{"id":30450,"date":"2010-09-23T10:56:04","date_gmt":"2010-09-23T15:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=30450"},"modified":"2010-09-23T10:58:42","modified_gmt":"2010-09-23T15:58:42","slug":"richard-simmons-still-a-force-in-fitness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/09\/richard-simmons-still-a-force-in-fitness\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Simmons Still a Force in Fitness"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Richard Simmons celebrated his 62nd birthday this year. Most people are ready to retire by that age, and Richard\u00a0Simmons is one of the few\u00a0who could easily afford to.\u00a0What keeps him working is his\u00a0flamboyant energy and love for\u00a0his fans. I realize why he’s the butt of so many jokes, but let’s be realistic. A man of that caliber\u00a0deserves a little bit<\/em> of respect.\u00a0I personally find his enthusiasm to be over the top, but for the millions of people he has inspired to lose weight, he is the perfect motivator. Although he’s not often seen in the spotlight anymore, he’s still a big presence in the industry today running his empire behind the scenes.<\/p>\n

On our journey to fitness, we all must take slightly different paths. Personality type, age<\/a>, lifestyle and genetics will inevitably affect which path you take. Not everyone responds well to the kick-ass persona of fitness gurus like Jillian Michaels<\/a>. Some people just want to be told that\u00a0they are beautiful and that they can <\/em>do it. Lots of smiling and positive reinforcement works wonders for motivating the masses.<\/p>\n

Richard Simmons has provided nothing but enthusiasm, affirmation, hope and genuine happiness since he opened Slimmons Studio in 1974. It’s been 36 years, and his entirely unique approach to fitness training is still attracting followers. Slimmons Studio is\u00a0a strong component of the Los Angeles aerobics\u00a0scene\u00a0and Simmons still actively teaches motivational\u00a0fitness classes<\/a> there. He has also recently released his 58th and\u00a059th fitness videos, Sweatin’ to the Oldies 5 and Tonin’ to the Oldies. On his website, RichardSimmons.com<\/a>, Simmons hosts a Q and A column each week. He also actively campaigns for higher standards of nutrition at schools.<\/p>\n

Richard Simmons has stood the test of time, remaining relevant in the fitness industry despite the shift to suck-it-up, in-your-face, make-you-cry direction it has taken. Sometimes, the greatest motivator is a curly haired man in sparkly shorts telling you that you are strong and beautiful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Richard Simmons celebrated his 62nd birthday this year. Most people are ready to retire by that age, and Richard\u00a0Simmons is one of the few\u00a0who could easily afford to.\u00a0What keeps him working is his\u00a0flamboyant energy and love for\u00a0his fans. I realize … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[203,4425,1445,4424,4426,4427,74],"class_list":["post-30450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fitness","tag-positive-reinforcement","tag-richard-simmons","tag-school-food","tag-slimmons-studio","tag-sweatin-to-the-oldies","tag-tonin-to-the-oldies","tag-weight-loss"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30450"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31086,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30450\/revisions\/31086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}