James F. Fixx (April 23, 1932 – July 20, 1984) was the author of the 1977 best-selling book, The Complete Book of Running. Best known as Jim Fixx, he is credited with helping start America's fitness revolution, popularizing the sport of running and demonstrating the health benefits of regular jogging. is the 113th day of the year (114th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1932 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 201st day of the year (202nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... See also: 1976 in literature, other events of 1977, 1978 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Jogging is a form of trotting or running at a slow or leisurely pace. ...

Life and work

James F. Fixx, from New York, NY, USA, was a graduate of Oberlin College. He worked as an editor with Saturday Review, McCall's, Life, Horizon and Audience magazines. He had written for magazines such as Saturday Review, Life and Playboy. His first writing job was at the Oberlin News Tribune his next the Sarasota Journal. In his youth he worked as a gas pump attendant. New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... This article is about the state. ... Oberlin College is a small liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio, in the United States. ... Cover of the March 1911 issue McCalls was a monthly American womens magazine that enjoyed great popularity through much of the 20th century, peaking at a readership of six million in 1960. ... This article is about life in general. ... Saturday Review is a UK publication for which Winston Churchill reported. ... Philippe Halsmans famous portrait of Marilyn Monroe Life generally refers to two American magazines: A humor and general interest magazine published from 1883 to 1936; A publication created by Time founder Henry Luce in 1936, with a strong emphasis on photojournalism. ... For other uses, see Playboy (disambiguation). ...

Fixx was a member of the high-IQ club Mensa and published three collections of puzzles: Games for the Super-Intelligent, More Games for the Super-Intelligent and Solve It!. The back flap of his first book says: "...He spends his time running on the roads and trails near his home, training for the Boston Marathon." Mensa is the largest, oldest, and most famous high-IQ society in the world. ...

Fixx started running in 1967 at age 35. He weighed 240 pounds and smoked two packs of cigarettes per day. Ten years later, when his book, Complete Book of Running (which spent 11 weeks at No. 1 on the best-seller list) was published, he was 60 pounds lighter and smoke-free. The book had inspired millions of people. In his books and on television talk shows, he extolled the benefits of physical exercise and how it considerably increased the average human being's life expectancy.

The cover of Jim Fixx' book, The Complete Book of Running featured a pair of Fixx's running legs against a red cover. The book sold over a million copies.

In 1980, Fixx wrote a follow up book entitled Jim Fixx's Second Book of Running: The Companion Volume to The Complete Book of Running. Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ...

In 1982, Fixx published Jackpot! The story of what happened after the publication of The Complete Book of Running when he experienced the "Great American Fame Machine," becoming richer and more celebrated than he could have imagined. He had become a guru of the running boom. For other uses, see Guru (disambiguation). ...

Maximum Sports Performance, published posthumously, discusses the physical and psychological benefits of running and other sport, including: increasing self-esteem; acquiring a "high" from running; and being able to cope better with pressure and tension.

Fixx died at the age of 52 of a massive heart attack, after his daily run, on Route 15 in Hardwick, Vermont. The autopsy revealed that atherosclerosis had blocked one coronary artery 95%, a second 85%, and a third 50%. Many who opposed his beliefs said this was proof running was harmful. However, Fixx came from a family where the men had poor health histories. His father suffered a heart attack at the age of 35 and died of one at 42. Given Fixx's unhealthy lifestyle until he took up running, many argued that running added many years to his life. Heart attack redirects here. ... Hardwick, Vermont North Main Street, Hardwick Vermont Hardwick is a town in Caledonia County, Vermont, United States. ...

A carved granite monument - a book with an inscription to Jim Fixx from the people of North-east Scotland - now stands in Hardwick Memorial Park, in Hardwick, Vermont. Hardwick, Vermont North Main Street, Hardwick Vermont Hardwick is a town in Caledonia County, Vermont, United States. ...

Books

• Fixx, James, Games for the Super-Intelligent (1972) Doubleday
• Fixx, James, The Complete Book of Running (Hardcover) Random House; 1st edition (1977) ISBN 0-394-41159-5
• Fixx, James, Jim Fixx's Second Book of Running (Hardcover) Random House; 1st ed edition (1980) ISBN 0-394-50898-X
• Fixx, James, More Games for the Super-Intelligent (1976) Doubleday
• Fixx, James, Solve It! by James F. Fixx (1978) Doubleday
• Fixx, James, Jackpot! (1982) Random House; ISBN 0-394-50899-8
• Fixx, James, (with Nike Sports Research Laboratory) Maximum Sports Performance: How to Achieve Your Full Potential in Speed, Endurance, Strength and Coordination (1985) ISBN 0-394-53682-7

Videos

• Fixx, Jim, Jim Fixx On Running (Laserdisc), MCA Videodisc, INC.; (1980) Color, 53 minutes

Trivia

The song 'I'm Jim Fix and I'm Dead Now' is a song by Australian band The Fauves found on their album Nervous Flashlights. The song details Fixx's death during exercise. You may be looking for Les Fauves, the group of painters The Fauves is an Australian rock band, originally from Mt Eliza High School on the Mornington Peninsula near Melbourne, Victoria. ...

Bill Hicks commonly did a piece on Jim Fixx's death in his stand-up comedy routine. This Section does not cite any references or sources. ...

See also

• Running
• Obesity
• Cardiovascular disease
• Cholesterol
• Junk food
• Healthy eating
• Healthy diet
• James A. Corea

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External links

• The Legacy of Jim Fixx
• Long-distance Tribute to Jim Fixx