
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, May 2, 1990                   TAG: 9005020177
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A5   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

BUSH SOUNDS FITNESS ALARM

President Bush declared "war on couch potatoes" Tuesday as he kicked off National Physical Fitness and Sports Month by golfing, pedaling, shooting baskets and tossing horseshoes on the White House grounds.

It was all part of a celebrity-studded "Great American Workout," as Bush called the event.

The White House lawn was transformed into a virtual outdoor gymnasium as Bush took a turn at demonstrating sports activities with well-known athletes and his own national fitness chairman, muscleman Arnold Schwarzenegger.

"Read my hips, no more flab," Schwarzenegger said in a take-off on the president's "Read my lips, no new taxes," pledge.

He and Bush made the rounds of a series of sports stations on the South Lawn as sports stars and celebrities pumped iron, bounced in aerobic routines and demonstrated martial arts and cross-country skiing techniques.

Among the sports boosters on hand were Olympic track stars Carl Lewis and Jackie Joyner Kersee; fitness veteran Jack LaLanne, in a skin-hugging purple jump suit; and "Saturday Night Live" comedian Kevin Nealon, in tight sweat suit over fake muscles from his "pump you up" comedy routine.

by CNB