As someone who seldom posts anything online, I've chosen to share a few of my opinions with you regarding what fitness is, what it truly is, and who qualifies as fit with you all. This is, of course, just my view at this point in time, but I think it's worth mentioning. Out of disappointment, I'm writing this. When I read articles, emails and blogs written by individuals in the fitness sector, I'm continuously learning and improving myself, but recently I've come across a lot of really fit people putting lines in the sand (about what fitness is) that in my view don't actually should be there. What we're talking about here seems to me to be a quantitative approach to a qualitative problem rather than the other way around. It's true that sports are measurable. Sport is associated with a lot of factors like how many, how many, how low, how high, how powerful, how far, how huge, and how long. We tend to be a quantitative society in the United States. How much money a person has, how many friends they have and how much money they spend on clothing are some of the things we are interested in finding out about each individual. We are fascinated with statistics, quantity, and keeping track of our progress.. If you think about it, is physical fitness a quantifiable trait? How about if we see physical fitness as something that can only be measured quantitatively? Perhaps a mix of the two might work? What are your thoughts? To me, physical fitness is more than how many times you can lift a weight, how long it takes to run, or whether you're able to place your feet behind your head or not. Physical fitness to me is about more than just a number, a weight, a distance, or a score; it's about more than that. As a psychotherapist, I remind my clients that we all have strengths and limitations at different stages in our life. At 24 years old, I was able to squat 700 pounds and bench press 405 pounds for reps while maintaining a body fat percentage of 9 percent year-round. Those days are over for me. But I can now do 35 pull-ups, stand on a stability ball for almost as long as I want, and stretch with my face touching my knee, all things I couldn't do as a beast-boy 24-year-old before. Is it better to be fit today than back then? Observe your surroundings. What's the backstory on them? Do they have any stories to tell? How big are they? Do you think they're too thin? Maybe they're just too weak to lift much weight. They may have a lack of stamina and be unable to run for long distances before becoming exhausted. If their present level of fitness is better than it was before, does it really matter if they don't meet your ideal of fitness? Take a minute to consider this. If you think about it, all of these things depend on your impression of the individual in question. I believe that a person's fitness improves as he or she ages. When you were younger, you may have had a different concept of fitness than you have now. Fitness should be embraced at any point in your life, no matter what form it takes.
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