Episode
55
James Owen
Living a long and healthy life with cowboy ethics
Fitness after fifty was never something that occurred to veteran financier James P. Owen, during his hectic life in corporate America. But when he turned seventy, the former Wall Street rainmaker and author of the best-selling book, Cowboy Ethics, had an epiphany. He discovered he could move. Jim founded the Center for Cowboy Ethics and Leadership to spread the message that “we can all be heroes in our own lives,” but it was not until relatively late in life that he says he discovered his true purpose. Over the past seven years he has transformed his life, applying his much-lauded ‘rules of the west’ to a disciplined fitness regime. The result is a body and lifestyle that defies his age and a new book, Just Move: A New Approach to Fitness After 50, in which Jim shares his wisdom. In this LLAMA podcast interview he explains how “fighting off old age” involves shadowboxing, weightlifting, walking and a focus on “functional fitness.”
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“I knew I had to do something and that something turned out to be exercising. Seven years later I’m in the best shape of my life and it’s been an amazing transformation.”
“I honestly believe today, because of exercising, my best days lie ahead.”
“I want to be a living example – a role model of what you can do. If I can do this, believe me, anybody can.”