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"You are being watched. The government has a secret system. A machine that spies on you every hour of every day. I know because I built it." - Finch

But a week or two at altitude offers so much

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It's a great day to be trublu! He finally got one!!

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dane's trolling again

Credit where it's due - but he's actually got a few. One of them is the goal posts. It'll happen...but like Arizona - the club has been relying on external money for these things. The financial situation would surprise many. There's a go-to list for different projects. Arizona and Qatar was largely funded by people on that list...pretty hard to put a name to an overseas trip...but there were a few parting with 10k to walk up Mt. Humphrey and have their picture taken with the boys - which probably compromises the 'bonding' trip, but brought the costs down significantly.

Still - the 'Your Name Here' Goal Posts are a certainty for 2015 if you want to pony up the cash.

Good. Absolute waste of time and money, in terms of the fitness benefit. The physical adaptations can be achieved by effective use of an altitude facility at sea level. We have one of those:

http://www.pacetoday.com.au/news/carlto ... -art-altit

The overseas trip was always more about bonding, and team challenges. These can also be successfully done locally at much lower expense.

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O say does that star spangled banner yet wave.

Not quite right - you can't replicate the real thing....but for what they were doing and the time they were doing it for - very little benefit.

Yeah that's what I was getting at: they could achieve with their facility here the same (minimal) adaptations as they gained from such limited time O/S.

Agreed though, no comparison between the "real thing" and a chamber, specifically when we're talking a prolonged period of cumulative time "i.e. live at altitude, train at sea level".

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O say does that star spangled banner yet wave.

We should stick to the Northern Suburbs. Just get the team to run up that hill near Bundoora Golf Course for a couple of weeks (Mt Cooper). Apparently it is the highest point in the metro area. They can catch the tram there each day.

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It is not as bad as you are lead to believe.......it is %$#^& worse!!!

Do you think we could save cash with fare evasion?
Surely those inspectors couldn't catch the whole team. Brock may be in trouble though.

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dane's trolling again

Well played.

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O say does that star spangled banner yet wave.

Hopefully the boys go back down to Sorrento - plenty of good times had there

Agreed. The wife and I were there in 2001 and had a great time. The limoncello is sooo good!

transport there is a nightmare though, agree re the limoncello

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Between our dreams and actions lies this world

Got to prioritize getting believe and confidence into the players minds. That's most important.
Just keep them physically sound and mentally healthy.

Mens sana in capore sano? Should be our motto Rexy!

Sounds pretty good to me.
Better email the club.

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dane's trolling again

Looks as though they're gonna go with 'Celebrating 151 years' nah...no need...it's back in 2015...already signed off on months ago.

@#$%&! you for putting Tina Arena songs in my head.

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The only way for some people to understand is for them to be on the receiving end

Left wing moralists
In self serving denial
They shit me no end

parking!
The moon is a balloon.

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Let slip the Blues of war (with apologies to William Shakespeare) (and Sir Francis Bacon, just in case)

Altitude training has become a staple for long distance triathletes (e.g Ironman), with many basing themselves in Boulder Colorado such as Craig Alexander. Many of the top professionals in triathlon (and cycling) use altitude training to increase their aerobic capacity among other things. To say altitude training is a waste of time is ill informed and naive.

And Doc is right you can't replicate the real thing.

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