FITNESS PROFILE
Restaurateur's recipe for health

By Paula Rath
Advertiser Staff Writer

Aaron Placourakis keeps fit with a daily commitment to working out. The restaurateur's incentive is to show his kids you can get better and grow stronger as you grow older; find something you enjoy, he suggests. Jeff Widener • The Honolulu Advertiser

Age: 46.

Profession: Restaurateur — Owner of Aaron's Atop the Ala Moana, Sarento's Top of the I, Nick's Fishmarket Maui at the Fairmont Kea Lani and Sarento's on the Beach, Maui

Height: 6-feet-4.

Weight: 195 pounds.

Workout habits: Paddle a one-man canoe five or six days a week for 60-90 minutes. Tennis 4i5 days a week. Strength training at Reps Personal Training Center — three one-hour sessions per week.

When and why I started working out: Always active in competitive sports as a child.

My good foods/bad foods: Everything in my restaurants in moderation/too much of everything in my restaurants.

My biggest motivator: My children seeing that you can work a lot, get older and still get better and stronger. Using my workout program to allow myself to eat and drink everything I want.

My biggest roadblock to fitness: Don't allow any!

What saves my sanity: Keeping a balance with work, family, food, drink and fitness.

My next challenge: Paddling a six-man canoe from Kaua'i to O'ahu.

Advice for those in the same boat: Anything is better than nothing. Find something you enjoy so your mind doesn't realize you're "working out."