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--- In , Storm Fox <storm_m_fox@y...> 
wrote: 
> I like the oldtimers' philosophy of doing loads of variety, 
having fun with training, and always keeping health and quality of 
life in mind. Even with all the goofiness, I still like it far 
better than the modern, macho school which holds that you should 
squat and deadlift until blood squirts from your nose, that lifting-
induced hemmoroids are a sign of masculinity, that you've never 
lifted heavy unless you've soiled yourself, and that joint and 
muscle pains are just indicators that you need to start using 
more/better painkillers.

....Ugch! That is truly a revolting set of guidelines to "live" 
by!
I saw a funny Australian film some time ago, which was supposed to 
be a period piece,,, and I remember that all the people in the town 
would come out onto the beach to watch a famous strongman from, I 
think, England, do his morning constitutional "jog" along the 
water.
He would run along the beach with a *large* stone in each hand, and 
holding them above his head as he jogged...could that have been 
Aston?
Deb