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...rein you in when you're doing something wrong, applaud when you're doing something right and, perhaps most important, make you feel guilty if you don't show up at all. Trainers are also good at knowing which muscle groups you need to strengthen for a sport you may be considering trying, and helping you exercise them into shape...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Couch Potatoes, Arise! | 5/31/2005 | See Source »

...Moyo's experience, however, Inniss's honesty and modesty are both rare. While rounding up volunteers for Real Men Cook, Moyo has often found himself mired in bragging sessions as though cooking were a competitive sport. "A lot of these guys will say flat out that they cook better than their wives," he reports. Moyo likes to tell them, "After you finish your years trying to slam-dunk on the basketball court, you can do the same thing with meatballs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Manning the Stove | 5/31/2005 | See Source »

...after all, is a form of stress, and extreme, unrelenting physical stress for days on end can cause permanent damage. That may include structural damage to joints, bones and muscles, as well as less visible but more insidious changes to critical body functions. "It's not a physiologically healthy sport," says trainer and former adventure racer Terri Schneider...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can You Push Yourself Too Hard? | 5/31/2005 | See Source »

...participate are helping to keep it that way. Co-founder Nicolas Musy, a Swiss business consultant based in China, estimates that the event has raised at least $30,000 since the first race in 1999, and much of it has gone to promoting Khovsgol as an ecotourism site. The sport has also rubbed off on the locals. Mongolia doesn't have a tradition of marathoning?in the Khans' time, if a Mongolian had to run more than a hundred paces, he jumped on a horse. But nowadays, Mongolians regularly enter?and win?the race...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Far Side | 5/30/2005 | See Source »

...Girls Skate Too In his interview with TIME, skateboard champion Tony Hawk did a disservice to young women everywhere when he noted that his arena tour showcasing the sport is "one of the few events dads and sons can equally enjoy" [May 9]. What, girls don't skateboard? In his offhand statement, Hawk reveals the prevailing mentality: there are places where girls belong and places where they do not. Stop the brainwashing of young girls! Shelly Riley Steamboat Springs, Colorado...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 5/30/2005 | See Source »

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