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Training Schedule
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
Warm-up 2 miles 1 mile 2 miles 1 mile
Run 10 miles 15 miles 10 miles 15 miles
Weights Arms Legs Abs Arms
Friday
2 miles
10 miles
Legs
Saturday
1 mile
15 miles
Abs
In the Middle Ages, members of the noble class used arsenic to poison those
who stood in their way. Many of those same nobles found out that by taking
small amounts of arsenic every day, they could build up a resistance to it. A side
effect was that their hair turned white. People soon began to associate white hair
with nobility. In time, the nobles stopped using arsenic as a weapon. However,
the tradition of white hair signifying a high station in life continues today. In the
English courts, judges and other officials wear white wigs.
During the 1950s, Duncan introduced the first plastic yo-yos and the Butterfly
shaped yo-yo, which is much easier to land on the string for complex tricks. The
biggest yo-yo boom in history hit in 1962, following the use of TV advertising.
Financial losses at the end of the boom, and a costly lawsuit to protect the yo-yo
trademark, forced the Duncan family out of business in the late 1960s. Flambeau
Products, which made Duncan's plastic models, bought the company and still
owns it today
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