We’ve all come across someone in the past whom we made fast judgements about when we saw them. Perhaps someone overweight at school or at your local gym who just happens to be much better at swimming or spinning than everyone else. It doesn’t tally with our belief that fit equals thin. 

But can a fat person be as fit as a thin person all depends on what we mean by fitness.

There are sports and events where extra bulk is a positive advantage and so anyone who is overweight will be ‘fitter’ for that activity than their slimmer counterparts Sumo, Worlds Strongest Man….). These sports are relatively rare however and even those who partake in them would admit that while experts in their own fields they probably don’t shape up that well when measured by more generally accepted indicators of what it is to be ‘fit’.

 Fitness for most people means fitness for life and long-term health. How we look, how our bodies perform and how we feel as we go about our regular routines. To get optimum results in these areas, many people will embark on one type of exercise routine or other. Often as we go about these routines, putting ourselves at a better advantage for the rigours of life, we may choose to add in some new challenges along the way in the form of fitness events, charity runs, bike rides, swimathons and so on.

If we were looking at general fitness and fitness for endurance events such as these, would a fat person perform as effectively as a thin person? Sure, they would. There’s no good reason why they shouldn’t, provided they have trained specifically for the event and are properly prepared. 

Judging someone’s fitness by his or her size is ridiculous and even implies that all thin people are fit which is clearly not the case. I can remember taking part in a sponsored bike ride at school where the father of one of my friend’s was leading a group of 15-year olds on a 45-mile ride. He looked completely out of shape but his appearance hid a fit pair of legs and an experienced set of lungs and he left us all trailing on the bike route and then cycled home again as we all collapsed into the train. I’ve also run many a Sunday morning race where I’ve seen, and been overtaken by, runners who look like they’re carrying too much excess baggage but are clearly very fit. 

The bottom line is that it’s not how much weight you’re carrying; it’s how you’ve conditioned your body for specific events that matters.

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When Fred comes back from the states, he always has new stories about the changes in America. We were sitting in a bar watching sumo when Fred suddenly wondered when we would see women’s sumo wrestling on mainstream television. I was unaware that women’s sumo wrestling had enough wrestlers, sufficient popularity, or adequate sponsorship to exist as anything more than a niche sport, let alone make it to mainstream television.

After I said that to Fred, he waved away my lack of awareness and started talking about seeing women’s college ball on television his last trip to the states. “So, I went out with some friends for a drink. The television was on and there was a college ball game on. Nothing new about that. The television was a little far away and I couldn’t see it too clearly but looking at it a second time, something did look a little different. I finally realized that it was women’s college ball. Staring at the television, I said, ‘Wow! Women’s college ball on mainstream television in a bar. What a mindblower!”

I knew that more culture confrontation was coming and so I waited, Fred continued, “So, the guy sitting next to me at the bar, I have no idea who he is, turns to me and asks, ‘Are you a sexist?’”

I just couldn’t picture anyone thinking Fred was a sexist. Bay Area born and bred, thinking of men and women as equals, Fred was as far from a sexist as you were likely to find these days. I waited, eager to hear what Fred responded. “I was about to reply when Maura jumped in. She turned to the guy and said, ‘He sees something new, he expresses surprise, and the only think you can do is ask if he is sexist? Did it ever occur to you to get some more information before asking such a rude question? For example, have you never seen women’s college ball on television before? Or you don’t watch much television?’ The guy mumbled something and slunk away. Not too much you can say to Maura when she gets rolling.”

I smiled at the very thought and answered Fred, “So, you are saying that women’s college ball, which used to never be on television, is now regular established television fare?”

“That’s right.” Fred replied and he continued, “I don’t know how long women’s college ball has been on television, but when I left the states only men’s college ball was on television. If you had asked me about women’s college ball on television then, I wouldn’t have been able to see it. In retrospect, it is perfectly clear that Title IX set the stage for all of this. The big question is how long this process will take in Japan.”

I paused to think about that, but Fred did not. He continued, “Obviously, this process will take a long time. The changes of the 1960s in the states set the stage for Title IX. Japan may be talking a lot about gender equality and there may be a lot of new laws and rules, but I am not seeing much in the way of penalties. Rules, regulations, and laws without penalties do not create quick progress. I remember help wanted adds in Japan in the 1990s divided according to male and female. Well, we don’t see that anymore, but employers still hire males for certain jobs and females for certain jobs.”

Fred was right. It would be a long time before we saw women’s sumo develop into a major sport, but the seeds may be being planted now. When Title IX was passed, in 1972, who would have dreamed of women’s college ball on television? Now, in 2008, who would dream of women’s sumo on Japanese television? The future sometimes brings incredible changes. From Title IX to today has been almost 40 years. Japan has not yet had it’s own Title IX, but Japan does not work that way. Perhaps the Japanese are in the equivalent of our 1972. We will have to wait and see what the next 40 years hold in Japan for women’s sumo and other women’s sports.

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Many people thought that sumo wrestlers have no need to exercise and they even don’t need any special kind of diet but this is wrong. Sumo wrestlers also eat healthy diet and they too exercise a lot. They are very healthy and flexible. Most of the wrestlers can do splits. Many of them do calisthenics every morning to keep their muscles mass up. There diet consists of steak and rice. Japanese sumo wrestlers have to eat diet that is rich in energy and results in energy.

Chanko is stable diet for sumo wrestlers. Chanko is available only at sumo food restaurants or sumo stables. This recipe is also served during the tournaments of sumo wrestlers. It contains many healthy nutrients that are good for sumo wrestlers. List of ingredients and the preparation method of chanko is mentioned below, which will prove helpful if you want to make it at your home.

Ingredients

• Chicken (medium)-1

• Carrots (peeled)-4
• Onions (medium and peeled)-2
• Leeks (washed and trimmed)-3
• Cabbage (washed and medium sized)-1
• Mirin-1/2 cup
• Salt-1/2 teaspoon
• Soy sauce-1/2 cup
• Potato (medium and peeled)-1
• Daikon radish(peeled)-1
• Shiitake mushrooms-10-12
• Tofu (deep fry)-1/2 cake
• Water

Preparation method

• First, bone the chicken and cut the meat into chunks in 2 inches. Also, reserve the bones.
• Now, cut the leeks and 3 carrots in bite sized pieces.
• Take a large saucepan and put the chicken, carrots and leeks in that pan.
• Fill the pan with water, put the lid on it and bring it to boil.
• Keep the flame to medium-low.
• Uncover the pan for three hours and make stock then strain.
• Now, cut the daikon and potatoes in bite sized potatoes.
• Take another pot and put the both in it and boil it in salty water.
• Cut off the mushrooms and discard the mushroom stalks.
• Cut the caps of mushrooms and also onions in quarters.
• Take the cabbage and chop it in small pieces.
• Cut the remaining carrots.
• Deep fry the tofu into chunks.
• Take a stock pot and put the chicken meat and all the vegetables except potato and daikon in it. Also, add soy sauce to it.
• When all the vegetables cooked add the daikon and potatoes to it.
• Season it with mirin and salt to taste and simmer the flame for few minutes more.
• Season and serve it in desirable manner.
• You can also serve it with noodles as it would prove a great combination.

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He is the strongest Yokozuna(Grand Champ). He is NOT BIG as sumo wreslers. His weight and height is lighter and shorter than average of sumo wreslers. But he is overwhelmingly strongest. Cuase he has good tecnique,speed and fighting spirits. He is not Jpanese.Hes Mongolian. This is his 15 fights.

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