Quest for Long Jump Record
With Janay Deloach Soukup
William Blake writes, “You never know what is enough until you know what is more than enough.”
- Stretching (and Range of Motion) - range of motion describes specific joint, limb and trunk movement.
- Sleep (and Recovery) - Sleep is essential for health.
- Sprinting (and Plyometrics) - The way you get faster is by running fast
- Strength (and Power) - Sprinters apply a lot of force to the ground.
- Spirituality (and Meditation) - Headspace
- Stomach (Nutrition and Hydration) - What you put in your stomach matters.
- Blood Pressure May 2016 176/102, 152/92 Dec 2016, May 2017 134/84 Dec 2017 118/76, Aug 2019 104/66
- Weight May 2016 214, Dec 2017 190, Aug 2019 180
- Waist 44, 37, 32
Exercise and your arteries
www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/exercise_and_your_arteries
Regular exercise helps arteries by boosting the endothelial cells' nitric oxide production. Studies of patients with coronary artery disease have demonstrated that exercise can produce important gains in endothelial function, even in people who already have atherosclerosis.
Four weeks of regular static stretching reduces arterial stiffness in middle-aged men -https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4583555
These findings suggest that short-term regular stretching induces a significant reduction in arterial stiffness in middle-aged men.
Cardiovascular Responses to Skeletal Muscle Stretching: "Stretching" the Truth or a New Exercise Paradigm for Cardiovascular Medicine?www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28780647 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28780647
These acute vascular changes if performed chronically may result in improved endothelial function, improved arterial blood vessel stiffness, and/or reduced blood pressure. . Collectively, the evidence provided in this review suggests that stretching acutely or long term may serve as a novel and alternative low intensity therapeutic intervention capable of improving several parameters of vascular function.
Influence of passive stretch on muscle blood flow, oxygenation and central cardiovascular responses in healthy young males. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26945077
Mean arterial pressure was decreased after moderate-intensity stretching. Collectively, our data provide novel mechanistic evidence on cardiovascular responses to skeletal muscle stretching in humans. Moreover, the reductions in MAP and retrograde blood flow suggest that stretch transiently reduces myogenic vascular tone in a post-stretch resting period.
Nitric Oxide in the Vasculature: Where Does It Come From and Where Does It Go? A Quantitative Perspective
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2932548/
Nitric Oxide (NO) plays a versatile role in the vasculature, maintaining vascular tone, inhibiting or reversing platelet activity, and preventing endothelial dysfunction often seen in vascular disease states.
The Endothelium and Its Role in Regulating Vascular Tone
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3040999
The endothelium is important in maintaining vascular homeostasis and preventing the development of atherosclerosis.
Nitric oxide (NO) is an endothelium-dependent vasodilator of the underlying smooth muscle. NO has been shown to play an important role in the maintenance of basal vasodilator tone of the blood vessels
www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/exercise_and_your_arteries
Regular exercise helps arteries by boosting the endothelial cells' nitric oxide production. Studies of patients with coronary artery disease have demonstrated that exercise can produce important gains in endothelial function, even in people who already have atherosclerosis.
Four weeks of regular static stretching reduces arterial stiffness in middle-aged men -https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4583555
These findings suggest that short-term regular stretching induces a significant reduction in arterial stiffness in middle-aged men.
Cardiovascular Responses to Skeletal Muscle Stretching: "Stretching" the Truth or a New Exercise Paradigm for Cardiovascular Medicine?www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28780647 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28780647
These acute vascular changes if performed chronically may result in improved endothelial function, improved arterial blood vessel stiffness, and/or reduced blood pressure. . Collectively, the evidence provided in this review suggests that stretching acutely or long term may serve as a novel and alternative low intensity therapeutic intervention capable of improving several parameters of vascular function.
Influence of passive stretch on muscle blood flow, oxygenation and central cardiovascular responses in healthy young males. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26945077
Mean arterial pressure was decreased after moderate-intensity stretching. Collectively, our data provide novel mechanistic evidence on cardiovascular responses to skeletal muscle stretching in humans. Moreover, the reductions in MAP and retrograde blood flow suggest that stretch transiently reduces myogenic vascular tone in a post-stretch resting period.
Nitric Oxide in the Vasculature: Where Does It Come From and Where Does It Go? A Quantitative Perspective
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2932548/
Nitric Oxide (NO) plays a versatile role in the vasculature, maintaining vascular tone, inhibiting or reversing platelet activity, and preventing endothelial dysfunction often seen in vascular disease states.
The Endothelium and Its Role in Regulating Vascular Tone
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3040999
The endothelium is important in maintaining vascular homeostasis and preventing the development of atherosclerosis.
Nitric oxide (NO) is an endothelium-dependent vasodilator of the underlying smooth muscle. NO has been shown to play an important role in the maintenance of basal vasodilator tone of the blood vessels
Over the past three years, I have had 3 Echo Stress, 4 EKG's and 1 Nuclear Test. There was damage to my heart. The prevailing wisdom is damage to the heart does not heal. It is sort of like scare tissue.
After reading a series of journal articles on effect size of drugs and all the side effects. I made the decision not to take any medications. None. I was prescribed as series of medications for blood pressure. The Nurse Practitioner at my Cardiologists office told me if I did not take my medications that I would be dead in a year.
After reading a series of journal articles on effect size of drugs and all the side effects. I made the decision not to take any medications. None. I was prescribed as series of medications for blood pressure. The Nurse Practitioner at my Cardiologists office told me if I did not take my medications that I would be dead in a year.