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"Now I say that if you run more than 15 miles a week, it's for something other than aerobic fitness. Once you pass 15 miles, you do not see much further improvement."
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"Yes, I mean, I used to be into the big bulk thing, and that's why my legs look like those of a cyclist instead of a shooter's, but I think there is a point to where too much is not a good thing. I think I try to lower my center of gravity by doing a lot of legs."

"A drunkard in the gutter is just where he ought to be, according to the fitness and tendency of things. Nature has set upon him the process of decline and dissolution by which she removes things which have survived their usefulness."

"Generally, the more weight you put on, the less effective you are."

"I have been particularly struck with the overwhelming evidence which is given as to the fitness of the natives of India for high offices and employments."

"The goodness of a thing created is the perfection of its fitness for the use which it serves. Now that use is either particular or universal."

"Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity."

"I'm enjoying myself this year and for once I'm not chasing my fitness."
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"Far too many times over the next 12 to 15 years, it was brought to my attention that people who followed my exercise guidelines exactly but ignored their diet, their weight and their cigarette smoking had heart attacks at age 55."

"We are involved in youth testing internationally. We want to try to prove without a shadow of a doubt the relationship between physical fitness and health, not just physical fitness and ability to perform."

"If you look at body fat, it seems to increase with age, even though your weight does not. That's a physiological fact of aging, they say. Heck it is. It is an adaptive effect of aging."

"Aerobic dancing is already adjusting to injury problems and will probably phase out to some extent."

"Since then, I have not missed five consecutive days in getting some type of aerobic exercise, mostly jogging."

"I think investments in general related to the exercise industry are going to be good for a long time."
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