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Second wind is a phenomenon in endurance sports, such as marathons or road running (as well as other sports), whereby an athlete who is out of breath and too tired to continue (known as "hitting the wall"), finds the strength to press on at top performance with less exertion.
A second wind may come more readily at certain points of the circadian (24hr) biological clock than others.. Second wind (or third wind, fourth wind, etc.), a colloquial name for the scientific term wake maintenance zone, is a sleep phenomenon in which a person, after a prolonged period of staying awake, temporarily ceases to feel drowsy, often making it difficult to fall asleep when exhausted.
Without muscle glycogen, it is important to get into second wind without going too fast, too soon nor trying to push through the pain. Going too fast, too soon encourages protein metabolism over fat metabolism, and the muscle pain in this circumstance is a result of muscle damage due to a severely low ATP reservoir. [4] [5]
If you feel a mid-life crisis coming on, calm down. As it turns out, it only gets better.
(Reuters) -A second powerful wind storm, called a "bomb cyclone," will hit the U.S. Pacific Northwest by Thursday evening, even as hundreds of thousands of people remain without power from the ...
Recent permits show La Costa Mexicana Grill Cantina for Pablo Station, Second Wind Cigars for San Marco and a new Atlantic Car Wash for Southside.
Wind speed on the Beaufort scale is based on the empirical relationship: [6] v = 0.836 B 3/2 m/s; v = 1.625 B 3/2 knots (=) where v is the equivalent wind speed at 10 metres above the sea surface and B is Beaufort scale number.
Second Wind is a video-based entertainment outlet focusing on video games and other forms of popular media. The group received significant media attention upon its formation, having been founded by former video team members of The Escapist media outlet, including editor in chief Nick Calandra and star talent Yahtzee Croshaw. [2]