Word: stamina
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...beginning of the week, Cheng and Brown videotaped each member’s routine to see where she could improve. In addition to dancing, the team also did a half-hour cardio workout every day to build up stamina...
...Wilbur Cross relate in the book Presidential Courage (W.W. Norton Co., 1980), many Presidents suffered, usually in silence and secrecy, from chronic and painful diseases. George Washington had a giant benign tumor in his leg and was the victim of rheumatism and repeated pneumonia. Andrew Jackson, famous for his stamina and courage, was described in a contemporary article in the Boston Medical School Journal as "a tottering scarecrow in deadly agony," a man in whom "the malaria, the dysentery, the osteomyelitis and the bronchiectasis were going on, and on, and on." But Jackson continued to lead the nation with authority...
...Zealand track coach widely regarded as the first proponent of jogging as a training technique; of an apparent heart attack while on a U.S. speaking tour; in Houston. Before the frequent marathon winner came up with his then revolutionary concept--that long, slow distance training worked best to develop stamina for all kinds of running--the accepted regimen was a form of short sprinting called interval training. When Lydiard, who was initially dismissed by critics, was not invited to coach New Zealand's Olympic team at the 1960 Summer Games, he paid his own way to Rome, trained his runners...
...LYDIARD, 87, New Zealand track coach widely regarded as the inventor of jogging; of an apparent heart attack, while on a U.S. speaking tour; in Houston. Before the frequent marathon winner came up with his then-revolutionary concept-that long, slow, distance training, or "LSD," worked best to develop stamina for all kinds of running-the accepted regimen was a form of short sprinting called interval training. When Lydiard, who was initially dismissed by critics, was not invited to be a coach for his country's Olympic team at the 1960 Summer Games, he paid his own way to Rome...
...long had I been laboring against apnea-produced tiredness, irritability and lack of stamina? I have no idea. The trouble with apnea is that it's almost impossible to self-diagnose (because you are unconscious when it happens), and its symptoms are easily explained by other possible factors. Nodding off in the afternoon? Too much work. Snuffling at night? Just a snoring problem. Irritability? A character problem. Constant need for naps? Idleness. Before you know it, you're addicted to Red Bull and constantly grumpy. Sound like...