Thu, Aug-29-02, 06:19
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Senior Member
Posts: 698
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Plan: atkins
Stats: 179.6/179.6/144
BF:
Progress: 0%
Location: Nova Scotia
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Hi
Starting in may each year I race competively on a 29 foot sailboat. Now for those who do not race a little explaination. My job is sailtrim of the jib (side sail), this requires alot of upper body strenght (shoulders and arms) and a good deal of stomach, back and leg strength, you also have to be very agile. I also fly the spinacker ( coloured sail that flies out front of the boat), this requires a keen sense of concentration and and alot of balance, in other words, it's kind of like, wieght training while your dancing. If I'm doing both jobs, it means I'm working out almost the entire race. Races last 45 min's to and hour and we do up to three races a day. Regatta's last anywhere from 2 to 4 days.
I love summer!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So for the summer I'm in relatively good shape. But then the fall and winter come. Oh no, what does my body do with that muscle, Simply put fat, fat, fat. Help !!!! Sailing ends in October and my birthday is in March, yes that's before sailing starts.
Yours Truely Jo-Ann
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