Physical Fitness Is Important
- Apr 1, 2024
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人生從40歲開始
身體健康很重要 / Robert Peterson
不久前，我下垂的體形讓我確信我需要熟悉一個健身課程。 於是一位朋友帶我去找Joseph Pilates, 他已經 80 歲了。
對於這個年紀的男人來說，蒼白、身體虛弱是很正常的。 但這位令人難以置信的老紳士有著紅木般的古銅色，看起來壯實得足以與犀牛摔跤。 在過去的四十年裡，他和他的妻子開發了一種稱為控制學的運動技術。 它涉及透過重複 100 次基本練習來獲得對肌肉的完全控制。 意識到大多數人沒有時間每天去健身房鍛煉，普拉提強調可以在家進行的鍛煉——每天早晚十分鐘。
很快我就扔掉了灰色的法蘭絨衣服，穿上短褲和拖鞋，平躺在帆布墊上，完成他大雜燴式的準備練習中的第一道菜。
除了練習之外，Joe 還免費融入了他的健康和活力哲學。 他用洪亮的聲音提醒您，健康很大程度上取決於充足的鍛鍊。
「世界奇蹟之一，」他說，
「人們對自己美妙而複雜的身體的關注少於對汽車的關注。汽車可以更換，但你的身體是你唯一擁有的。然而，沒有千分之一的人每天花時間去了解它得到了適當的鍛鍊。”
他不相信通常那種旨在產生大塊肌肉的舉重訓練。 相反，他教授有節奏和受控設計的動作，以將新鮮血液輸送到每根肌肉纖維，特別是毛細血管，這些毛細血管位於皮膚水平，一旦我們成年，就很少受到刺激。 這創造了他所說的“內部淋浴”或整個身體的大掃除。 他也教導正確的呼吸－深呼吸，為血液提供充足的氧氣。
「大多數久坐工作的人，」他宣稱，「想知道為什麼他們在沒有做任何體力勞動的情況下，在晚上會這麼累。或者他們可能想知道為什麼他們這麼容易感冒和生病。原因是雜質「如果一個人學會每天早晚花幾分鐘進行正確的運動和正確的呼吸，他就會更少生病，更有活力。」
（版權所有，1961）
Life Begins at 40
Physical Fitness Is Important
By ROBERT PETERSON
Not long ago my sagging physique convinced me I needed to get acquainted with a physical fitness course. So a friend steered me to Joseph Pilates who is 80 years old.
It's natural for men that age to be pale and frail. But this incredible old gentleman is bronzed as mahogany and looks husky enough to wrestle a rhino. Over the past four decades he and his wife have developed an exercising technique known as contrology. It involves acquiring complete control of one's muscles through repetition of 100 basic exercises. Aware that most people haven't the time to trot to a gym daily for exercises, Pilates emphasizes exercises that can be pursued at home-ten minutes each morning and evening.
In short order I had chucked my gray flannels, slipped into shorts and slippers, and was lying flat on a canvas mat tackling the first course in his smorgasbord of setting-up exercises.
Along with the exercises Pilates tosses in gratis his philosophy for health and vitality. In stentorian tones he reminds you that health is largely dependent on getting adequate exercise.
"One of the wonders of the world," says he,
"is that people give their wonderful, complex bodies less consideration than they show their automobiles. Cars can be replaced but your body is the only one you'll have. Yet not one person in a thousand takes the time each day to see that it is properly exercised."
He doesn't believe in the usual kind of weight-pulling routines designed to produce big muscles. Instead, he teaches movements that are rhythmic and controlled-designed to drive fresh blood to every muscle fiber, particularly to the capillaries which are at skin-level and which are rarely stimulated once we become adults. This creates what he calls an "internal shower" or housecleaning of the entire body. He also teaches proper breathing-deep-down breathing to supply the blood stream with plenty of oxygen.
"Most folks in sedentary work," he declared, "wonder why they're so tired at night when they haven't done any physical work. Or they may wonder why they pick up colds and illnesses so easily. The reason is that impurities collect in an unexercised body and create fatigue and sluggishness. If a person learns to devote a few minutes every morning and evening to the right exercises and proper breathing, he'll have fewer illnesses and greater vitality."(Copyright, 1961)
St. Joseph Gazette / February 10, 1961
Año 1961: “La vida comienza a los 40”
LA VIDA COMIENZA A LOS 40. Hombre, 80 años, enseña aptitud física.
Por: Robert Peterson.
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