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The premise behind this fad is that since we gain weight because of toxins getting deposited in our body, we would be ridden of the burden of extra weight once we remove those toxins. While it is true that you can lose weight by detoxifying your body, you cannot acquire a slim body that way. Read the rest of this entry »

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A direct evaluation of fitness is by strength tests, which in a general way measure the relationships between performance, condition, and strength.

There are a lot of these tests around but perhaps the best known is the Kraus-Weber Test.

The Kraus-Weber (K-W) Test of Minimum Muscular Fitness has six components. This test measures several large muscle groups for flexibility and strength. The higher the degree of test rating, the greater presumably is the muscular function of the body as a whole.

This test is of much interest since it originally arose as the result of experience in a posture clinic where an effort was made to evaluate treatment of low back pain. Eighty percent of more than four thousand apparently healthy people were unable to pass one or more of the test items! Read the rest of this entry »