Fit doesn’t always mean Healthy
One can be fit without necessarily being healthy.
Fitness means being able to perform physical activity. It also means having the energy and strength to feel as good as possible – Source
An elite athlete will likely test as very fit in terms of cardiopulmonary capacity, but is he healthy? Very likely, but not necessarily. He might be very fit, but if he’s putting his body under too much stress in order to perform at his best, he may not be all that healthy.
Elite athletes – the very fittest of the fittest – are often on the verge of physical breakdown from overuse injuries. Well, this applies to the average athletes too. Going to extremes like training too hard and eating too little in order to improve or maintain the previous activity levels or timings or achieve a goal … all these are stresses to the body. The greatest potential gynecologic risks of marathon training for women involve amenorrhea (no periods), osteoporosis, and disordered eating, in what is commonly called the female athlete triad.
[Photo: Taken last year at the Singapore Marathon 2008]
Fitness doesn’t seem to be as important a factor in one’s risk of disease as one’s current level of physical activity.
June 24th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
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June 24th, 2009 at 11:13 pm
duh!
that’s wat most people don’t understand…
they equate fitness or being healthy with regular intensive gym work!
it doesn’t have to be…unless you are training to be a champ!
June 25th, 2009 at 9:49 am
@ Waz
Haha, now speaking of gym work, I don’t understand why some guys with huge biceps are constantly training their upper body only and neglecting their lower body. Oh and yeah, having nice biceps and body doesn’t mean being fit.
June 29th, 2009 at 1:17 am
that’s coz they want to look great when they go to beach or swimming pool…
they see wrestlers and Hollywood/ Bollywood actors with big biceps or pecs on TV…and they want to get similar physique! lol