How I Stay Fit
An inside look at the
healthier side of life.
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here's a true story about
a 70-year-old Jewish
woman from Minneapo-
lis who started jogging
at age 55 and who has since en-
tered several marathons, iron-
man competitions, triathlons
and even a team event that had
her jogging, cycling, swimming
and mountain climbing.
She was featured recently on
a prime-time reality show, and
reaction from television viewers
was one of deep admiration.
On the flip side, there's a ra-
dio talk-show host in the Unit-
ed States who, for an hour each
week, opens his show to people
who want to sell exercise equip-
ment. The phones are blinking
for hours before the show goes
on. They stay lighted until the
show is over.
Question is: Once consumers
unpack those mail-order fitness
"miracles," how many really
use them enough to keep in
shape? And, how many of those
pay-by-the-month contraptions
wind up in the corner collecting
dust?
Somewhere between work-
out fanatic and couch potato is
where most people fmd them-
selves. For many, exercise is a
matter of taking a walk before
dawn. For others, it's circuit
training.
Almost everyone would
agree that staying fit is not just
about cardiovascular exercise.
It's also about eating right,
sleeping right and using
one's body and soul to seek
a level of spirituality.
With that in mind, we
asked several Detroiters the
simple question:
How do you stay fit?
• "I do some sort of cardio-exer-
cise six days a week," said
Suzette Krol, 27, of West
Bloomfield. "I lift weights three
times a week. Typically, I do
aerobics, the Stairmaster, the
bike or the treadmill."
walking on a treadmill, says
she "works out at something at
least five times a week."
• Cherie Zahler, 29, of Water-
ford, says the No. 1 priority is
"a healthy diet," and a regular
exercise program. She also
uses the bike, the Stairmaster,
and she runs.
• Irene Stein, a speech pathol-
ogist from West Bloomfield,
who was interviewed while
• Arline Rein, 55, of West
Bloomfield, swims two days a
week, and trains two days a
week with personal trainer
Mike Minielly. She also works
out twice a week at home on
a ski trainer and a treadmill.
• Sanford Stacey of West
Bloomfield said, "I exercise as
much as I can and I try to
watch my diet.
• Lauren Victor, a 16-year-old
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Bloomfield Hills resident, runs
six miles a day as part of a fit-
ness program. She also said
that she "eats right and lifts
weights."
• Jared Starbuck, 9, from
Wixom, plays tennis and rides
his bike "whenever possible. It
makes me feel good," he said.
• Dave Potter, an adaptive
physical education teacher for
the Royal Oak school system,
says he does a great deal of
weightlifting, swimming and
running to keep fit.
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• "I work with seniors and I run
up and down stairs all day,"
said Wendy Gach of the Jew-
ish Vocational Service.
• Herschel and Annette Fink
have a Sunday morning ritu-
al. When the weather is cold,
Herschel uses his stationary
bike and Annette walks on her
treadmill while watching the
news program of their choice.
When-the weather is warm,
they'll typically take a walk to
a nearby bagel shop.
• "I run eight miles every day,
six times a week," said Stacy
Carmen, a Southfield mother
of four." She also has run and
completed a marathon.
• Not everyone runs or pumps;
some see staying fit different-
ly. Elyssa Berg of West
Bloomfield said, "I think about
staying fit. I exercise my mind
with ways to do it."
• Rox Anne Novak of Sterling c_/
Heights said that she stays fit -`
by working. At one time, she
worked two jobs. 'There's noth-
ing like working two jobs to
keep you fit," she said.