University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, April 25, 1990
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No pain, no gain attitude reduces fun of exercising
Enthusiasts should strive to create healthy habits
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — No pain, no gain? Some people think that to get fit you have to fight the agony and keep going until you conquer or collapse.
And some experts on the psychology of exercise say that notion may be why so many people don't stick with exercise.
Instead of pain, people should think about the benefits
thrown from exercise, a navigator Jerry R. May
"People will not continue, unless they have a very abnormal psychology. They will not push themselves into a painful stimulus." said cardiologist James M. Rippe.
Rippe, who directs the exercise physiology and nutrition laboratory at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, has been studying why some people can make exercise a habit while others can't. May, a professor at the University of Nevada at Reno, works with members of the U.S. alpine ski team.
If you get through the first week, Rippe said, you've passed the period when half the dropouts occur. If you work out regularly for six months, you're likely to have created a habit and to go on to create other health habits, like giving up smoking. Even if you are not up exercise after that, he said, you're more likely to go back to it.
Rippe said surveys indicate that virtually every adult knows exercise is healthy, but the U.S. Public Health-
"The most important health benefits come to the people who are least fit. They are the least likely to start, but they have the most to gain," Rippe said. "They are not starting because they have an entirely wrong idea."
Service estimates that only 20 percent of adults exercise regularly.
To start with, he said, be realistic. Reach back into your childhood. If you weren't a good swimmer, don't take up swimming. If you liked biking, try that.
of exercise.
Don't think about marathon runners; think about people who walk their dogs, at least at first, Rippe said. "Apparently can be active, even at a low level," he said.
"Kids understand things like walking."
May said this was a good way to experiment: try new sports and exercises and search for the ones that fit.
*People tibbeli...he said, people don't know how to prepare well for the demands of being physical.
To help make it a priority, May said, write down exactly what you want to accomplish and how. He suggested identifying specific goals such as more powerful arms or the ability to cross-country ski.
Now, said Ripe, work out the logistics. If you're going to swim, is there a pool nearby? If not, consider. Line
up your equipment.
While you are at it, May said, line up good instructors.
Above all, he said, make it fun. Don't push yourself so hard that you hurt whenever you work out. "This is a race won by the tortoise not the hare," he said.
Diet guide cuts path to good eating Nutritionists warn about food labeling, marketing techniques
The Associated Press
NEW YORK - Tufts University President Jean Mayer, one of the nation's best-known nutritionists, has taken much of the confusion out of eating well and losing weight.
"Dr. Jean Mayer's Diet & Nutrition Guide," written with Jeanne P. Goldberg, provides a compact and generally sensible path for children and adults is but somewhat disorganized and fairly conservative.
Mayer and Goldberg, a Tufts School of Nutrition professor, are widely known for their newspaper column "Food for Thought," written in a question-and-answer format. The same device is used in the book, at the end of each chapter, which can make information hard to find.
For example, yogurt is discussed both in the main section of a chapter that includes adapting recipes to
make them healthier and in the question-and-answer section at the end of the chapter.
With the plethora of diet plans available and labels on food difficult to decipher, consumers need someone to cut a path through it all. And Mayer and Goldberg offer reasonable advice and clear explanations.
Their book includes information on preventing food poisoning, eating well in restaurants, vitamins and minerals, food requirements at different ages and for those with various health problems or conditions, and how to lose weight sensibly.
The fact that people in the United States are doing a poor job of feeding themselves seems clear.
eating a better diet than do many Americans today," the authors say.
It need not be the case and, beginning with a tour of the supermarket, the authors warn that shopkeepers should know they are always served by marketing professionals.
Overall, Mayer and Goldberg recommend a low-fat diet consisting of foods either fresh or lightly processed. They pass by many of the prepared foods that have come on the market.
They warn about tricky food labels: An ounce of all sorts of cereals may have the same number of calories, but an ounce of corn flakes is about a cup, and an ounce of granola may be just one-quarter cup. Manufacturers are not required to use comparable serving sizes, and many foods have no nutrition labeling at all.
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