WHAT IF YOU LOVED EXERCISE?

    Here's one of my heroes, Jack LaLanne, in his 90s, loving exercise. What if you loved exercise? How would life be different? Can you choose to love something you do not think you love?

    I have been invited to be the "motivational" speaker at a very exciting event in Scottsdale, Arizona Saturday, November 8. It's called, "What If You Loved Exercise?" The event is from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center. This is part of an amazing program they have developed for cancer survivors called, The NEXT Step: Power and Healing through Exercise.

     Please come to this event. Many of you have sent me emails over the past years asking if I do any public speaking engagements that you can attend. Normally I do not. Except for this one!

     This is a "comprehensive approach to integrating physical activity into your life." Their invitation says, "Wear loose, comfortable clothing and get ready to begin your active life!"

    You'll also enjoy the Cancer Patient Panel: Cancer survivors will discuss how exercise has impacted their lives and recovery. The event is being held at the Scottsdale Healthcare Shea Conference Center, 9003 E. Shea Blvd, RSVP today! Space is limited. Breakfast is included!!!! Call 480-323-1250.

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I can't afford to die.  It'll wreck my image.

- Jack Lalanne

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     In TEN COMMITMENTS TO YOUR SUCCESS I talked about reading Ken Wilber's fantastic book, One Taste. Wilber is a hero of mine for having written so many amazing books about spirituality and psychology, and how to combine them to have a great life. In One Taste, he talked about how weight lifting had unexpectedly improved his writing! (How these commitments all feed each other!)

     And then I'd also read about 107 year old football coach Amos Alonzo Stagg who attributed his longevity to running and walking and forcing great quantities of oxygen into his system. The connection between health and breathing and life energy keeps getting stronger as more research is done. Nobel Prize winner Dr. Otto Warburg said that cancer is often associated with the replacement of normal oxygen respiration by oxygen deficient respiration.

     And in her inspiring book on energy and weight loss, Jump Start Your Metabolism, Pam Grout points out, "…people with slow metabolisms also suffer from sluggish blood flow. Like your great aunt Ethel, it can't get around like it used to. The Chinese refer to the blood as a sacred, restless red dragon that must be continually fed. Deep breathing is the button that feeds the dragon and keeps the blood moving."

     One morning in a hotel I had the TV on and it played an old black and white show from the 50's with LaLanne. Coincidentally (or not) I had just heard an interview with LaLanne on a car trip. LaLanne had just turned 89 and recent newspaper photos made him look like he was in fabulous shape!

         "I work out for two hours every morning, seven days a week," said LaLanne. "Even when I'm traveling.  I hate it.  But I love the result!  That's the key, baby! The only way you can hurt your body is if you don't use it."
       
       I taped a bunch of his half-hour TV programs from the 50's and I began working out with them. I mixed in going to the health club and walking with my CD player and my energy, far from being drained, grew stronger.
      
       "The guy who's most impressed me is Paul C. Bragg," said Jack LaLanne. "He completely saved my life.  When I was a kid, I was addicted to sugar.  I was a skinny kid with pimples and boils.  Used to eat ice cream by the quart.  I had blinding headaches.  I tried to commit suicide.  And then one day, my life changed.  Bragg was a nutritionist.  My mother and I were a little late getting to his lecture.  The place was packed, and so we started to leave.  But Bragg said, 'We don't turn anybody away here.  Ushers, bring two seats.  Put those two up on the stage.'  It was the most humiliating moment.  There I was, up on stage.  I was so ashamed of the way I looked; I didn't want people to see me.  Little did I know they had problems, too.  And Bragg said, 'It doesn't matter what your age is, what your physical condition is.  If you obey nature's laws, you can be born again.'  From that moment on, I completely changed my diet, began to exercise, and went on to become captain of the football team.  And do you know something?  Every time I get ready to lecture, I think, if I can just help one person like I was helped…."
 
      Come to the event November 8th and bring a friend.

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    This is a photo of Jacob with his friend the good dog Simon, who died suddenly and unexpectedly last week. Join me in prayers for Simon's spirit, eternal and free now, and prayers to Jacob's family who miss Simon and will never forget him. Simon lives in our hearts and minds forever. It's where he always was and always will be

Comments

[Amo]

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[Annette Leal Mattern]

Steve-
I was the fortunate speaker who followed your presentation at What If You Loved Exercise program. It was fantastic to hear you again after 10+ years! After all that time, the tools you gave me in your Owner/Victim seminar still ring true. They have helped me in so many of life's surprises. I made a conscious choice NOT to be a victim of cancer but to OWN my life - cancer and all. It has given me the power to create a wonderful and happy life, inspite of the challenges . . . or maybe because of them. Thank you, again and again. Annette

[Jeff mcCombs, DC]

Jack Lalane also said, "Exercise is King and Nutrition is Queen, put them together and you have a Kingdom." How very true.

[Jon Ford]

Steve,

What a great event. Everyone deserves to learn the truth about exercise. How ironic it is that people can't find the motivation to love exercise, yet anyone who does regularly DOES love it!

[Nancy Howe, M.S.]

Steve, I had no idea that Jack Lalanne said he "hates" exercise. It is something to explore, this kind of "hate," because I recall that in his shows, he was constantly encouraging, always smiling, and I certainly don't think of LaLanne (or his results!!) as phoney. I think he was trying to get at the idea of process that you discussed in your previous blog. I wonder if you will comment on that at the "What If You Loved Exercise?" talk. By the way, please let everyone know that this exceptional opportunity to hear you is FREE! Space is limited though, so people need to RSVP quickly.