18 Tricks to Teach Your Body

[jimbob200521]

great article, thanks

 

[SWScorch]

Originally posted by: crazySOB297
Anyone try the one for curing the stitch in the side?

I constantly have that problem and if that's true :-D

my coaches always told us that in high school track... it did seem to work. I haven't had a side stitch in ages though so I can't try it now

 

[monk3y]

I can't get #16 to work

 

[Baked]

WTF's a side stitch?

 

[eelw]

Cool. Need to try 1 and 5 at the next opportunity.

 

[middlehead]

Now that I think about it, I've done #12 for years without realizing it. One thing I tend to do when I'm nervous is make a loose fist with one hand and breathe into it

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

17. Breathe underwater!

If you're dying to retrieve that quarter from the bottom of the pool, take several short breaths first?essentially, hyperventilate. When you're underwater, it's not a lack of oxygen that makes you desperate for a breath; it's the buildup of carbon dioxide, which makes your blood acidic, which signals your brain that somethin' ain't right. "When you hyperventilate, the influx of oxygen lowers blood acidity," says Jonathan Armbruster, Ph.D., an associate professor of biology at Auburn University. "This tricks your brain into thinking it has more oxygen." It'll buy you up to 10 seconds.

Um, be careful trying this. Some people have been known to black-out when holding their breath after hyperventilating.

http://divermag.com/archives/march97/divedoctor_march97.html

 

[SWScorch]

Originally posted by: Baked
WTF's a side stitch?

when you're running and get a sharp cramp in your sides, beneath your ribs.

 

[xSkyDrAx]

I did #17 last time I went swimming by pure chance during a breath holding contest. After starting to do that I found that I didn't have the urge to breathe as much.

 

[SithSolo1]

18. Read minds!

Your own! "If you're giving a speech the next day, review it before falling asleep," says Candi Heimgartner, an instructor of biological sciences at the University of Idaho. Since most memory consolidation happens during sleep, anything you read right before bed is more likely to be encoded as long-term memory.

Why cramming the night before has yet to fail me.

 

[Xyclone]

#16 isn't working for me.

 

[monk3y]

Originally posted by: Xyclone
#16 isn't working for me.

Same here

 

[sswingle]

Of course the site doesn't render right in firefox, its MSN.com

 

[VTBigBear]

kool

 

[RaistlinZ]

16. Impress your friends!

Next time you're at a party, try this trick: Have a person hold one arm straight out to the side, palm down, and instruct him to maintain this position. Then place two fingers on his wrist and push down. He'll resist. Now have him put one foot on a surface that's a half inch higher (a few magazines) and repeat. This time his arm will cave like the French. By misaligning his hips, you've offset his spine, says Rachel Cosgrove, C.S.C.S., co-owner of Results Fitness, in Santa Clarita, California. Your brain senses that the spine is vulnerable, so it shuts down the body's ability to resist.