{"id":2233,"date":"2011-10-17T08:09:37","date_gmt":"2011-10-17T15:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/howtobefit.com\/coach-blog\/?p=2233"},"modified":"2011-10-17T08:43:28","modified_gmt":"2011-10-17T15:43:28","slug":"settling-2-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/howtobefit.com\/coach-blog\/2011\/10\/17\/settling-2-worse\/","title":{"rendered":"Settling For #2 Or Worse&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am a voracious reader when it comes to faith, family and fitness and Thursday I read an article in the New York Times that I find disturbing. It is entitled, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/10\/13\/world\/asia\/chinas-next-revolution-is-in-fitness.html?_r=1&amp;partner=rss&amp;emc=rss\" target=\"_blank\">China&#8217;s Next Revolution Is in Fitness<\/a>&#8221; which on the surface doesn&#8217;t seem that interesting or significant but this line from the article does, &#8220;The government preaches that only a nation of strong bodies is truly strong.&#8221; The Chinese government is telling its citizens to have strong bodies. My understanding is that in China, when the government tells you to do something, you do it.<\/p>\n<p>Why is that so disturbing? Here are a few things that we should all know.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>China, with 1,339,724,852 people has <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_countries_by_population\" target=\"_blank\">19.23% of the world population<\/a><\/li>\n<li>China has the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/10\/13\/world\/asia\/chinas-next-revolution-is-in-fitness.html?_r=1&amp;partner=rss&amp;emc=rss\" target=\"_blank\">world&#8217;s second largest economy<\/a> (until 2020)<\/li>\n<li>China has an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationmaster.com\/graph\/eco_deb_ext_percap-economy-debt-external-per-capita\" target=\"_blank\">external debt ranking at #153 or $274.62 per capita<\/a><\/li>\n<li>China has <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Obesity_in_China\" target=\"_blank\">overall rates of obesity below 5%<\/a> in the country<\/li>\n<li>China <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy\" target=\"_blank\">ranks second in life expectancy<\/a><\/li>\n<li>China <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Public_health-care_in_China#Health_indicators\" target=\"_blank\">spends $224 per capita on healthcare<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here are some comparisons that we should think about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The US with 312,417,000 people has <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_countries_by_population\" target=\"_blank\">4.48% of the world population<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The US has the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/money\/economy\/2011-02-14-chinapoll14_ST_N.htm\" target=\"_blank\">world&#8217;s largest economy<\/a> (until 2020)<\/li>\n<li>The US has an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/id\/30308959\/The_World_s_Biggest_Debtor_Nations?slide=2\" target=\"_blank\">external debt ranking at #20 or $48,258 per capita<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The US has the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Obesity_in_the_United_States\" target=\"_blank\">highest obesity rate in the world at 33.8%<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The US <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy\" target=\"_blank\">ranks 36th in life expectancy<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The US <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Health_care_in_the_United_States\" target=\"_blank\">spends $7,439 per capita on healthcare<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I am a member of a community <a href=\"www.teambeachbody.com\/about?referringRepId=1393\" target=\"_blank\">started by a company<\/a> that wants to end the trend of obesity in this country. From the numbers above it isn&#8217;t hard to see that we are not #1 in most categories that would indicate whether a country is strong or not. China not only wants to have a strong country, but they want a strong country populated with strong bodies. They currently are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalfirepower.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">third in terms of global firepower<\/a> and they have almost <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_countries_by_number_of_troops\" target=\"_blank\">a million more troops<\/a> than we have. In the US, because of a tough economy, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2011\/10\/12\/us\/economy-birth-decline\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">fertility rates have been dropping since 2008<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Do you want to settle for #2 or worse or do we want to be a strong, healthy country of strong bodies that can invest $7,000 of the money that we are now spending on healthcare on technology and making the world a safer place?<\/p>\n<p>If you want to be #1, then do the things that you need to do to be healthy and have a strong body &#8211; work out regularly, eat nutritiously and make positive lifestyle choices. We&#8217;re in this together and together we&#8217;re better!<\/p>\n<p>Please join me today in the Team Beachbody community and put us back on the road to being #1 and safeguarding our freedoms and our lifestyle. \u00a0 Your journey to a strong body starts by <a title=\"Your journey to having a strong body starts here\" href=\"http:\/\/teambeachbody.com\/signup\/?referringRepId=1393\" target=\"_blank\">clicking here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n<p>Rich Dafter<br \/>\nIndependent Team Beachbody Coach <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teambeachbody.com\/howtobefit\">Howtobefit<\/a><br \/>\nHead Coach of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.howtobefit.com\/team-howtobefit.htm\">Team Howtobefit<\/a><br \/>\nWebsite: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.howtobefit.com\/\">http:\/\/www.howtobefit.com\/<\/a><br \/>\nFacebook Member Page: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/144486288965621\">Working Out to Make America Strong Again<\/a><br \/>\nFacebook Running Group: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/213820372013692\/\">Born To Run &#8211; A Facebook Group for Runners of all Ages<\/a><br \/>\nFacebook Personal: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rich.dafter\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rich.dafter<\/a><br \/>\nFacebook Business: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/howtobefit\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/howtobefit<\/a><br \/>\nTwitter Personal: <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/richdafter\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/richdafter<\/a><br \/>\nTwitter Business: <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Howtobefit\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/Howtobefit <\/a><br \/>\nTeam Beachbody Message Board Thread: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teambeachbody.com\/connect\/message-boards\/-\/message_boards\/message\/130692638\">Coach Accountability Journal<\/a><br \/>\nTeam Beachbody Message Board Thread: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teambeachbody.com\/connect\/message-boards\/-\/message_boards\/message\/68648319\">Share Your Faith and Gratitude<\/a><br \/>\nEmail Rich: <a href=\"mailto:howtobefit@aol.com\">howtobefit@aol.com<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a voracious reader when it comes to faith, family and fitness and Thursday I read an article in the New York Times that I find disturbing. 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