What was it like to work out with Jack La Lanne?

If he were here with you today, he'd probably say….

“Hey? Why are you sitting down? If you've been sitting for more than 30 minutes, you've got to stand up!”

“Reach up. Reach for ceiling. Stand tall. Repeat this three more times. Try to reach a little higher with each attempt.”

“What else can I do?”

“Start with one minute of exercise.”

“Just one minute?”

“Yes! The important thing, more than minutes is to create habit of exercise. It is better to start habit and stay with it every day then to start and quit.”

We used to tell Jack all of our excuses as to why we would miss a day. He was a professional excuse killer.

“Jack, I wanted to exercise today, but I didn't have time.”

“You don't have one minute?” he would say.

Stand up. Stand behind your chair. Hold onto it with your hands. Now rise up and down on your toes for next 60 seconds. Slow down repetitions if you need to.

Every day add another minute of exercise. Walk in place. Try pushups.

Let me review. Every 30 minutes stand up for a minute. Reach for ceiling.

Rise up and down on your toes. Add a minute of exercise to your life everyday until you are performing 30 minutes.

In one week you will be doing 7 minutes of exercise. You will surprise yourself at how much exercise this is. More importantly, you will be creating exercise habit in your life.

No more excuses. Now is time to exercise your mind and body and to keep youthful.

Yours for success and health,

Donald Schnell

Dr. Donald Schnell co- founded with Marilyn Diamond of Fit For Life, the Spiritual Java Diet Coaching Program, that is transforming thousands. The New Spiritual Diet, Incredible Value, One on One coaching Amazing Results. http://www.SpiritualJava.com or email: Donald@SpiritualJava.com Donald Schnell is the author of The Initiation. Free Motivational Newsletter, The Buzz http://www.spiritualjava.com

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A study done by Dr. Ichiro Kawachi, of Harvard School of Public Health, examined about 1,300 older men (average age of 62) over a seven-year period. Dr. Kawachi found that those men with highest levels of anger were three times more likely to develop heart disease than men with lowest levels of anger.

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