Show al the Wake its the United States were your grondchldrea what would you Una to some kind of activsay to ins ity that would keep &eon and bolo thorn slay fa throughout their hos? To have a sound mind you've got to have a sound body You just get a heck of a lot more out of life by exercising In addition to the pure physical exercise that goes with running or with aerobics there is the sheer joy of sports competition and I've been blessed by always which I don't use but I'm now thinking of starting in on that - - -- F - t ': 1 1 - ' ' 40 3 1"' 1 E - ‘ ' t - 1 II t 1 x f t ' t - - — ment—or encouragement We need volunteers everywhere As you know Arnold Schwarzenegger and The President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports have a major project going to encourage our young people to toughen up What's being done? Arnold has been going to the governors for help—he's been to 36 states— and they're saying "Well our schools are tight for money now We have deficits in this state or that" And he says "Just give these kids the opportunity to know what it feels like to be fit" Ikea Is that going to happen In the Magner schools now with the budget problems? How am young lids going to learn about sbangth aerobics and flexibiony? They can learn to understand the importance of just plain calisthenics for one way to say nothing of recess and competitive sports I know it improves your mental attitude I'm finding on this job that if you get out and exercise you can do your job better and you get things in better perspective Running does that for me—and I'm down slowed way down to two miles instead of four flow odes are you running two mks? Couple of times three dines a week And what do you rim a pace? MAGAZINE LARY 5 1992 PAGES tt t dt 1 - i 1 i -- f - f ''k '' 41 ff 1 1 f ! I '' :' i 4 ( l' -- I Al ) 4 i 1 - I i' 1 1 v- N pr i t 2 - ' ' 4 ' -- e No probably closer to 10 If I'm over 10 it's hills I've had some fast walking too which you do at about 13:50 a mile I'm going to do more of it because I've been ruled out of running more Are you participating in any kind of races? I once ran a 10IC and that wu it Was that a society reason or was it or- thopet5c? It was a knee reason and a hip reason and a doctor reason I was running four and a guy said "Hey you're rurming fotw miles you can do a 101C1 And I did fmish but the time was unimpressive How are your knees? Well if I run more than two miles I feel 'em I put a pillow between my knees when I sleep and I take a painkiller But I just need to have that exercise I feel good when I do it—and when I don't do it then I don't feel good It's just that simple We've got a bike out here and I've got a treadmill over in the house I've got a machine for the upper body ' A tei'fQ:f i 0 4 - - 2 1 4 ' 4' t --- ° e'1--- -- ' t t A -' 1' -- t t P -1 ) ' x 4 t -' It qk 1 Ip ' : - i X 1 What would you say are the two or tine Diet and exercise I know it's tough on some kids who don't get proper nourish- i ::)' grandchtid to tell me? And don't thkcs we most Deed to do to stay healthy? MADE house and run be you exercise If you're on the road— M Plew Tort far a speech at the UN ' you're you'm 1 is or heart rate No good somethktg? t Row My Well they're putting these machines long is your tontine? Oh I ride the bike for 25 minutes I in my room if I'm there and I sometimes mix it I ride the Schwinn for maybe 15 do it Sometimes my schedule's so tight and get on the Stairmaster for 10 It deI can't flow much sleep do you get generally? pends I've got a television over both of them out here so I can watch it And if Probably 11 to 5 I wake up at 5—at k I on our treadmill it might be 7 on a Saturday I'm getting less sleep 30 to 40 minutes now maybe Row often sack week? Do you have any models or heroes in Three miles would be running maybe terms of sports physical fitness who tofour It's a little tough If I'm at Camp spked yea over the years? My sports heroes were all competi1 tors in baseball or tennis—Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth Don Budge and Gene 1 Mako the tennis doubles team Peeve NM or run Thorpe? i competition—whether it's horseshoes or volleyball or whatever—that's something to revel in besilate to be stens "Stop watching television so much and get outdoors and do something! Doesn't matter what it is: Run ride your bike learn to do something!" I remember the warning of my own mother when I was about 9 years old I came in and said about tennis that I was off my game She reprimanded me: "Never mind 'off your game'!" she said "Get back out there and practice! Do something!" Sometimes I'll go out here to Fort McNair or out to the Vice President's fast-wal- success and adversity But fitness is basic You've just got to be fit You can't live to excess and you've got to keep your body fit And then I think the additional component of Vat iwe you oft yowl Sank agents train you or train stia you? I work out by myself Do you monitor your heart rate ben 1 E"" - i z - being able to participate Mr Bush played baseball in high school and college There's a whole new dimension you get from that which affects your life —it teaches you how to cope with both Let's say I'm your When you mut out do you train eV or do ism ono of the Semi E David I run every day When I get there I'll run Friday Saturday and Sunday before I come back—that'll be the three ''' tnt - — '' 'e ''''' The best way 4 :1 ' -- ::' frir '' z 4 f44'0-- r4: 6 ' 41to7t 4 4 ''' 4- - Y' ' ' 1 ' 41" 1- - ' 4" '4 - 'AfOlitol0':tv':i-I IA t 7 ' 1 I choose am activfty you enjoy You cam watt out with a friend on an indoor exercise machine or rids year bike down a country road You may prefer to participate in a competitive sport or to or walk alone But the maim thing—at any age—as the President says is to get out there and do A : '-X b start getting more tit Is to I never was into running that much I started running about 20 years ago and I never could tell you who won the Boston t Marathon for exam- ple Running is for me just physical relief and conditioning rather than the sport aspect of it Is the Mess challenge going to be mandatary? I don't think the m federal government should say "You must But I think I do have a responsibility to advocate as much hie possible fitness participation as I can If they lay off the sonwthimg! - -4 'A 1 1'4'' :4' 4 :— - - - - - - - - - - |