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- From: paul@clodii.Columbia.NCR.COM (Paul Fidler)
- Subject: Re: The fittest people on the planet.
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.114540.23506@ncrcae.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM>
- Keywords: balance in life
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 16:45:39 GMT
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- In article <C1Hnyw.5zy@csn.org> pae@teal.csn.org (Phil Earnhardt) writes:
- >In article <1jm16oINNoik@bnsgd245.bnr.co.uk> laurie@bnr.co.uk (Laurie Constantin) writes:
- >
- >>It's very sad that bodybuilding and powerlifting can be at both extremes of
- >>the health scale - on the one hand, recreational body builders and
- >>powerlifters (and natural competitors in those sports) are probably a group
- >>of the healthiest, fittest people on the planet.
- >
- >If you add "by some criteria" to the end, I'd agree with you.
- >
- > [Details about speedskating deleted...]
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- >
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- I think you're confusing "healthy" and "fit" with athletic ability.
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- The speedskating has much more to do with the latter, the former is simply
- speaking to issues such as fat/lean/bone bodyweight issues, favorable
- metabolic rate, stuff like that.
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- ......................................... Paul Fidler .................
- "Please consult your physician NCR Corporation, Columbia, SC
- before exercising with Lee Haney" paul@clodii.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM
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