Fit fight. (Russia).Russian President Vladimir V. Putin has an answer to his country's woes: calisthenics calisthenics: see aerobics. calisthenics Systematic rhythmic bodily exercises (e.g., jumping jacks, push-ups), usually performed without apparatus. . A slothful sloth·ful adj. Disinclined to work or exertion; lazy. See Synonyms at lazy. sloth  ful·ly adv. population, he warns, is sapping not only Russia's health but also its potential to rebuild as a great power. Putin's advice may have failed to move the average sausage-and-potatoes Russian to exertion, but it has hit politicians like a cannon-fired medicine ball. The scramble to fulfill Putin's will has resonated widely. * The State Council proposed a five-year plan Five-Year Plan, Soviet economic practice of planning to augment agricultural and industrial output by designated quotas for a limited period of usually five years. to build 1,000 sports and health centers. * In the city of Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod (nyēsh`nyī nôf`gərəd), formerly Gorky or Gorki, city (1989 pop. , top officials were commanded to take up volleyball and swimming. * One regional governor urged residents to exercise for "the honor of the country." * The mayor of Saransk took his entire government on a skiing and target-shooting jaunt. Putin has a point: With an average male life expectancy Life Expectancy 1. The age until which a person is expected to live. 2. The remaining number of years an individual is expected to live, based on IRS issued life expectancy tables. of 59 and a circulatory-disease rate significantly higher than that of the West, Russia desperately needs to go on a health kick. |
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