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October 2001

After a busy summer it has been really nice to have some time off. We had our fitness tests last week, which went fairly well. I did not do the aerobic test as I had a cold and high temperature. At the test they measure your aerobic fitness by taking blood samples during exercise, they measure how quickly you are building up lactic acid the slower it builds up the fitter you are, they also measure your lung efficiency. They also do a strength test for upper and lower body. For upper body they attach your leg via a chain to a piece a of equipment that measures how hard you can extend your leg in Newton's, for your body they do the same but with your arm. During your test you also get weighed and your fat content measured with callipers. I had a low fat content about (10%) and did well on the lower body strength test, but my upper body strength was not so good, so I will get down to the gym and work on this, the good thing was that I was quite light so can afford to put some muscle on.

Next week we are training down in Weymouth, there is an RYA Olympic classes training camp from Monday - Friday. Then at the weekend we have our National championships, which we would obviously like to win, I will send an update on Monday 29th October to let you know how we got on.