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Most workouts are way too aggressive. Thousands of lunges wear out the body. It's not healthy for the one with the bad back, bad knees, diabetes. I'm never going to do that.

Richard Simmons

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Richard Simmons
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: July 12
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New Orleans
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