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Exactly how is the poor health habits at the regionals any different for the poor health habits from the build season? I thought the build season was so you could become immune to sleep and be able to simply function on three hours of rest.
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Ok, good to know it's not just me :)
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I haven't been in the best of health since the season started. Lack of sleep during the build, after the build, during competition, hrm... come to think of it, how is this different from normal? *shrugs* I cought a very bad cold after the Sacramento Regional. I don't understand why though. I went home every night and went to bed early because I was tired as hell. I was sick for a whole week. Then my allergies kicked in just in time for SVR *grumbles* and I have to suffer through with them for Houston.
[edit] It's hard to go through a choir concert when you're singing and yet coughing every other measure. Gah! It's a pain...[/edit] |
I haven't read all of the posts here yet so if this is a repeat, sorry. At all of these competitions, nationals especially, we are all shaking hands, trading tools, touching the same doors and player stations, and hand rails. We are transmitting a huge amount of germs add that to eating without washing and all of that goes right into your mouth. I get nuts during comps with washing my hands often and always before eating. I suggest the same for everyone. See you all healthy in a few days.
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It's kinda worrying me right now, because last week in Chicago, our arm driver, Emily, got really sick, and she couldn't even drive the second half of the weekend. Now, our coach, Stephanie, is getting sick, too, and it looks like she has the same thing that Emily had. A FIRST competition is draining enough without being sick, too, and now I'm really worried about my friends.
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I'm taking herbal immune-boosters to prepare for Houston...Plus I'm taking them with me. I always get sick when I travel. Those pills better work...
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After every regional I always lose my voice for about three or four days. A problem for me since I'm in my schools' chorus. speaking of which a cool site is:
http://www.johnconahan.com/ It's my teachers site. Dang I wish I could sing like him... Now back to illnesses. I haven't missed a day of school in four years! Actually I just plan my sicknesses to be during weekends (coincidence) But travel related illnesses? nope. I've flown enough airmiles I can get two BA (Brittish Airways) tickets on the concord from NY to London, round-trip. For the rest of you check two things: 1)emergency exits. 2)barf bags. (either in seat pocket or under seat.) Now back to the topic at hand... |
Last year I caught a killer cold at NYC. This year I just completely lost my voice. Not that anyone's complaining. I was really dizzy throughout eliminations. I suffer from an extreme case of FOMS and rarely can pry myself away to get water.
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Every year, i get sick after WMR...this year was no different, but i had to go to school today, which sucked.
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I always seemed to get sick at nationals... but nothing beats nationals two years ago... Aside from being the Mascot for three days straight... (which pretty much meant that i was outside in the Florida sun the whole time...) I managed to not have a voice every-morning... [which was not screaming or cheering related...], Sunburn just on the back of my calfs... (how that happened i am still pondering...) and get yelled at almost the whole time to take a break and sit in the shade and hydrate...They thought i was going to get dehydrated... even though i bought one of the swanky disney water-bottle holders and kept filling it up in the pits once the block of ice i froze in it overnight at our houses had defrosted. I probably was the best hydrated on the team. One of our other team members got sick because she was dehydrated, and another was just sick (turned out that she had an appendicitis... which burst after we got back)
After finals one of our adults MADE me take off the uppet... sit in the shade... and have a powerade. Figures that as soon as they make me sit down, they want me to put it back on for the Good Morning America segment thing. Only real problem I've had was that my green spray-painted shoes didn't have much support left. The voice thing happened again last year... I think it might have been alergies or something... that was it though. NOTE: The best way to keep yourself hydrated is to keep an eye on your water consumption... I have a water jug from when i worked at the Y and as long as I drank at least two jug-fulls everyday I didn't have to worry. And if you are worried about colds... the Halls Vitamin C suplement things do wonders... I am the only one in my dorm who was not sick in November... I recomend the strawberry ones... but that IS MY OPINION. I am not trying to get people to buy them. |
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I generally just watch what I eat and I'm ok....last year, I gave up junk food for lent, and this included fast food, so my immune system was shot to hell because I couldnt eat anything, all we ever seemed to stop at were fast food places... |
i died last year at KSC but through a miraculous invention called water i was revived so i am still alive
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almost our entire team got sick or felt sick all but i think five or six people. and as for sleep world domination is more important (risk).
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I know that I personally managed 6 hours of sleep during each day at the J&J. I also bought 5 big aquafina bottles each day, and went through most of them. On the third day, I also had Halls fruit soothers (or whatever they're called).
A parent brought a case of 20oz poland spring bottles for our kids too, and they sucked 'em down. think we had like 4 left at the end of the competition (only 10 kids on the team) Trying to teach that monday was funny, but I made it through just fine, and the kids did too (except one who was out today). I am still sore, however, and tired. |
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