Dec. 1, 2015: Jim Kirwan spoke to our club about healthy lifestyles. Jim is the founder of Get America Moving, the author of The Exercise Factor and is on a mission to promote healthier lifestyles in America.
Jim related the story of how he came home from a night out with friends in 1975. Getting in around midnight, he saw his father as he passed his parents bedroom but did not say goodnight. His father died of a massive heart attack the next day and Jim was not able to say goodbye. He believes that although his father was not unhealthy, that inactivity ultimately led to his untimely death, 40 years now lost. He refers to this as the inactivity epidemic. Continue reading “Jim Kirwan: Healthy Lifestyle”