Dr. Kenneth Hunt vividly remembers how, as a high school football player in the 1990s, he and his teammates often ran up and down stadium stairs during practice.Their coach made the players run the steps as part of the team's conditioning regimen to strengthen their legs, improve their cardiovascular systems and boost their balance.
They may look graceful as they leap with apparent effortlessness and land with flair, but figure skaters return to Earth with forces of up to about eight times their body weight on ice not known for its forgiveness.
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