In a culture where diet and fitness are viewed as a gateway to a "celebrity body," Banks attributing her own physique to anything other than working her butt off is almost revolutionary.
Fitness is viewed as a surface in a multidimentional space, where the dynamics is assumed to be directed toward local fitness maxima.
Physical fitness was viewed as enhancing a person's ability to contribute to family duties, as well as a good way to control weight.
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Some had a very nice cardiorespiratory endurance, and at the other end of the spectrum there were people who were very deteriorated from a fitness point of view.
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"We are better prepared, from a fitness point of view as well," added Du Preez.
