Talking Fitness
With Condoleezza Rice
Secretary Of
State Discusses Healthy Living
POSTED:
6:23 am EST March 1,
2006
UPDATED:
9:02 am EST March 1,
2006
WASHINGTON --
Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice is a woman who meets with princes and prime ministers
but never misses a date with her personal trainer. She's learned that it
takes work to stay in shape -- both mentally and physically.
This past weekend,
Rice invited News4's Barbara Harrison for a workout at the State
Department gym and showed how she manages to fit fitness into her busy
schedule.
Her trainer, Tommy
Tomlo, is a former Marine. Rice said he is a tough coach but starts her
workouts easy.
"We've got two minutes of easy spinning," he said during the start of
Rice's workout with
Harrison. "You don't
have to break any speed records here."
Rice said her
cardiovascular workouts are what she shoots for daily, no matter where
she is.
"I'll work out with
an elliptical and treadmill -- I have both at my home. I put in a little
gym at my apartment," she said. "I'll go every morning for 40 to 45
minutes on that."
Rice prefers
low-impact exercises.
"I'm ... a little
bit over 50," Rice said with a smile. "I spent a lot of years as a
figure skater, banging my legs and knees against the ice, and so I've
decided that I'm going to speedwalk and walk hills instead of running."
Her trainer also
favors walking over running.
"I believe that
walking is a very important tool that is underutilized for people,"
Tomlo said. "I'm a big believer in walking -- for the heart and the way
it shapes the body and the lack of impact."
Rice gets up at
4:30 a.m.
every day, and no matter where she is in the world, she gets in a
workout.
On this day, she
just got home from a 15-hour flight from the
Middle East the
night before.
"When I'm on the
road, I absolutely schedule time to get in my exercise first," she said.
"I was very
fortunate to have a father who was a really great athlete who introduced
me to sports," Rice said. "He stopped exercising and had all sorts of
health problems. It was a real lesson to me and showed me that you
really have to keep exercising your entire life."
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