During the Round 9 game between the NSW Waratahs and the SA provincial team the Cheetahs, one of the commentators described a Cheetahs prop as being the 'least fit looking....' etc etc. This was after a mention of the fact that he has missed no games this year or similar.
Comments about how someone 'looks fit' do not help the cause of physical and athletic preparation. At one time i am sure the commentator (an ex-player) knew better than this, but unforunately he along with the majmority get caught up in the mainstream misconception that you can judge a persons 'fitness' to succeed in sport by their looks.
This only results in mis-guided focus on low body fat and bulging biceps, neither which are in my opinion correlated with success on the scoreboard.
Reminds me of the before and after photos used by the Wallabies conditioner in the lead up to the 1999 world cup. I thought such dumb and misguided interpretations of preparedness for sport were limited to bodybuilding magazines....
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