Get Up And Do Something: All-around athlete

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All-around athlete Sep 21st 2012, 11:53 To prove a point once, fitness trainer Thomas Holland did a little experiment. "I had one client who loves weights and body work, jumping jacks and push-ups and all that stuff," says Holland, who works at a Richardson, Texas, gym. "I have another who runs. I made them come into a room and gave them the same workout. The runner who thought she was in outstanding shape almost threw up before she was finished." By the same token, could the gym hound have been able to run a mile or two? Or a die-hard cyclist jump into a pool and swim a half-mile for the first time? Probably with the same amount of finesse as a swimmer would show in her first yoga class. "Complementary exercises, in my mind, are mandatory," Holland says...

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