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Jack LaLanne Rest In Peace

January 23, 2011 urngarden.com

Godfather of Fitness

The Godfather of Fitness Jack LaLanne passed on January 23, 2011 at age 96.  Though for many years dismissed as merely a “muscle man” — a notion fueled to some extent by his amazing feats of strength — LaLanne was the spiritual father of the health movement that blossomed into a national craze of weight rooms, exercise classes and sports clubs. He proposed the then-radical idea that women, the elderly and even the disabled should work out to retain strength.

RIP Jack

Filed Under: obituaries, Television Tagged With: Fitness, godfather of fitness, Jack Lalanne

Amy Joins A Gym

January 3, 2009 urngarden.com

My prediction that Amy Winehouse would be dead by the end of the year didn’t play out. Word is that wino has hired a trainer and joined the Virgin Active Gym in London. Work it girl.

Filed Under: Confessions, Fitness Tagged With: amy winehouse, Fitness, New Year's Resolutions

Let’s Talk About Your Colon

September 8, 2008 urngarden.com

Spotted at the gym:

Filed Under: Confessions, Cube World, Fitness, Sports Tagged With: Fitness, health, Senior Fitness, senior health

Power Rangers

January 17, 2008 urngarden.com

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We decided to push it on the elliptical machine this week, and nearly stroked out. A couple of people wanted to know if I’d been crying. It was that bad. Not my best look.

Whenever I encounter a dedicated fit person, if they’ll allow it, I shake their hand and try to download some of their power. However, I think the timing is off, I need to catch them before the workout and not after….when they are all limp and sweaty. Somehow, the energy is not transferring.

Overheard: one lady trying to get credit for the spin class she’d signed up for. Turns out, she felt like she’d been assaulted by a bike seat.

A yoga nugget from June-I’m-Gonna-Eat That:

I was nearing the end of the workout, and we went into Corpse Pose, which many say is the hardest pose to master. You lie on your back, hands at your side, and completely relax. You don’t move. It’s harder than it sounds.

“You look actually dead,” Marvin said between spaghetti consumption. “Now I’m picturing you actually dead and I’m getting upset.”

Who knew that corpse pose was difficult to master? Now it makes sense. I once had a yoga teacher who would scold me for twitching while trying to relax in corpse pose. That helps.

Fitness attire in the office: It’s what not to wear. In another life I worked in an office with a co-worker who was training for a marathon. He’d do an early morning run and then stroll the halls in his costume, stopping to stretch occasionally as the eight o’clock crowd started rolling in. There were several mornings that I spewed hot coffee upon a sighting.
running suit

Filed Under: Cube World, Fitness, mental health Tagged With: corpse pose, Fitness, spandex, yoga

Every Day is A Winding Road

December 31, 2007 urngarden.com

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Rambling Thoughts:

We’re on hiatus from the undercover assignment and immersed in Japanese culture right now and…stalling another trip to the gym.

Yesterday I kept hearing a little voice whisper, (I think it was the Godfather of Fitness, Jack LaLane!) “Go take a swim, it’d be good for you”. I chose to hit the mute button.

June Cut-off Cash is getting ready to break out and start spending, it’s good for the economy. Can’t wait for the fitness journey.

Speaking of fitness, we’re trying to get that way, which is a complete lifestyle contradiction. Might try to shape up this blogging exercise as well. I might make Fridays a Fitness Free-for-All. I think it compliments dying very well. Don’t you?

Keep the lights on! Let’s light up 2007 all the way to the end.

Happy New Year!

And fade.

Filed Under: Confessions, Fitness, mental health Tagged With: Fitness, Jack Lalanne, new year's eve 2007

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