Guest guest Posted October 15, 2004 Report Share Posted October 15, 2004 I think that there are probably any number of definitions of fit and/or healthy. I'll just speak to fitness and exercise: To me, the objective of my exercising is to be fit for the demands of my life. That includes being able to keep up with a 3 year old, having the stamina to work a 10 hour day, being able to wake up refreshed and go to bed pleasantly tired. These are not scientific objectives, and the measures are really more qualitative than quantitative. But, here are a few examples: I work out with free weights with the objective of being able to hold up our almost 40 lb boy to any piece of playground equipment he wants to reach. I do 30 minutes of fairly intense cardio 5 to 6 days a week, cause when a toddler wants to run across the street, I've got to have great cardio to catch him. I have to be limber, because if there's anyway our boy can get something stuck under something low or something way too high, I have to have the flexibility to either crawl down somewhere or climb up somewhere. So, that's my simple, nonscientific definition of fitness for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 16, 2004 Report Share Posted October 16, 2004 Hi folks: And, naturally, excess exercise requires eating more calories than would be needed in the absence of the exercise. Which (almost) everyone here knows is inadvisable. Rodney. > > > In Austad's book; Why we age, page 198-199 " If free radicals and > > browning products are fundamentally involved in aging, as virtually everyone > > now agrees, it stands to reason that exercise could actually accelerate aging, > > just as the rate of aging guru, Pearl, predicted when he wrote the > > famous article, 'Why Lazy People Live Longest' for the Baltimore Sun in 1927. " > > > > pg 199 " The ranks of centenarians are not dominated by former Olympic > > swimmers or marathon runners - the reverse may even be true. " > > > > Just something I found. Very interesting book by an author with a uniquely > > clear way of writing scientific thoughts. Which means I could understand what > > he said. > > Maybe 8$, used. > > > > Regards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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