The 4-Hour Body - An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman - Timothy Ferriss
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"No, that's the biggest and most common mistake. It feels like it's contracting, so people
"No, that's the biggest and most common mistake. It feels like it's contracting, so people
stretch it, but it's already overstretched. You need ice and Hannah Montana."
Hannah Montana?
"Excuse me?"
"Ice and arnica montana."
I'd misheard him, of course. Arnica montana, not Hannah Montana, is also known as wolf's
bane. It's a European flowering plant that contains a flavonoid called helenalin, which has made
it popular among professional athletes for anti-inflammation.
DeFranco believed that, had I not pulled my hamstring, I would have reached between 5.51
and 5.53 that session and then dropped another one- to two-tenths after a week of additional
training.
Lesson learned: keep your chin tucked and don't look up. It pulls your torso upright and
leads to striking with the heel, which can cause hamstring tears. The forces generated in the 40-
yard dash are obscene