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Has anyone been following the NBA Playoffs? Dallas Mavericks vs Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference Finals, Chicago Bulls vs Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals. Each series is tied 1-1.
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Has anyone been following the NBA Playoffs? Dallas Mavericks vs Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference Finals, Chicago Bulls vs Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals. Each series is tied 1-1.
Nope XD I don't follow NBA
I prefer car racing
Sam. said:Very athletic sport right there.
You're right, it is.
Not only are the drivers in all of the top series well conditioned athletes, their pit crews are as well.
While the driver is strapped into a confined space that can reach temperatures of over 54 C (130 F), they can pull over five G's of lateral force in corners, with nearly two during hard acceleration and up to 4 Gs during breaking, and do that for several hours, without a break, while maintaining high levels of concentration as if your life depended on it, because, at anywhere between 100 to 230 MPH (160 to 370 KPH), it does.
It has been well documented that a driver can lose between 4 to 10 pounds (2 to 5 kilos) of weight (mostly in sweat) during an average 2 - 4 hour race.
The days of the beer swilling, pot bellied, cigar smoking 'good ol' boy' drivers of the racing world are long over. That stereotype still lives on at local tracks and sometimes in the owners suites at the big tracks, but on pit road with the big name top teams of NASCAR, F1, and Indycar. No.
On the pit crew side... well... Here:
http://themediadesk.com/files8/pit18pt2.htm
And they handle all that to change four tires and fill it up with fuel in a matter of seconds. To do it, many of the teams have a gym back at the shop, and most of the top teams have physical trainers on staff as well as engineers and mechanics.
In the picture, the only one out of shape is the NASCAR official to the far right, he does look like he could stand to go on a diet.
go thunder!
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