Question by Ethan: what is some good training for high impact?
I recently took up parkour (freerunning), and I would like to know what some good, at home, every day workouts there are to prevent injuries like ACL or other problems. I need to sculpt my body into a high impact reducing machine, because some of the falls and jumps are tremendous and I’m bound to get an injury at one point or another.
Any tips?

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Answer by Zach W
Stretching

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Question by Charlotte’s Mommy: I need a High Quality, Heavy Duty Sewing Machine… any suggestions?
I need a heavy duty sewing machine to sew through many layers of fabric and batting… the machine I have now is not quite strong enough and it binds up a lot. I have a Kenmore (which is an awesome machine by the way) I paid over 0 for it and I am so sad that it will not longer suit my needs…

Any suggestions? Do you own an industrial strength machine that you are happy?

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Answer by Luv2Sew
Industrial strength? Please be careful, many sellers, especially on the auction sites advertise industrial strength sewing machines, when, they are in fact, regular household machines. I fell for one of those ads and ended up buying an old Singer 66-16, advertised as industrial strength…it isn’t. But, it does sew through layers; but I must sew slowly and with the appropriate needle.

After talking to the Singer repairman he informed me that industrial strength machines are all metal, even the table, and have very powerful motors, some that are hydraulic. Is that what you want? If you do, you’ll pay a lot more and will have to
have repair support.

Please try to define your needs. Get on some chat lines, I subscribe to one that specializes in old black Singers. Wished I had done more research before buying “industrial strength.” To make matters worse, I had a 66-16 already! Didn’t realize I was buying the same machine. In all fairness, my new old 66-16 does have a bigger motor.

Good luck!

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I need a heavy duty sewing machine to sew through many layers of fabric and batting… the machine I have now is not quite strong enough and it binds up a lot. I have a Kenmore (which is an awesome machine by the way) I paid over $300 for it and I am so sad that it will not longer suit my needs…

Any suggestions? Do you own an industrial strength machine that you are happy?