Posted on: Monday, August 23, 2004
FITNESS PROFILE
Fitness still first for 1976 Olympian
By Paula Rath
Advertiser Staff Writer
Chris Woo swam the 100-meter breast stroke during the 1976 Olympics. In spite of a busy life as a dentist, husband and father of two, he makes fitness a priority. Swimming is still a mainstay and he has added strength training and cycling to the mix.
Eugene Tanner • The Honolulu Advertiser Woo's training partner at the Nu'uanu YMCA, Rae Drzymala, said "He is the most focused person I have ever known. Just when I think I reached his level in whatever we are doing, he pushes it up another notch!"
That's what being an Olympian is all about.
Name: Chris Woo. When and why I started working out: "I started swimming on Town swim club at age 9 to help alleviate asthma.."
My good foods/bad foods: "I love to eat all types of food. I avoid dairy products and beer." My biggest motivator: "To be healthy and strong for my children Zack and Katie."
My biggest roadblock to fitness: "There are no roadblocks to fitness, because I make time to work out."
What saves my sanity: "My passion is the game of golf." My next challenge: "I would like to lower my golf handicap index from 13 to under 10." Advice for those in the same boat: "Do activities you enjoy and do them with friends and family. Vary your workouts, set goals and challenge yourself to increase mental and physical toughness."
He also is passionate about his golf game.
Chris Woo, a swimmer who competed in the 1976 Olympics, follows a fitness routine of swimming, bicycling, strength training and golf.
Age: 46.
Profession: Dentist.
Height: 5-feet-11.
Weight: 212 pounds.
Workout habits: "Strength training twice a week, swimming twice a week, cycling up Tantalus once a week, cycling 30 miles every other week, and a round of golf once a week."
