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- From: m23364@mwunix (James Meritt)
- Subject: Re: The fittest people on the planet.
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.182819.16584@linus.mitre.org>
- Keywords: balance in life
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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 18:28:19 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:
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- }>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.
- }
- }In my book, all-around SpeedSkaters are some of the greatest atheletes around.
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- I think that I would add professional (stage) dancers. Their jumping around
- looks aerobic as all get out, and they go on for hours. (OK, hour, take 10,
- hour, take 10,...)
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