitness Guide
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About the AuthorsCAPT Frank K. Butl
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Warfare (SEAL) personnel, U.S. Mari
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An Introduction byRADM Raymond C. S
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Chapter 2 SEAL Mission-Related Phys
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Underwater Training 86Varying Your
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Elements of a Load-Bearing Conditio
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Summary of Ergogenic Agents 244Prot
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Table 3-13. Workload Conversion She
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Table 15-2. Alternate Activities fo
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Figure 7-4. Recommended Exercise Se
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Page 32 and 33: Type I Muscle FibersType I muscle f
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Page 54 and 55: SummaryThe most important types of
Page 56 and 57: Basics Concepts ofCardiorespiratory
Page 58 and 59: Anaerobic PowerHow much strenuous w
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Page 78 and 79: Running GearRunning ShoesA good pai
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Page 86 and 87: Table 4-2. Running Surfaces: From B
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Page 94 and 95: Table 4-5. Frequency of Running Inj
Page 96 and 97: Open Water GearIn the pure sense th
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Page 114 and 115: Figure 5-7. Side and Front Views of
Page 116 and 117: " One Arm Freestyle: May be done wi
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Page 122 and 123: Determining Repetition MaximumsThe
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Table 6-6. Strength Development Pha
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Table 6-8. Week 1: Circuit Training
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Cooling Down andStretchingUpon the
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108 Strength Training
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alanced physical conditioning progr
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The quadriceps muscle is quickly st
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above, when a muscle is slowly stre
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physical activity whether it be str
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Figure 7-4. Recommended Exercise Se
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Table 7-1. Dynamic Stretch Exercise
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Table 7-1. Dynamic Stretch Exercise
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Table 7-2. Static Stretch Exercises
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" Sudy, Mitchell (Ed.). Personal Tr
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Increasing the number of repetition
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A unit's PT schedule should beflexi
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" Incorporate a total body flexibil
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neck into flexion. The fingertips o
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For a 30-minute workout, choose 1 t
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Table 8-2. Recommended Calisthenics
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endurance. Depending on the fitness
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156 CalisthenicsTable 8-4. Buddy Ex
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Resources" Gain W., Hartmann J. Str
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Plyometric training is very intense
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Recommended shoes are those that pr
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stress on the muscles, joints, and
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Plyometric TrainingPlyometric train
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Table 9-3. Plyometric ExercisesExer
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Table 9-3. Plyometric ExercisesExer
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Table 9-4. Upper Body PlyometricsEx
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174 Plyometrics
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" Physiological and environmental f
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Figure 10-1. Workload and Energy Ex
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Lack of sleep can compromise your m
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" One hump at least every other wee
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184 Load-Bearing
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Training in HotEnvironmentsExercisi
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" Dehydration." Salt depletion." Il
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" Optimize acclimation by a careful
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HypothermiaA lowering of body core
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Training at AltitudeAn athlete’s
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Acclimation to AltitudeProlonged ex
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transient and reversible.Although m
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Treatments for Training-Related Inj
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Table 12-1. Tips for Applying Ice:
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" Increased blood pressure." Decrea
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Return to Mission-Related TasksUlti
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Sprains and StrainsLigaments attach
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" A change in shoe wear (worn out s
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Table 12-5. Musculoskeletal Injurie
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Running and HikingRunning and hikin
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over a period of several days. A da
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218 Training and Sports Related Inj
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220 Training and Sports Related Inj
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use of AAS for improved competitive
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How Anabolic Steroids AlterMetaboli
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permanent impairment, and some arep
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Table 13-3. Physiologic Effects of
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Exercise itself induces these same
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effects of rEPO are actually simila
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234 Harmful Substances that Affect
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Training for SkiingA high skill lev
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to avoid a recurrence of previous i
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Table 14-3. A PT Program for High M
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Table 14-4. Nutritional Ergogenic A
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Table 14-4. Nutritional Ergogenic A
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Supplements are a quick and conveni
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Strength and flexibility are closel
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Table 15-3. Basic Physical Training
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Table 15-4. Total Body Physical Tra
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A Physical Fitness Programfor Comin
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Table 15-7. Re-Entry Physical Train
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Table 15-9. Selected Stretching Exe
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Final Comments From:RADM SmithThis
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Many of the exercises in the RADM S
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264 Physical Fitness and Training R
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Exercise Instruction Diagram3/4 Squ
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Exercise Instruction DiagramBackCur
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Exercise Instruction DiagramShoulde
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Exercise Instruction DiagramBarbell
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Exercise Instruction DiagramWrist C
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CommonTerms forMuscle GroupsHip Ext
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Figure B-2. Selected Muscles of the
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Figure B-4. Selected Muscles of the
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massage feet, apply foot power, cha
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