South Africans are the most fitness-concious people. On average, the average gym goer in the UK goes about 1-2 times a week, in America it’s 2-3 times a week while South Africans go 4-6 times a week! Even though Virgin Active is a UK-based company, there are only 9 VA clubs in the UK and 76 in South Africa and many UK gyms have been based on the models of South African ones.
Even when it comes to sports at schools, there is a huge emphasis on competitive sport like rugby, hockey, netball and cricket, and it’s compulsory.
No wonder the cricket team is so fit. They say Hansie Cronje has the stamina of an olympic athlete.
I have seen a cricket practice video of South African cricket .. and I have seen Pak team practice session in person .. I was actually surprised Pak players don’t believe in weight-training .. the main difference was in the technique and knowledge .. ours are more based on paindoo power and laziness … I think in golabal terms Australia is considered the place for Athletic and Sports awareness .. SA is up there too ..
Hey one more thing
These things are hard to explain
For some it seems strange... to swallow
The frontier of our minds
Is the last place we find
But maybe the first place we should go
Oh yeah, the Australians - how could I forget. They're definitely up there when it comes to fitness and sport.
I wonder how US/Chine get the most medals in Olympics! :~P
I agree most Americans are the nothing but pounds of FAT!
its all fixed i think.
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Originally posted by ahmadjee:
**I wonder how US/Chine get the most medals in Olympics! :~P
I agree most Americans are the nothing but pounds of FAT!**
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Quantity is not quality …. Chinese and Americans are represented in every athletic event .. and if there are not enough sporting events that America can win they will add some .. take Beach volleyball and softball ! why not cricket which have 100 times more following … The American women softball team had a 250lb pitcher .. if we apply same athletic measures we can grab few Gogi and Maja Pehlawan from Undroon-E-Lahore .. and declare Guli-Danda as Olympic sports .. but I don’t agree with you on that Americans are mostly blobs … their athletic standards in football/soccer/basketball/baseball etc.. are very high .. American women’s soccer team can kick most of men’s team behind … It’s a matter of resources which simply does not exist in third world countries … Jhangir Khan played with broken racquets .. here even the poor kid from a ghetto will have nike and some sort of coaching at his disposal .. Australian’s and SA and west’s love of sports comes from the stability and economic well being .. Chinese and former Soviet regime produced athletes by drugs and institutions .. cultural and political restraints are part of it too ..how many Athletes have you seen come out of India ? .. to many veggie pies ? no it’s a matter of not nurturing/organizing sports in third world countries …
Hey one more thing
These things are hard to explain
For some it seems strange... to swallow
The frontier of our minds
Is the last place we find
But maybe the first place we should go
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Originally posted by cat-woman:
*South Africans are the most fitness-concious people. *
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I thought the AUSSI's were leading.......Hmmmmm.
“na maiN* momin vich masiitaa*N, na maiN* muusaa, na fir'aun!”
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Well weight does not always count in your fitness. Look at all the major league baseball players... Most of them are overweight. but are really good at what they do...
It’s time South Africans learn from us lazy painDoos that you can’t win the World Cup with fitness. They will have to believe in the theory of lazivity. Afterall, the great relaxed nations like West Indians, Pakistani, Indians, Sri Lankans have won the world cup more than the fitness crazy South Africans.
well who better than INZAMAM-Ul-HAQ to teach the south africans that fitness is not all u need…
sorry to disappoint u catty but fitness is not all that is required…
and its not only in cricket, ever heard of Babe Ruth in baseball
another important factor is genetics ppl…
admit it, goras r physically better built than us third world country ppl… exceptions r everywhere but genetics do play a big role, like someone said, desis r a lazy bunch n poor genetics on top of that sums it all up.
if i as a pakistani need 2 months to develop a certain body part, a gora with healthy genetics will probably have it already or wud take 3 weeks. thers a big difference,
look at their heights man, u look at some of the goris n u feel like going home n tuck ur face under ur pillow n weep of envy
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they r so tall n fit
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heheh khair, carry on ppl… but i do blame genetics a lot wen it comes to desis, plus the casual attitude towards diet and fitness… there isnt much awareness of healthy diet n activities in our countries,
imagine some mums stuffing theur kids with mallayee and big fatfilled parathaas n themselves eating oily curries n other things thinking “desi ghee makes u strong n healthy” . so we can even blame education,
Trust me ppl, living in pakistan, i never even knew certain aspects and the role of diet wen ur exercising… n now i know a lot more about wat to eat n wen, n how to burn it.
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admit it,, goras r physically better built than us third world country ppl... exceptions r everywhere but genetics do play a big role,,, like someone said,, desis r a lazy bunch n poor genetics on top of that sums it all up.
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What????
African States are third world countries. Africans have definitely a better build than GURAS.
“na maiN* momin vich masiitaa*N, na maiN* muusaa, na fir'aun!”
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i was referring to desis sir
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ever won a medal at olympics?? apart frm hockey or the one in boxing?? almost half r won by kaalaas, n the other half r shared between goraas n chinkays,
we suck… admit it. n trust me chinks arent big, but they have good genetics n are pretty fit n healthy.
we r the only mukki hui qaum i guess
thanks for the info i didnt know that. thanks
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mairay dill mairay mussafir
I do admit that, but you used that aswell: third world country ppl.
Was answer on that.
*“na maiN momin vich masiitaaN, na maiN muusaa, na fir’aun!”
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Genes are not to be blamed for desi incompetency in athetics. It all depends on the amount of effort we put into and the opportunities. The best example would be Japanese football team. They didn't improve their genes but rather they worked hard and spent some money on coaching. Take a look at the example of desi who are lazy in Pakistan but work 48 hours to make their both ends meet. Similarly, some of the western born Pakis have done quite well in athletics. Hence, I would blame education and not the genetics.
One might I might agree is that the desis tend to marry within cousin and although it is allowed in Islam, it is not a must. Therefore, creates sometime weaker generation.
Waisay, I like the desi way. moTay taazay log apart from Karachi. This fitness craze in the west has created some disadvantages as well. Average age of people have been increased and sometime it is painful to watch old people in the old homes. It makes me think sometime do I really want to live that long. I guess NO. I would rather enjoy my life with desi ghee and die at an earlier age than living a miserable old-age life.
bol keh lub azad heiN teray, bol zaban ab tak teri hai
i was talkin about fitness basically...
n i still say a desi has to work twice as hard as a gora or chinka or an african to achieve wat they have.. doin half the work... thats all wat i,m saying,,., n ytes education plays a big role like i said b4... but bad genes and no education makes it twice as hard for desis to keep fit.