Word: overexerting
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...executives, particularly since the President's heart attack, are uneasily aware of the mental and physical effects of overstrain. However, when they think of relaxation, the majority think in terms of strenuous, competitive recreation, such as golf. But the trouble with such sports is that businessmen tend to overexert and fret over their performance. And in recent years the golf course has become a kind of office with trees, where businessmen are as intent on arranging ways of raising their incomes as on lowering their scores. Says Norman Livermore Jr., California lumber-firm executive and onetime athlete...
...squad, and battery candidates whose ability is unknown to the coaches, have been holding regular practice in the Cage every afternoon this week. Under the supervision of Coach Coburn, the battery candidates have been given light work in passing and catching, but the men are still warned not to overexert their arms. The fielding candidates have practiced receiving easy grounders and passing to first base. Some improvement in the work is evident...