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From: jla@usl.UUCP (Joe Arceneaux)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: fashionable bodies
Message-ID: <435@usl.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 18-Apr-85 17:19:37 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr 18 17:19:37 1985
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References: <333@ttidcc.UUCP> <1207@topaz.ARPA>
Reply-To: jla@usl.UUCP (Joe Arceneaux)
Organization: University of (SW) Louisiana
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In article <1207@topaz.ARPA> Liz Sommers writes:
>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.

I  wish to differ.  There are always problems with exercising; it mostly
comes down to a question of whether you want to or not.  My father  (who
is  66)  works  in his garden most of the day, despite having arthritis,
because he enjoys it so much.  He  complains  about  the  pain,  but  it
doesn't cramp his style at all.

"real good condition" may not be neccessary for the benefits of exercise
to be achieved.  It all depends on what your goals are.
-- 

				    Joseph Arceneaux

				    Lafayette, LA
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