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From: sommers@topaz.ARPA (Mamaliz @ The Soup Kitchen)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: fashionable bodies
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Date: Sun, 14-Apr-85 01:12:43 EST
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Posted: Sun Apr 14 01:12:43 1985
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> 
> It amazes me that people equate exercise with weight loss, and not with
> health.  That's how lopsided our society has become.  Seems to me it's more
> important that your body be in good shape, with muscle and good skin tone,
> and energized, than it be fat, thin, plump, whatever.
> 
> When I do my own gawking, I look for efficient bodies.  Muscle-bound men,
> as well as fat men, aren't efficient.  Neither fat women nor fashionplate
> thin models who mince about in 6" heels are efficient.  I admit to a
> preference for tall and thin, but I've spent plenty of time with short and
> stocky, too, as long as they were in shape.
> 
> A recent study showed that a woman who jogs was almost 100% sure to leave
> her mate if he did not keep in shape.  The reverse wasn't quite as dramatic,
> but there was a high percentage of men who would also leave their mates if
> the men were in shape and the women weren't.  I doubt it was a very
> scientific study, but even so -- it makes a good deal of sense that if
> YOU value health and a strong body, you value it in your romantic contacts
> as well.
> 
> To hell with fashion -- let's worry about conditioning instead.

Oh come on now!  I am beginning to think that people are also taking
conditioning too far.  

Some of us just are not capable of getting in real good condition.  Bad
joints, disease, all sorts of things can make exercise almost
counter-productive.  Find me an exercise that will not agravatte arthritis
and bursitis, and then maybe I will exercise.  Yes, I value a strong body,
but I don't want to be made to feel guilty that I dont have one.
-- 
liz sommers
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