Author: Milo F. Bryant
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MILO BRYANT: Weights – bulk up, or not
It’s question-and-answer time, folks, so let’s get right to them.Question: One of the myths you wrote about concerns women bulking up from weightlifting. I am 18 years old and my sister is 23. Both of us were high school track athletes who specialized in sprints and hurdles.We lifted on a consistent basis for four years.…
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MILO BRYANT: 3 ways to find your target heart rate
Last week, we began discussing heart-rate training. Now that we’ve established it to be a methodical and scientific way of improving cardiovascular fitness, we need to apply the science.To find our target heart-rate zones, we have to find our heartrate maximum, and doing that is a bit tricky if we want to get the most…
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MILO BRYANT: Intro to training by heart rate
So, I’m in a gym the other day, and the following conversation takes place on the treadmills:Guy: “While you run, grab those sensors. They’ll tell you your heart rate.”Gal: “OK, where do I keep it?”Guy: “Oh you want to keep it above 90 percent.”Gal: “For the whole 5 miles? Why?”Guy: “You want an ‘A’ don’t…
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U.S. SENIOR OPEN: Long knows Broadmoor course to a tee
Mark Long has been on and off Fred Funk’s bag for eight years. He’ll be caddying for Funk in next month’s U.S. Senior Open, too. But Long has another job, one that benefits every golfer who’ll challenge The Broadmoor’s East Course. Long is the author of the tournament’s yardage book, which goes beyond telling golfers…
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MILO BRYANT: New hip won’t stop avid runner
Folks, it’s Q&A time again. Keep those questions coming.Question: Mr. Bryant, I had hip-replacement surgery seven years ago. Prior to this I was an avid long-distance runner (7.5-10 miles a day. Every day. Sometimes twice a day). I was hooked. I absolutely loved it.Since my surgery I have chosen not to run. I have tried…
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Opinion: Tiger is king of the jungle
SAN DIEGO • Rocco Mediate stared down Tiger Woods and ended like most humans who take on a tiger — even a wounded one — one on one. Another victim. Mediate sits 158th in the world ranking. Woods tops the list. They were the unlikeliest pairing, but they put on a show for the ages.…
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MILO BRYANT: Toss out glut of workout myths
So many myths and jumbled fact about fitness are floating around that somebody should write a book and call it “Fitness Myths! Fitness Facts!”Hmmmmmm.Anyway let’s get the scoop.Myth: A thousand crunches and sit-ups a day will get rid of belly fat.Fact: They will help strengthen the core body muscles, but fat loss starts in the…
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Opinion: Don’t bet against Tiger
SAN DIEGO • Tiger Woods is entering the unknown. We’re entering the unknown with him. Golf aficionados are split in their opinions of how the world’s best golfer will do at the 108th U.S. Open at Torrey Pines. The tournament starts Thursday, and that will be the first time since April 13 that Woods has…
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MILO BRYANT: Get on par with fitness by training, hiring coach
Many golf enthusiasts believe that golf and fitness are on different ends of a very long spectrum – even now, after Tiger Woods has re-infused the sport with a different mind-set toward fitness.It’s true that one doesn’t have to be in great shape to play the game. Many of us have seen guts with at…
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Opinion: Defending champion happy out of spotlight
Brad Bryant is a likable person.Bryant, the defending U.S. Senior Open champion, has a dry – almost unassuming – and selfdeprecating sense of humor that easily puts one at ease.You can talk with Bryant. You can talk with him and believe that he’s genuine in what he says when he’s talking back. That’s unlike many…