What's fit ?
Lance Armstrong is such an amazing athlete - I think that his comeback is probably one of the greatest achievements in modern history.
Much has been written about the fact that his body fat is at 4-5% - Its funny to me that Lance Armstrong who is considered so fit would be the first to die if his plane crash landed on an island with no food source.
Which got me thinking about this unholy obsession with BMI and Body Fat etc ... What a quantum change in thinking in the last 200 years or so - To think society has gone from widespread hunger (and associated involuntarily low body fat) to a situation in which people are struggling to reduce their body fat.
I have personally decided to keep some excess fat on me - Who knows when I might need it ;-)
Much has been written about the fact that his body fat is at 4-5% - Its funny to me that Lance Armstrong who is considered so fit would be the first to die if his plane crash landed on an island with no food source.
Which got me thinking about this unholy obsession with BMI and Body Fat etc ... What a quantum change in thinking in the last 200 years or so - To think society has gone from widespread hunger (and associated involuntarily low body fat) to a situation in which people are struggling to reduce their body fat.
I have personally decided to keep some excess fat on me - Who knows when I might need it ;-)
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How about Alexander Popov?