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Culture News Blog posts insightful comments on the latest international news that render us taken-aback in the domain of the culture facet of life. Culture News Blog: Physical-Culture News Physical Culture | Gear Test: September 19, 2007 by STEPHEN KRCMAR  TENNIS players who want to increase their speed or agility on the court choose lighter sneakers. Speed shoes, as they are sometimes called, weigh about quarter-pound less than most high-performance footwear and can minimize fatigue during a long match. "Every ounce at the foot, is like a pound at the hip," said David Sharnoff, a podiatrist in Shelton, Conn., who has advised players on the Women's Tennis Association Tour. Lightweight shoes, he said, lessen stress on "lower extremity joints." Built with weight-saving mesh, these shoes are cooler than your average clunker. They were introduced about three years ago and now dominate the women's market, but have yet to capture the men's, said Kim Berry, a buyer for Golfsmith.com. Lightweight shoes are not for everyone. Their thin soles often wear through, critics say. Players who are heavy on their feet may be better served by more support. Jody Scheldt, at left, an associate tennis pro at the Pacific Athletic Club in San Diego, spent more than a half-day teaching and at least 30 minutes playing in each pair of lightweight kicks. Culture News Blog Comment: The physical culture of the human race has a basic flaw in it. Whatever gears we come up with, they are not going to do much good until and unless this basic flaw is done away with. And it has to be done at an individual level...one by one by one! Spontaneous evolution is not going to do it to the human species any more. In the course of spontaneous evolution, till we were on our fours, we had no problems with our agility and speed. The moment we stood on our twos, the entire physical dynamics changed. But the human race has not yet stood on its two's properly. Look at the developmental stages of the human evolution. Along with the passage of different chronological stages during evolution, human species has gone on getting straighter and straighter in every next phase of it. The evolution is still going on! This time, it's not merely an automatic biological evolution that takes place on its own; like in the case of animals it does. We came out of that domain long back. Rather the instrument of evolution is gray matter now, that the human species got gifted with when it stood on its two's. We have not yet fully stood on our twos. We still have to! Wanna have some bidding fun with 'Physical Culture' on ebay auction? You might grab a bargain or two! Just say your bid and you're done: Sign up with AuctionAds as a publisher and receive $25 right now! I invite you to subscribe to my E-zine titled Life Coach, free of charge. This E-zine publishes insightful comments on the latest international news that render us taken-aback in the domains of various facets of life. A not-to-be-missed opportunity! Subscribe to it here: I also invite you to subscribe to my Life Blog - no need to provide your e-mail address here. This RSS feed keeps you informed about new developments taking place on this site. It also harbors 25 journal bloglets posting insightful comments on the latest international news that render us taken-aback in the domains of various facets of life. In order to subscribe to the blog, right-click on the orange RSS button (see buttons up to the left) and then paste the URL into your RSS reader. Or click on add to My Yahoo! button or My MSN or Add To Google button if you keep a personalized home page there. If you are not sure what RSS or blogging is all about, click on What's an RSS Feed? here:
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