Interview by Celebrity Society with Sebastian Siegel

1. FITNESS
HEALTH and INSPIRATION
At any point in life, HEALTH is always a paramount priority, and we can always use new
sources of INSPIRATION to be healthy. So who better to ask than SEBASTIAN SIEGEL—
the guy’s been on over 100 magazine covers from Men’s Fitness to Iron Man, and that’s just a
hobby for him. He played on two episodes at the end of last season’s LOST, and had a strong
supporting role in Tyler Perry’s hit, THE FAMILY THAT PREYS.
CS: You Spoke at the reCent 1St
ELLEN CARANASOS
DUNCAN MCINTOSH, OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
annual health DaY. What DiD You
SaY about health?
SS: My friend Mike Torchia founded
Health Day to inspire Americans into
choosing active lifestyles. For me,
it’s always inspiring to see athletes
COMMITTED to their sport because
health isn’t 20 minutes, 3 times a week,
it’s a LIFESTYLE. Some people say, “I
don’t have the time.” It’s about making
the time to give yourself an incredible
GIFT, and inspiring others to workout Sebastian Siegel with Joe Weider. Governor Schwarzenegger, Sebastian Siegel,
President Clinton and Alejandra Arellano.
also. Feeling healthy magnifies all
the wonderful things in our lives, and the solutions are simple; eliminate fast dependency...living wasteland lives.
feeling sick suffocates those things. food and simple sugars, and inspire LIVING is seeking opportunities to
You can CHOOSE to live healthy. A kids to exercise every day. challenge your potential unique skills,
friend of mine has mental disabilities, things that make you nervous because
and I’ve seen her ride a bicycle over CS: i SaW online that arnolD you feel that you can achieve them,
100 miles. That’s a constant reference SChWarZeneGGer iS one of Your but you know you cannot succeed
point and INSPIRATION to me for what’s mentorS or SuCCeSS moDelS – unless you focus and sacrifice, and
possible. Can You tell uS about that? harness that will deep within - to grow.
SS: I saw the movie CONAN when I was
CS: Joe WeiDer WaS honoreD With 9 and it fueled me to workout every CS: hoW Do You applY that DailY?
a lifetime aChievement aWarD— morning. Arnold Schwarzenegger later SS: It helps to ask, what wonderful
hoW WaS that? became for me the success model that thing will I accomplish today? How will
SS: Joe has inspired millions of people embodied DRIVE, WORK ETHIC, and I find the opportunity that scares me?
to get in shape through the education DISCIPLINE. I could tell he was making An opportunity that has me harness
of SELF EMPOWERMENT, POSITIVITY, the PROCESS FUN. some elements within that bring out the
and exercising and eating healthy. ultimate me, the one that’s begging to
For many kids around the world, the CS: Do You think beinG purpoSe be unsettled, that greets the morning
magazines he created have been Driven iS important? before the sun with a ferocious will to
the sole source of their inspiration to SS: I think it’s important to ask, “What rise up, to inspire, to create laughter
CHOOSE a healthy lifestyle. This choice are you doing with your life?” Having and tears from the awakening of the
is simple, yet the rewards of self-esteem, no sure sense of direction equals magical self - knowing that I have
well-being and confidence that come unfulfillment. Happiness can be found given in to the excitingly scary, omega
with it can echo through an individual’s in moments, but fulfillment only comes point pull to evolve. I.E., think big, take
being throughout their life. from challenging yourself to rise to your action, BELIEVE.
potential, to test and develop skills and
CS: You Spoken on behalf of the strengths - ones that you intuit within,
Governor at the aDa. What Do but that never actually exist without
You think about ameriCa’S battle their being brought out. Most people Sebastian Siegel was born
With DiabeteS? feel the simple human optimism that in Britain. He studies
SS: The CDC cited the increased rate tomorrow may bring about the change t h e a t e r, p s y c h o l o g y ,
of diabetes in the US as pandemic. they long for - but it won’t. People
philosophy, and is a high-
intensity athlete. He is
Today, 1 in 3 Americans born after the who buy that spend their time looking an active supporter of
year 2000 is LIKELY to be diagnosed to distract themselves with simple The Smile Train and Best
with DIABETES. The battle is tough, yet pleasures, finding comfort through Buddies International.
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