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Exercise
“Stuck in the hospital, I made friends with a janitor. He stayed in tremendous shape by using a spring bar and weights. Confined to bed, I used his bar and weight daily, and continued to do pulls-ups, sit-ups and push-ups….by spring I felt in such good shape that I thought I could whip the world. In summer, I hauled fish nets, cut 400-500 salmon a day, rowed boats and used a sledge hammers to pound stakes.”
– George Attla.
“It doesn’t matter how long you exercise or what activity you choose for your exercise. It matters that you get out and do it every day!”
– Aelin Peterson
“He ran everywhere. If you served under his command in the military, the only time that you were permitted to walk was if you were with a higher ranking officer who was walking.”
– Col. Norman Vaughn’s wife Carolyn on Norman
“Make sure the activities or sports you choose are fun and enjoyable. Make daily activity a part of your healthy lifestyle.”
– Dick Mize
“I try to go to the gym five days a week. I lift weights and either ride the bike or run for 40 minutes.” –Dean Larson
“I started forming good habits early on, so now it’s no problem for me to work out three times a week from 5:30 - 7 a.m.”
– Eric Heil
“I carry 20 gallons of water everyday to feed my dogs three times a day plus I pick up after them. In winter I cut and haul all my firewood, shovel snow, travel by snow machine and trap beaver under the ice (pick ice). In summer I set nets to catch salmon. Basically I move all day, everyday.
- George Attla
“When you have a spare hour and can either choose to watch TV or get in a workout, make the decision that will benefit you the most.”
– Karen Patten
“My average day of exercise usually includes two workouts. I start my first workout around 8 a.m. and train one to two hours. My second workout is at 4 p.m. and ranges from 30min-1hr.”
– Kikkan Randall
“You don’t have to run marathons. Just walking, something almost all of us can do, is great exercise and a great way to start down the path of being active every day.”
– Kris Thorsness
“Alaskans have an advantage in that the wilderness is usually just out our back door… It’s easy to stay healthy when hiking, fishing, berry picking and snow shoveling are part of everyday life.”
– Libby Riddles
“I try to make up for my bad eating habits by being very active. Basketball is my favorite sport. I try to play basketball at least two to five times per week.”
- Ma’o Tosi
“Everybody uses a car, but I used to run, ski or bike seven miles to work. I wasn’t the best dressed person in the office, but I kept a change of clothes I could get in and out of.”
– Stan Justice
“For exercise I play basketball, lift weights and do some long distance jogging.”
– Trajan Langdon
“ I try to ski a lot and go for walks. Nordic skiing is also fun in the winter.”
– Tommy Moe
"I stretch, stretch, stretch, strengthening my body to do anything I want it to, which is important for all of the different type of Alaska Native Games events. I build on my core stretches, adding weights to help gravity push me even further. After all of that work, my hope is that I will continue kicking and jumping for years to come.
– Phillip Blanchett
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