Originally Posted By: Trav
Originally Posted By: Pop_Rivit
I can't say that I've ever heard of him, but it's too bad that he passed away so young. I looked up some recent pictures on the Internet and he was indeed quite obese.
I'm always surprised at the number of men that drop dead of heart attacks in their early-mid 50's. I've known 4 guys who, before the age of 55, had sudden, drop dead heart attacks. A high profile early death should be a wake up call for a lot of folks to make sure they maintain their health.
Honestly it doesn't seem to matter. I know a guy who was 32 a health nut who was playing with his kids, stopped to have a glass of iced tea and dropped dead.
Another 35 years old health nut died while riding his bicycle, they said he was dead before he hit the ground.
Jim Fixx author of the book of running and a health nut, they found him dead in the bushes after he fell out.
Death happens to the best of us at some point or another.
you'd have to be a complete idiot to just ignore your health though. jim fixx was a runner because his father died at age 43. Jim fixx lived to be 52 after dropping 60 pounds and quitting smoking. nice try though.
"Fixx started running in 1967 at age 35. He weighed 240 pounds (110 kg) and smoked two packs of cigarettes per day. Ten years later, when his book, The Complete Book of Running (which spent 11 weeks at No. 1 on the best-seller list) was published, he was 60 pounds (27 kg) lighter and smoke-free. In his books and on television talk shows, he extolled the benefits of physical exercise and how it considerably increased the average life expectancy."
from wikipedia.
Originally Posted By: Pop_Rivit
I can't say that I've ever heard of him, but it's too bad that he passed away so young. I looked up some recent pictures on the Internet and he was indeed quite obese.
I'm always surprised at the number of men that drop dead of heart attacks in their early-mid 50's. I've known 4 guys who, before the age of 55, had sudden, drop dead heart attacks. A high profile early death should be a wake up call for a lot of folks to make sure they maintain their health.
Honestly it doesn't seem to matter. I know a guy who was 32 a health nut who was playing with his kids, stopped to have a glass of iced tea and dropped dead.
Another 35 years old health nut died while riding his bicycle, they said he was dead before he hit the ground.
Jim Fixx author of the book of running and a health nut, they found him dead in the bushes after he fell out.
Death happens to the best of us at some point or another.
you'd have to be a complete idiot to just ignore your health though. jim fixx was a runner because his father died at age 43. Jim fixx lived to be 52 after dropping 60 pounds and quitting smoking. nice try though.
"Fixx started running in 1967 at age 35. He weighed 240 pounds (110 kg) and smoked two packs of cigarettes per day. Ten years later, when his book, The Complete Book of Running (which spent 11 weeks at No. 1 on the best-seller list) was published, he was 60 pounds (27 kg) lighter and smoke-free. In his books and on television talk shows, he extolled the benefits of physical exercise and how it considerably increased the average life expectancy."
from wikipedia.
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