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![download *Treadmill - What Gradient?*](../images/download.gif)
A 1% gradient on a treadmill most closely simulates outdoor running.
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Search terms: treadmill running,treadmill tips,running on treadmill,treadmill gradients
![download *Low Iron & Anaerobic Training*](../images/download.gif)
Low iron affects anaerobic as well as aerobic performance, because iron is a component of a lactic acid reducing enzyme in the muscles.
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Search terms: lactic acid,iron,serum ferritin,anaerobic training,lactate
![download *Boot Buckles Can Lose a Ski Race*](../images/download.gif)
Exposed buckles on a downhill skier’s boots can slow race times by .3 seconds in a one-minute descent.
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Search terms: downhill skiing,skiing equipment,
![download *Horsepower You can Generate*](../images/download.gif)
A simple test using stairs that will help you estimate the amount of horsepower your students can generate.
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[Search terms: horsepower calculations for humans,calculate your horsepower
![download *Which Stroke Uses the Most Energy?*](../images/download.gif)
The breaststroke, not the butterfly, uses the most calories of all the swimming strokes.
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![download *You Sweat More After Exercise*](../images/download.gif)
Why people often sweat immediately more after exercise than during.
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[Search terms: sweating,science of sweat]
![download *How Karate Experts Break Boards*](../images/download.gif)
Humans can generate six times the force needed to break a board with their hand, but training is vital to ensure this force is directed correctly.
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![download *Field Events on Other Planets*](../images/download.gif)
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[Search terms: physical education and physics activity,gravity and field events]
![download *Group Exercise & Pain Threshold*](../images/download.gif)
Your pain threshold can be twice as high when exercising in a group versus exercising solo.
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[Search terms: exercise motivation, exercise adherence, exercise and discomfort]
![download *Ian Thorpe - Bow Wave Rider*](../images/download.gif)
A study on swimmer Ian Thorpe found that he swims so fast he generates and rides his own bow waves.
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![download *Ruler Drop Test for Reaction Times*](../images/download.gif)
A simple health class activity using only a ruler that allows you to estimate reaction times.
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![download *Post-Exercise Pulse Rate Estimates*](../images/download.gif)
Heart rates measured after exercise under-estimate the levels actually reached during exercise. Add 10 bpm for immediate measurements and 20 bpm if measured after a 15-second delay.
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![download *Lateral Thigh Raise With Ex Ball*](../images/download.gif)
An exercise using Swiss balls that strengthens the gluteus medius muscles for the prevention of running injuries.
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![download *Hitting the Wall & Glycogen*](../images/download.gif)
Hitting the wall in the marathon may not be due to glycogen depletion, but to muscle ?ber damage.
![download *How Big is the Sweet Spot?*](../images/download.gif)
The sweet spot in modern racquets is the size of four tennis balls, but only the size of a golf ball on older wooden racquets.
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