For Americans, President Bush is a model of their sports and physical exercise. Bush's habit is to use fitness equipment and treadmills in the gym to keep fit. His weight-bearing training also includes sitting posture, chest expansion and back expansion. Because of his busy work, Bush often takes advantage of every available gap to run.
On his way to Mexico, he ran on the treadmill in the air force conference room 1/. It can be said that Bush runs wherever he goes, and he runs in many places in the United States. In the presidential suite, on the forest trail at Camp David, and of course, in the gym on the top floor of the White House.
So far, his best personal running result is 6 minutes and 45 seconds 1 mile. Bush runs four or five times a week and lifts weights at least twice. Among them, long-distance running is carried out on Thursday, fast-running training is generally carried out on Sunday, and jogging and equipment practice are carried out at other times.
2. Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore: Run for 20 minutes every day.
Former Singaporean Prime Minister and Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew is over 70 years old, but he is still sober-minded, energetic and quick-thinking. No matter at home or abroad, keep running for 20 minutes every day. Lee Kuan Yew said: "I exercise every day. If I don't do it, I will feel lazy. I find that aerobic exercise makes me feel better, have more appetite and sleep better. "
In addition to running, Lee Kuan Yew often engages in sports such as swimming and cycling. If he is invited to a meeting in a country without sports facilities, his carry-on luggage must carry a foldable exercise bike and exercise in the morning or before dinner. Lee Kuan Yew believes that through exercise, you must have enough rest to be healthy. It is ideal to sleep eight hours a day, but usually he only sleeps six or seven hours, because he has good sleep quality and never loses sleep.
Lee Kuan Yew used to be a fat man, who liked to eat fried chicken wings and drink beer and wine. His present posture is the result of his hard physical exercise. He especially advocates sports. He believes that people living in cities must pay attention to physical exercise, and he has played a leading role in this regard.
3. French President Jacques Chirac: Walking to work can also exercise.
French President Jacques Chirac is the big brother among European heads of government, and Italian Prime Minister silvio berlusconi and German Chancellor gerhard schroder are the same age as him. Spanish Prime Minister Aznar, British Prime Minister Blair, American President Bush and Russian President Putin are all much younger than him, but he has always had the figure of an athlete.
Chirac is tall and strong. But everyone who knows him knows that he doesn't really like sports, and he doesn't have the habit of walking in the forest or by the sea. The secret of his good health is to take time to sleep whenever he is free. His regular exercise is to leave the Elysee Palace apartment at 8: 30 every morning and walk to the office.
4. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong of Singapore: Meditation Digital Fitness Method
Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong's greatest hobbies in middle school were swimming and cycling. He was the swimming captain of the school. At the age of 36, he became the senior minister of government affairs of the Ministry of Finance, and began to play tennis and golf regularly for 1.5 hours each time.
Later, he insisted on playing tennis or golf every morning, going to work at 10 in the morning and getting off work at 6 pm. On Saturday, he also plays tennis with a pair of children and sometimes rides a bike. Goh Chok Tong encourages all Singaporeans to take physical exercise as a lifestyle, just like brushing their teeth and watching TV. In addition to exercise, Goh Chok Tong has his own set of decompression methods.
He said with deep experience: "If I am tired, or suddenly there is a lot of work, my solution is to lie down, close my eyes, let the floor bear the weight of my body, and then focus only on a number, such as' L', thinking only about this' L' and thinking nothing else. At this time, thinking is like entering a vacuum state. /kloc-After getting up in 0/5 minutes, the whole person feels much more relaxed. "
5. Cuban leader Castro: Basketball and fishing are hobbies.
Fidel Castro is currently the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the President of the Cuban State Council and the President of the Council of Ministers. Since Batista's regime was overthrown in 1959 and the first socialist country in Latin America was established, he has been in power for more than 40 years and is one of the most influential leaders in world politics.
Castro is in excellent health, unlike an old man in his 70s. He once told foreign media reporters in Havana: "My body is as good as an athlete, and my pulse beats 60 times a minute." Castro loves basketball. His shooting skills are superb and he likes to show off to others.
Even after becoming the supreme leader of Cuba, he never missed any opportunity. Sometimes he plays basketball with the children he meets in the street excitedly, which makes the security personnel embarrassed and nervous, but he laughs like a child. Castro is a fishing fan. His record is that he caught180kg fish in less than four hours. He often wears an oxygen mask to practice diving. For him, diving to the bottom of the sea at a depth of 18 meters is even more obvious.
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