's motd Thurs Oct 7, 2010

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I'M IN

CHICAGO!

Thursday, 07 October 2010

What an interesting city, Chicago.

The architecture here is simply magnificent. And why,

you ask...why am I here in the Windy City? Well, I'm

appearing at the big Club Industry 2010

Convention. It's the annual meeting for

professionals in the fitness world.

There will be managers of health

clubs attending from all over the United States. They

get together each year to talk about their industry

and share ideas on how to keep their clients healthy

and their memberships growing.

As you're surely aware, businesses today are suffering

pretty badly as a result of this recession that's

still going on in our country. So I'm here in Chicago

to meet all of the managers, share a few of my own

ideas with them and, of course, to make them all sweat

a little, too!

I'm really excited to meet all of these men and women

who've dedicated their lives to helping people get

fit. And I'm so honored they choose me as their

keynote speaker.

Well, you know I'm going to put on

some really hot music to get them out of their seats

and dancing with me for a little while. I think I'll

make them move to Dancing in the Streets, Disco

Inferno and at least one Lady Gaga number.

LOL.

After we all move around to a few numbers, I'll give

my speech. Oh, I don't have it written down. I'm just

going to share my own life's story with them and talk

about how I, myself, got started in the fitness world.

I'll share my ideas with them and tell them how I've

kept Slimmons successful for the past 35

years. I'll tell them about the early days at

Slimmons and all that I've learned during the past

three-and-a-half decades running my club. And I'll

share the fun I have preaching the importance of

fitness to people all over the country.

The most important thing I've

learned over the years is that being fit has got to be

fun! Oh, it's not enough just making

everyone sweat. You've gotta make them smile,

too. See, when the instructor is having fun, then

everyone in the class is going to have fun.

Another thing I've learned is that

good music can help motivate you to move and sweat.

That's why I sometimes spend hours listening to music

just to get the right mix of songs for one of my

classes. I love when everyone is sweating and singing

along to the songs I play. Because when you're

singing and sweating, believe me, you burn more

calories.

After my speech, I'll spend a little quality time

meeting all of the conventioneers. (That's always fun

for me.) Hey, I'll probably even learn a few things

from listening to them. After my good-byes,

I'll head to the airport for my flight home to Los

Angeles.

And hey, by the way, if

you're near Slimmons on Saturday, I'll be

teaching a motivational class at 10:30AM followed by a

very special aerobics class at 11:15AM. I'd love to

see you there. And even if you're not near Slimmons

and can't make it, you be sure to take good care of

yourself and move that body of yours today. Okay?

Love,