Consumer Reports tests EnduraCool and Chill-its cooling towels. Towel-snapping has been taken to a whole new level with a variety of new cooling towels that promise to beat the heat when dampened and draped around your neck. You may have seen the colorful towels used by such athletes as Serena Williams, Dwayne Wade, and Sergio Garcia.
benefits of pedaling backwards. In the first experiment, the researchers began to assess the impact of pedaling backwards the rate of heart heart (HR), oxygen consumption (VO2) and calories burned compared to pedaling forward, according to the New York Daily News how.
Racing cyclists often wear skinsuits in order to reduce direct friction. Direction friction is less of a factor than air pressure drag. On a flat road, aerodynamic drag is by far the greatest barrier to a cyclist's speed, accounting for 70 to 90 percent of the resistance felt when pedaling.ow pressure regions from behind the object result in a pressure drag against the object. With high pressure in the front, and low pressure behind, the cyclist is literally being pulled backwards. Streamlined designs help the air close more smoothly around these bodies and reduce pressure drag.