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Olympic Training Secret - Resistance Stretching

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on August 23, 2008
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Dara Torres won her first olympic gold in 1984. This time, at the age of 41, she has won her 10th medal in the Beijing Olympics.
Dara Torres

How does she do it?

“Torres calls resistance stretching her “secret weapon.” Bob Cooley, who invented the discipline, describes it in less-modest terms. According to Cooley, over a two-week period in 1999, his flexibility system turned Torres “from being an alternate on the relay team to the fastest swimmer in America.” The secret to Torres’s speed, Cooley says, is that his technique not only makes her muscles more flexible but also increases their ability to shorten more completely, and when muscles shorten more completely, they produce greater power and speed.”

The resistance stretching Torres is talking about is called “Meridian Stretching”:

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Spartan 300 Workout - Cossack Stretch

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on July 27, 2008
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The 300 Spartan Workout is taking the world by storm and is widely acclaimed for producing amazing results within a short period of time. By using natural body weight conditioning exercises and a unique, non-stop superset concept, the 300 Spartan Workout unleashes your natural growth hormones and jump starts an incredible fat burning metabolism change that will create a powerful, ripped and chiseled look to your body.

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