From: rpark@stam.QE.Bell.CA (Richard Park)
Subject: Re: More Fitness Thoughts by Original Author
Reply-To: rpark@stam.bell.ca
Organization: CER, Bell Canada
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 15:31:42 GMT

In article <1992Aug31.163231.7242@ac.dal.ca>, whare@ac.dal.ca writes:
|> 	All I can say is that I'm thrilled by all the responses
|> to Fitness Thoughts.Needless to say I have a couple of points 
|> to make and a couple of uestions to.
|> First: What's the recommended daily fat intake for a 14 - year 
|> old boy?
I would think it would depend on  the boy's metabolism, activeness, growth
rate, etc. There probably is a recommended fat intake but one would have to
adjust this with other factors.

|> 	Is weight training bad for kids under the age of 16?
|> I've heard it causes the long bones to stop growing prematurely.
I heard it was bad if you do heavy weights since the ligaments and bones
are not fully developed. It is OK to do light weights. Certain exercies
may not be suitable.

|> 	This may sound ridiculous but do all people eventually
|> stop gaining? What I mean is say someone barbell curl 200 pounds
|> one week could he increase the weight in each workout by one 
|> more pound?
If you kept all other factors such as sleep, food intake, diet, supplimenaries
constant and also kept your workout the same but only added weight, the answer 
is No. The person would eventually plateau off.

|> 	Finally I've heard that women have as much as 30% less
|> muscle cells than men so would that mean that if you compared 
|> track and field results would it mean that women pushed their 
|> limitations farther then men?
No. For the overall body, women probably have 30% less. But the
muscle ditribution on a female is different to the muscle distribution on a
male. Upper body strength difference between male and female is larger than
lower body strenght difference between male and female. I worked out with 
varsity track females and they would do 3 plates a side for squats. This is
why the times are close for the 100 meter sprints but are greatly different for 
such things as shot put...
 
|> 	This subject on whether fat is being burned when you're
|> going all out should be answered by saying that if you took a 
|> fat person to run around a track as fast or as long as they could
|> they might go around two or three times, collapse and think they
|> got a great workout even though it would be much more beneficial 
|> if they walked around the track for an hour.
Fat burning, I feel, depends on the individual, I've seen people take
the same protein powder at my gym, work-out the same and one gets fat and
the other get muscular and leaner. I partake in short spurt type sports
like football, ice hockey but I some how manage to lose fat cells. 

|> 	Tonight's the night, 100 pushups! I'll post tomorrow
|> the results.
Good for you.. I am going to burn my fat cells by watching TV.
|> 
|> 	Like anyone cares...
|> 	Oops, forgot to mention that if I stated anything in
|> the male gender I also meant it for females too. Deepest regrets.-- 
|>                                                           ...RICHARD*design...
|>                                                           ....Antony R Hare...
|>                                                           ........President...
|>                                                           ..whare@ac.dal.ca...
|> 
|>                                                           ..image is almost...
|>                                                           .......everything...

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Richard Park	
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