Some Aspects of fitness Over A Lifetime

[RonPrice]

PERSONALINTERESTS/MEMBERSHIPS:CLUBS/ASSOCIATIONS/ACTIVITIES:

* baseball and hockey teams: 1954 to 1962
* Writing and reading : 1962-2003
* Music : 1959-2003
* Public Speaking/Assessor : 1957-1986
Rostrum, Katherine, NT : 1984/6
* Member of the Lions Club
Zeehan Tasmania : 1981/2
* Member of Baha’i Faith : 1959-2003
*Member Fitness Centres:
-The Golden Bowl-Camberwell: 1975-6
-In-Shape -Ballarat : 1976-78
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Watching a television documentary on Jimmy Carter’s presidency(“Jimmy Carter: Part 2,”ABC TV, 5:00-6:00 p.m., 23/7/06) and reading Abigail Trafford’s article at an internet site from the Washington Post(“Presidents Set a Fast Pace,” February 9th 1999), I learned of Carter’s jogging and walking enthusiasms. This information caused me to reflect on the many presidents, prime ministers and leaders in various fields who enjoy varying regimens of exercise to keep fit and healthy, to overcome illness and different medical and physical problems. I could list here, by category: the walkers, the joggers, the weight-lifters and body-builders, tai-chi and the martial arts, the sports players, the games players, the swimmers, the exercise-treatment-fitness program enthusiasts, the afternoon-sleepers, the special dieters, the supplements and vitamins hopefuls, the home exercise-equipment people, aerobics, bike-riding, the yoga and meditation folk-and there are others. I could also list my own exercise activities and health programs over the years and they would include all of the above at different times going right back to the years of early childhood. -Ron Price, Pioneering Over Four Epochs, July 24th 2006.