Lehigh Sports Forum

Richb-3 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 15, 2019 9:57 pm This may be the equivalent of whistling pas graveyards (couldn't think of something better) but is it possible that the mountain terrain of the Packer Campus adds a physical strain that contributes to injuries. I know of few campuses with this feature. I have heard Mansfield? Cornell kids walk to academic campus from below, but classrooms are kind of flat.

Of course one of our most senior wrestlers to miss first semester dropped a beer keg on his foot. That is the kind of of injury we would all be proud of

ngineer wrote: ↑Mon Feb 18, 2019 12:57 pm

Richb-3 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 15, 2019 9:57 pm This may be the equivalent of whistling pas graveyards (couldn't think of something better) but is it possible that the mountain terrain of the Packer Campus adds a physical strain that contributes to injuries. I know of few campuses with this feature. I have heard Mansfield? Cornell kids walk to academic campus from below, but classrooms are kind of flat.

Of course one of our most senior wrestlers to miss first semester dropped a beer keg on his foot. That is the kind of of injury we would all be proud of

That's a good one! We always felt hiking that mountain a couple times a day was an advantage. "You can tell the seniors from the frosh by the size of the calf muscles."! No, I think the kids are over-using/abusing their bodies by not letting them rest/regroup when the season is over. It is one thinkg to "stay in decent shape" but another to be pushing in a competitive mode 12 months a year. Ya gotta step away every now and then.

TMH wrote: ↑Mon Feb 18, 2019 2:11 pm

ngineer wrote: ↑Mon Feb 18, 2019 12:57 pm

Richb-3 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 15, 2019 9:57 pm This may be the equivalent of whistling pas graveyards (couldn't think of something better) but is it possible that the mountain terrain of the Packer Campus adds a physical strain that contributes to injuries. I know of few campuses with this feature. I have heard Mansfield? Cornell kids walk to academic campus from below, but classrooms are kind of flat.

Of course one of our most senior wrestlers to miss first semester dropped a beer keg on his foot. That is the kind of of injury we would all be proud of

That's a good one! We always felt hiking that mountain a couple times a day was an advantage. "You can tell the seniors from the frosh by the size of the calf muscles."! No, I think the kids are over-using/abusing their bodies by not letting them rest/regroup when the season is over. It is one thinkg to "stay in decent shape" but another to be pushing in a competitive mode 12 months a year. Ya gotta step away every now and then.

We need to realize that South Mountain has gotten much steeper since our undergraduate days. Something to do with volcanic activity I suspect.

Richb-3 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 19, 2019 7:10 pm Quite possible.

I climbed Mt Whitney in 2006. The T-shirts you could buy(none in my size in shop) said 14,497 feet. Now the T-shirts say 14,503. Earthquake.

But I am quite serious in thinking that while the steepness of the campus creates conditioning advantages, it can aggravate injuries or slow healing. Of course sleeping in a zero gravity or even Martian level gravity bed would help in lots of injuries