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About John Miller |
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INTRODUCTION FOR Canberra-based physical educator, John Miller, is a leading Australian corporate health seminar lecturer and public presenter.
He escaped from two of Adelaide’s sheltered workshops for the academically gifted, with a useless degree in Arts, and diplomas in Physical Education and Education.
He's taught physical education to secondary school students, worn the grey cardigan in several government departments, and done a stint at the Australian Institute of Sport, sheltered workshop for the physically gifted.
He now specializes in running health management programs for corporate organisations around Australia.
He has a burgeoning internet business and if you can successfully navigate around the internet to www.fitandhealthyonline.com you’ll be able to purchase some of his ebooks.
His talk today is designed to inspire and motivate you to keep yourself fit and healthy to the best of your ability.
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Nonsense about John Miller - not for presentation John Miller is about 62 years old, about 5’10” and about 5Kg over weight.
John has had a life-long involvement in physical activity. When it comes to athletic prowess, he describes himself at being at the top of the list of those who are hopeless and the bottom of those who are any good. His list of athletic achievements peaked in 1963.
At age 13 he was first local unplaced junior in the Whyalla Swim Thru and several years later was runner up with his brother Ted in the men's handicapped doubles plate in the 1963 Whyalla Tennis Association annual tournament. He had a good serve, but choked on the big points.
He can recall Jack Kramer and Dinny Pails playing an exhibition match on the South Whyalla Tennis courts in about 1953 - something you wouldn't expect these days from Leyton or Roger.
His involvement in the Central Whyalla Football Club from the age of 5 meant that he became eligible for life membership (which he is still waiting to receive) after only playing one game in the B grade in senior ranks. He played 10 minutes in the Combined Whyalla Colts game against Broken Hill in 1962, a trip during which he nearly smoked himself to death and came home severely sleep deprived. He had a high opinion of himself as a football player, but in reality performed better at training than in matches. He heard footsteps.
Whilst his maternal grandfather
had played district cricket for Carlton under Bill Woodforde, (he still holds
the record for the oldest person to make his debut in Melbourne District
cricket) John gave the game away when he was 10, after a match on the old
dirt oval at Whyalla in 1955 on a Saturday morning when it was over 100 degrees
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As a young man he competed without distinction in the SA Amateur Athletics Association interclub competitions. He would have been a successful athlete if they had had competitions for people with slow twitch fibres and if the shot put event was restricted to people who weighted less than 80Kg. As a result his performances in the 100m and shot put events were to say the least, modest.
He still likes a game of tennis and swims now and again, with flippers. The best of his swimming performances was a time of 62.5 for 100 yards at the Whyalla Technical High School House Sports carnival, at the Shipyard basin over three laps of 33 and a third yards in 1962. He thinks he might have left his run a bit late to get under the minute.
He thinks fishing’s boring, and wouldn’t be seen dead on a lawn bowls rink. He'll take on anyone over 60 at 25m butterfly, 60 seconds of jump rope double-unders and 60 minutes on the Stepper.
He was an enthusiastic barracker for West Torrens and Fitzroy, both now defunct and believes the best sportsmen to come out of Whyalla were Darrol Foote, Don Hewett, Colin Richens, Barrie Robran, Robert Panter, Gordon Dick and Vern Schupan.
His love of music is shared by his two daughters; Jo, who lives in San Jose and Lisa in Brisbane.
He lives in the Canberra suburb of Stirling with his wife Christine.
It's a big ask expecting to stay healthy without keeping yourself fit. It's an even bigger ask expecting to get better by having someone do something to you; sooner or later you have to do something to yourself. |
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