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valente · **Joined:** Tue Jul 10, 2007 12:07 am **Posts:** 17

which is why schumi is quite good in soccer also. That was once i saw him in some charity match with all the big names and amazingly his touches were pretty good! :wink:

Weiliflanker7 · **Joined:** Sun Jul 08, 2007 8:14 am **Posts:** 6

Jules, remember Bas Lammers fitness regime? 10km run 1st thing in the morning, weights on the head while lying down to strengthen the neck muscle. Instead of weights, can we put papaya instead? I heard some chinese papaya are pretty weighty.......

Anyway, running/swimming alone won't help coz they only build stamina at a consistent heartbeat. You need to do something like tennis/soccer/rugby where you lots of short bursts of energy.

Jules · **Posted:** Fri Jul 20, 2007 1:56 pm

Weili...

Welcum! Ha ha I like ur ideas. Weighty Papayas - CHinese ones!

On ur other suggestion - running with some pre-assigned sprinting in between helps.....not that I can do that easily.

Mikko Nassi · **Posted:** Fri Jul 20, 2007 7:18 pm

Weiliflanker7 wrote:

running/swimming alone won't help coz they only build stamina at a consistent heartbeat.

That's what interval training is for (running, swimming),

CRG Asia · **Joined:** Sun Jul 08, 2007 1:35 pm **Posts:** 249

Another good type of training is Circuit training.

Highly Effective and not time consuming at all. It builts stamina and endurance for muscles for all major body parts.

Ryan104 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 27, 2007 10:51 pm

When we used to use the softer tyres (YGK), the hands and fingers got a real working, and cramped up easily if you hadnt karted for a while. So Just driving once a week used to get my hands fit for the job, and you can get small springs from a gym equipment shop to squeeze together... they make strong hands and fingers.

On Mojos its hardly and issue.. but still worth doing if you want to be highly fit in every department.

Mikko Nassi · **Posted:** Sat Jul 28, 2007 10:21 pm

Dude YGKs aren't even soft compound. :wink:

RocK · **Posted:** Sun Jul 29, 2007 12:51 am

Ya loh. should try YJA for sexy softness..

Ryan104 · **Posted:** Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:50 pm

After MRF's any medium tire feels soft to me hehe

Mikko Nassi · **Posted:** Wed Aug 01, 2007 10:01 pm

I think karting in Europe might require a slightly different kind of fitness compared to karting in most of Asia - In hot Asian countries you need stamina for long races in 30C+ temperatures, but you usually don't get anywhere near the levels of grip that are in Europe, whereas in Europe you mainly need good upper body strength/stamina for the high-grip tyres and tracks, but you don't get exhausted from heat.

Mikko Nassi · **Posted:** Tue Aug 07, 2007 12:05 pm

discussion on RMC tyres moved here. Talk about fitness in this thread. :wink:

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