Wed. April 4:
- Cardinals at Marlins 7:05 ET
Thu. April 5:
- Red Sox at Tigers 1:05 ET
- Braves at Mets 1:10 ET
- Phillies at Pirates 1:35 ET
- Nats at Cubs 2:20 ET
- Blue Jays at Indians 3:05 ET
- Marlins at Reds 4:05 ET
- Dodgers at Padres 7:05 ET
Fri. April 6:
- White Sox at Rangers 2:05 ET
- Twins at Orioles 3:05 ET
- Yankees at Rays 3:10 ET
- Cards at Brewers 4:10 ET
- Rockies at Astros 7:05 ET
- Giants at D-backs 7:10 ET
- Royals at Angels 10:05 ET
- Dodgers at Padres 10:05 ET
- Mariners at Athletics 10:05 ET
Praise GOD !!
I say to him, “Bruce, if I run any more, I’m liable to have a heart attack and die.”
He said, “Then die.”
It made me so mad that I went the full five miles.
Afterwards, I went to the shower…. and I said, “why did you say that?”
He said,
“Because you might as well be dead. Seriously, if you always put limits on what you can do, physical or anything else, it’ll spread over into the rest of your life. It’ll spread into your work, into your morality, into your entire being. There are no limits. There are plateaus, but you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. If it kills you, it kills you. A man must constantly exceed his level.”
Want a better workout? Then don’t stretch beforehand, some experts say.
Many people take it for granted that they should start their exercise routines with some stretching on the spot, perhaps hoping it will loosen them up for their workout. Most fitness experts now agree this kind of static stretching before exercise is not just counter-productive, but potentially harmful.
Traditional stretches, like when people bend over to touch their toes or stretch their legs on a fence, often cause the muscles to tighten rather than relax — exactly the opposite of what is needed for physical activity.
Experts say it is like extending a rubber band to its limit. When people stretch to the maximum, they are more likely to pull a muscle. “We have developed this idea of static stretching at exactly the wrong time,” said Kieran O’Sullivan, an exercise expert at the University of Limerick in Ireland, who has studied various types of stretching and their impact on athletes. When you stretch before exercising, your body may think it’s at risk of being overstretched. It compensates by contracting and becoming more tense. That means you aren’t able to move as fast or as freely, making you more likely to get hurt.
O’Sullivan said stretching helps with flexibility, but people should only do it when they aren’t about to exercise, like after a workout, or at the end of the day. In the last few years, several studies have found static stretching before playing a sport makes you slower and weaker. And when experts at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention combed through more than 100 papers looking at stretching studies, they found people who stretched before exercise were no less likely to suffer injuries such as a pulled muscle, which the increased flexibility from stretching is supposed to prevent.
