Sabathia used so much effort with his fastball that hitters noticed slight changes in exertion and adjusted.
Also, because the hunting and gathering required so much physical exertion, we're also programmed to rest when we can, hence the aversion we sometimes feel toward exercise.
Much of the 18th Arrondissement seemed a concrete wasteland of industrial infrastructure as we walked alone, out of breath not so much from exertion but out of apprehension over what lay ahead, and because we knew an easy exit would be all but impossible.
It's not so much the physical exertion that amazes me, though heaven knows that's impressive enough.
But he is shivering and shaking so much from his exertion that he drops it on the boat's deck.
Which leads me to my ultimate point: I am the last person in the world who should be contemplating hiking any formidable trail that involves so much athletic ability, physical exertion, living off the land and sleeping in a tent, even for a single day.
But in "Gladiator," Mr. Crowe does get to move, and there aren't too many English-speaking actors who get so much pleasure out of physical exertion.
Those Soul Grunt guys weren't Grunting out some hypermasculine "gotta Grunt to get it right" posture so much as they were Grunting due to actual physical exertion.
It's an excuse for a long walk after so much eating and drinking, really, but does involve considerable intellectual exertion, too, so it's good to go with someone like my wife, Susan Gilchrist, who has a crossworder's brain.
It's difficult to become delusional when so much of each day involves the sort of extreme and unrelenting exertion that would break most men of 24 and 26.
