02/03/2022
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Perhaps part of the reason that gyms were considered โunessentialโ during the pandemic was our own professions faultโฃ
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Physical therapy was considered essential. And I agree. Strengthening or improving mobility for an injured muscle or joint IS essentialโฃ
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And strengthening or improving mobility for a deconditioned muscle or joint shouldโve been considered the sameโฃ
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But people didnโt think of a gym as somewhere to do thatโฃ
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Fitness training had become a synonym for aesthetic changesโฃ
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The masses donโt consider us a place where people go to get strong. To improve cardio. โฃ
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There's an overwhelming attitude that fitness is just about looksโฃ
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But fitness is more than thatโฃ
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It's about strength, muscular endurance, aerobic capacity, mobility, and much moreโฃ
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The dictionary definition of fitness is:โฃ
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1. The state or condition of being fit; suitability or appropriatenessโฃ
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2. Good health, especially good physical condition resulting from exercise and proper nutrition.โฃ
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Way back in my college days I was taught that fitness is "the ability to carry out a task"โฃ
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A better definition from the late great coach Dr Fred Hatfield defined fitness as "Your ability to meet the exigencies of your lifestyle with ease and room to spare for life's little emergencies."โฃ
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From wiki: โฃ
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โ๐๐ฉ๐บ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ง๐ช๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ-๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด, ๐ฐ๐ค๐ค๐ถ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ดโฃ
โฃ.. ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐บ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ง๐ช๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ'๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ช๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ to ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐บ ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด"โฃ
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What do all these definitions have in common? โฃ
Function. โฃ
Performance. โฃ
The ability to DO.โฃ
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Letโs do our part to change the perception that fitness training is just about aestheticsโฃ
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Fitness is about function
