THE PHYSICALLY UNEDUCATED
PERSON
Adults who are physically uneducated often find
themselves in awkward and unpleasant situations. For example, they
may:
- Be overweight as a result of physical
inactivity
- Have chronic lower back pain
- Have painful memories of begin picked last
when teams where chosen
- Remember being laughed at because they
couldn't catch a softball or were afraid of a
volleyball
- Recall being last whenever they ran
laps
- Dread the memory of never being able to do
even one pull-up on the physical fitness test
- Be uncomfortable starting, and maintaining, an
exercise program
- Feel like a "klutz" and make excuses to avoid
physical activity
- Believe that athletes were born that
way
- Not understand that there a virtually hundreds
of ways to exercise and that they would enjoy some of
them
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