The public usually feels far more comfortable with cerebrally undemanding mantra s and 'fast food' solutions

than with far more accurate, more complex methods. That is a major reason why ma ny fitness figures write as they do and market their catch phrases simplistically as they do - society has been p rocessed by the mass media to behave like that and they usually do not want to be forced to think too deeply o r to have their convenient current beliefs questioned, because that entails a serious threat to their psychological safety. Humankind has always been like that and they receive what they have been processed or educated to want. Training refers to the process of enhancing the physical and mental condition of the athlete, whereas practice refers to the process of perfecting the technical skills demanded by the particu lar sport. Traditionally, 'practice' in the West in many sports has included elements o f fitness' training in the form of jogging around the field, push-ups, sit-ups and other military type activities before game practice. This, however, wastes a coach's expertise and time. Ideally, the role of a coach is to cnhance game skills, with the fitness conditioning handled by specific conditioning coaches, as is rapidly becoming the case with the more pop ular sports in the USA. Sports preparation sessions must be devoted largely to enhancing tactical and te chnical skills, rather than to improving general physical fitness. If fitness training is to be included in pre paration sessions, then it must be done to improve the specific fitness qualities required in the actual sports event. This may take the form of practice games or contests, so that players can obtain realistic practice und er simulated competitive conditions. Ideally, athletes should acquire the necessary general fitness in their own time or preferably under the control of a specialist strength coach and not waste a technical coach's time in organising c rash courses in physical conditioning. The common belief of the more training the better or no gain without pain has persis ted since ancient times, largely as a result of the notion that increasing levels of success demand more work and pain. This often unfortunate principle sometimes continues to be imposed on misguided athletes ci ther by themselves or by uninformed coaches, since they maintain that the optimum training load is the ma ximum training load a person can endure without injury. All-round sports training must include the capability of coping with unexpected and sub-optimal c onditions. In certain sports where accidents or unexpected situations often occur, such as the martial arts, parach uting and motor racing, participants are taught how to cope with events that can have serious consequenc es. This type of preparation needs to be adopted far more extensively in all sports so that the athlete is ab le to anticipate threatening

situations, react much more rapidly to unexpected circumstances, take action to avoid or minimise injury, and cope with sub-optimal conditions by practising with imperfectly executed movemen ts. Shoe manufacturers would have athletes believe that the primary solution to most athletic injuries is the wearing of expensive footwear. Ailments such as shin splints, iliotibial band syndrome a nd peripatellar pain are attributed variously to excessive shock loading of the limbs, pronation or supination. Research, however, reveals that fewer injuries occur among those who wear thin s oled shoes and that current athletic footwear may even be injurious (Robbins et al, 1988). The paradoxical observation of a much lower incidence of running injuries reported in barefoot populations implies that mode m running shoes may produce injuries that normally would not occur without their use (Robbins & Hanna, 1987) . It is commonly believed that gymnasium machines are intrinsically safer than fre e weights and require far less skill in using them. This fallacy is one reason why injuries ar e still regularly sustained by those who rely solely on machines for training. you must study your body. I advise dayly mirror gazing for this purpose. You nee d not to make this period one of admiration but simply study the formation and t he movements of your muscle and look wholly for defects __ nothing else. Let the admiration come for others. Earle Liederman The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demon strates. The great teacher inspires. "And this is now becoming rapidly the attitude of physicians all over the world, they are giving less and less medecine and paying more and more attention to di et, hygiene, fresh air and exercise" "the gluteus maximus, the largest muscle of the hips, when properly developped, gives a pleasure curve to the lower back, which is much more desirable than to s ee flabby tissue covering this part." Sprinters have exceptionnaly developped thighs, prouced by the heavy exertion of their speed work. However, endurance runners, as a rule, are lacking greatly in leg development, as the muscle are destroyed faster than they replenish. It is a known and proven fact that prolonged repetition of movement, when carried to t he point of absolute fatigue and beyond that, to exhaustion, causes the muscle t o wear away. Therefore, many well developped athletes are now dead from the effe cts of prolonged fatguing exercise. No matter what your age may be, the best time to form good resolution is right n ow when you are younger than you will ever be again in your life. Having options when someone is trying to punch you in the face is a good thing A tool always in use never become rusty Attendu qu un grand nez est proprement l indice D un homme affable, bon, courtois, spi rituel, libral, courageux, tel que je suis, et tel Qu il vous est interdit jamais d

e vous croire, Dplorable maraud ! The public usually feels far more comfortable with cerebrally undemanding mantra s and 'fast food' solutions than with far more accurate, more complex methods. That is a major reason why ma ny fitness figures write as they do and market their catch phrases simplistically as they do - society has been p rocessed by the mass media to behave like that and they usually do not want to be forced to think too deeply o r to have their convenient current beliefs questioned, because that entails a serious threat to their psychological safety. Humankind has always been like that and they receive what they have been processed or educated to want. Training refers to the process of enhancing the physical and mental condition of the athlete, whereas practice refers to the process of perfecting the technical skills demanded by the particu lar sport. Traditionally, 'practice' in the West in many sports has included elements o f fitness' training in the form of jogging around the field, push-ups, sit-ups and other military type activities before game practice. This, however, wastes a coach's expertise and time. Ideally, the role of a coach is to cnhance game skills, with the fitness conditioning handled by specific conditioning coaches, as is rapidly becoming the case with the more pop ular sports in the USA. Sports preparation sessions must be devoted largely to enhancing tactical and te chnical skills, rather than to improving general physical fitness. If fitness training is to be included in pre paration sessions, then it must be done to improve the specific fitness qualities required in the actual sports event. This may take the form of practice games or contests, so that players can obtain realistic practice und er simulated competitive conditions. Ideally, athletes should acquire the necessary general fitness in their own time or preferably under the control of a specialist strength coach and not waste a technical coach's time in organising c rash courses in physical conditioning. The common belief of the more training the better or no gain without pain has persis ted since ancient times, largely as a result of the notion that increasing levels of success demand more work and pain. This often unfortunate principle sometimes continues to be imposed on misguided athletes ci ther by themselves or by uninformed coaches, since they maintain that the optimum training load is the ma ximum training load a person can endure without injury. All-round sports training must include the capability of coping with unexpected and sub-optimal c onditions. In certain sports where accidents or unexpected situations often occur, such as the martial arts, parach uting and motor racing, participants are taught how to cope with events that can have serious consequenc

es. This type of preparation needs to be adopted far more extensively in all sports so that the athlete is ab le to anticipate threatening situations, react much more rapidly to unexpected circumstances, take action to avoid or minimise injury, and cope with sub-optimal conditions by practising with imperfectly executed movemen ts. Shoe manufacturers would have athletes believe that the primary solution to most athletic injuries is the wearing of expensive footwear. Ailments such as shin splints, iliotibial band syndrome a nd peripatellar pain are attributed variously to excessive shock loading of the limbs, pronation or supination. Research, however, reveals that fewer injuries occur among those who wear thin s oled shoes and that current athletic footwear may even be injurious (Robbins et al, 1988). The paradoxical observation of a much lower incidence of running injuries reported in barefoot populations implies that mode m running shoes may produce injuries that normally would not occur without their use (Robbins & Hanna, 1987) . It is commonly believed that gymnasium machines are intrinsically safer than fre e weights and require far less skill in using them. This fallacy is one reason why injuries ar e still regularly sustained by those who rely solely on machines for training.