Sweat saves blood, blood saves lives, brains save both.
— Erwin Rommel (German Field Marshal “The Desert Fox”)

Alternately seen as: Sweat saves blood, blood saves lives, brain save both.

Commonly heard in the Marine Corp during physical training — a variation of General George Patton line, “The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war,” stated after World War II when he was quoting a Chinese proverb.

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Ulrike Maier (October 22, 1967–January 29, 1994) was an Austrian alpine skier and two-time Super-G World Alpine Ski Champion, who was killed on January 29, 1994 during a World Cup downhill race in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, when she crashed into a post. Maier was skiing about 120 km/h down the slope when she crashed headfirst into a post at the side of the course and broke her neck. She died of her injuries shortly after being evacuated to the hospital in nearby Murnau, Germany where she was pronounced dead at age 26.

Maier won the Super-G gold medal at the World Alpine Ski Championships in both 1989 and 1991. She also took home the giant slalom bronze medal in the 1991 event. She scored a total of 5 World Cup (2 Super-G, 3 Giant Slalom) race victories in her career.

Scott Tinley, Ironman triathlete, author, professor

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Scott Tinley currently teaches English and “Sport and Society” at San Diego State University.

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Bob Gajda, kinesiotherapist (RKT), AAU Mr. America, Mr. USA winer and Mr. Universe winner, author

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Bob Gajda has an impressive list of clients that have benefited from training and methods available from the Gajda Health Plus Network located in Palatine, Illinois.

Football:  Mike Singletary, Jim McMahon, Dave Duerson, Donnell Woolford, Gary Fencik, James Allen, Alonzo Spellman, Neil Anderson
Hockey:  Al Secord, Dennis Savard, Doug Wilson
Tennis:  John McEnroe, Katrina Adams, Tracey Austin, Andrea Yeager, Susie Starett
Baseball:  Bill Buckner, Eric Soderholm
Soccer:  Arno Stefenhagen, Pato Margetic.

Gajda introduced a breakthrough book, Total Body Training in 1982, but a book with some controversy over discouraging stretching.

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Kenneth Cooper, M.D., physician, USAF Colonel

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Kenneth Cooper, M.D. is the founder of the Cooper Aerobics Center in Texas. He is also the founder of the non-profit research and education organization, The Cooper Institute, which was opened in 1970. Author of numerous books on cardiovascular fitness.

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George Sheehan, physician, author, running enthusiast
November 5, 1918 – November 1, 1993

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Jim Fixx, fitness enthusiast book author
April 23, 1932 – July 20, 1984

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Fixx started running in 1967 at age 35. He weighed 240 pounds and smoked two packs of cigarettes per day. Ten years later, with his book, The Complete Book of Running, at 11 weeks No. 1 on the best-seller list, he was 60 pounds lighter and no longer a smoker.

Seventeen years later Fixx died at the age of 52 of a massive heart attack, following his daily run, on Route 15 in Hardwick, Vermont. Autopsy revealed that atherosclerosis had blocked one coronary artery 95%, a second 85%, and a third 50%. Running critics claimed his death was proof running was harmful. But running advocates argued that Fixx possessed a poor health histories. His father suffered a heart attack at the age of 35 and later died of another heart attack at age 42. Comparing Jim Fixx’s longevity to his father’s, many argued that running added years to his life.