skating must burn the most calories of any regular activity

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: sdifox

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: sdifox
I didn't think there was any human that have negative buoyancy... I wasn't even taking sea water into account either. And this was from my YMCA swimming instructor from oh, 25 years ago...

I sink (muscular, little fat).

Really? You mean if you stay still you actually sink slowly? most people can float like a jellyfish...

If I don't have at 2/3rds chest full of air I will sink. If I have less than 1/2 I sink like a rock. 1/4 and I sink like a lead rock. In scuba you learn how to really control your buonancy.

This is fresh water only.

And here I thought everyone floats... oh well... I guess my excuse for being flabby is so I can float

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: Vic
I was joking. As long as you always land over the trucks, a board should never break. Typically, breaking a lot of boards is a sign of bad technique.

The truth is that it's hard to be overweight AND a good skater. The sport favors the skinny much like basketball favors the tall.

One bad landing is all it takes if you're going big. Heck it doesn't even take a big jump, I snapped one on a three foot ollie. I know I've snapped close to 100.

But when I was skating my cardiovasular system was insane.

Big or not, breaking that many boards is a sign of bad technique. I skated for years and broke only a few as street skater. OTOH, I had a friend who could break one everyday if he wanted, usually because he was "sketchy."

And yeah, I don't float well either in fresh water. Until my late teens, I was so skinny, muscular, and had so little body fat (<5% in high school) that I would sink even doing the jellyfish/deadmans float. Probably why I'm not a good swimmer to this day.

 

[IGBT]

..sell little candybars shaped like skateboards. Make millions.

 

[jlbenedict]

Originally posted by: mjuszczak

Originally posted by: holden j caufield
I have no empirical evidence but in socal I see them everywhere and the lot of them are all sticks. My idea for a weight loss center is too tie a skateboard to the feet of someone looking to lose weight. I will make millions?

Learn to spell first.

Spelling Nazi's are gay

 

[cherrytwist]

I have no empirical evidence but in socal I see them everywhere and the lot of them are all sticks. My idea for a head trauma and broken bone center is too tie a skateboard to the feet of someone looking to seriously hurt themselves. I will be sued for millions.

Fixed.

 

[TheKub]

Maybe thats becasue all the fat ones fall though the ice and are never seen again....