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Better Bottom May Lead to a Better Brain!
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This doesn't surprise me at all. (Note to self get running wheel installed)
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Webmaster, as long as you're thinking along those lines–installing a running wheel–then perhaps I should make mention of the following article that may help you in the event that you are also in need of a little hair repair:
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Yes! I saw this article in the New York Times mag. yesterday too. PLUS, in the NYTimes Mag, which was dedicated to brains & fitness, there is also an article written by a female, Episopal priest. Her name is the Rv. Dr. AMy Richter. She writes about herself and explains she competes in body building. She faces confusion and "raised eyebrows" from many others about her choices. On winning an award at a competition she writes, "….I wanted to say I won it for being the strongest priest in the state, for being a woman who is a priest with a really strong and healthy body. I wanted to tell them I won it for being brave, but that wasn't really true, because I hadn't been brave enough to tell the people it would be the biggest risk to tell. I got it for being myself."
Her words are exciting and sad to me at the same time. I understand. She should not have to hide being feminine, beautiful, strong and smart….yet many in this world have problems when a woman has all of those qualities.
I am saving this article!
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I just reread my own post and realized there is an important comma left out. I must rewrite, because the meaning of the priest comes through with the "comma," or pause in her statement.
She is commenting after placing 2nd in winning a body building competition. Someone asked her how or why does she think she won. She admits to us…the reader….that negative perceptions still held her back from speaking the truth….so she held back in her answer, but shares with us (the readers) what she really wanted to say.
From her article,
"I wanted to say I won it for being the strongest priest in the state, for being a woman who is a priest with a really strong and healthy body. I wanted to tell them I won it for being brave, but that wasn't really true, because I hadn't been brave enough to tell the people…….(here's where the comman goes) it would be the biggest risk to tell. (So she simply told the interviewer) "I got it for being myself."
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Men and women alike should always strive to be fit and healthy; their role in life, their occupation, should have no bearing on this decision whatsoever. A healthy body does not equate superficiality etc. Years ago I remember going to Gold's Gym in Venice, California, and bumping into the rabbi of a local temple where my daughter used to go to pre-K. I remember staring at Rabbi Dan, even grinning; he noticed and walked up to me and said: "Just because I'm a rabbi doesn't mean that I can't take care of my body . . . " And this says it all.
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Yes Wrinkletalk!
And….I may have been to the same gym you are talking about. I know Gold's gyms are a chain. I used to belong to one here in Florida. But years ago, while I lived in Los Angeles, a friend said he had to take me to this famous gym in Venice…..all the "hot bods" go there he told me….even Chuck Norris. We worked out there. I was a guest for an afternoon. Small world. If not the same gym so what???? Still a small world. Like your posts about fitness & brains.
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Yes, that's the gym, and true,one could spot plenty of celebrities when at the gym. Usually folks who happened to live in the area. But with all the hype, it was a down-to-earth atmosphere. Everyone was friendly etc. Indeed a very small world.
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