Pax Beale: Pumping Up & Reversing Heart Disease!

"I'm seventy-six years old and still going strong," says Pax Beale. At his age, he's incredibly still pumping iron. Incredibly, Pax can lift the stack on 30 weight resistance machines at his Body for the Ages Health Center and even at hardcore gyms, like World Gym! Don't think of him as your image of an in-shape 76 year old. Compare him to an in-shape 30 year old with less than 10% body fat, or you won't grasp his meaning of being in shape.

"Total Commitment" is Beale's personal philosophy as well as approach to all aspects of his life. An entrepreneur, self-made multi-millionaire, and lifetime sports enthusiast, Beale – often refers to himself as the "comeback kid" – rehabilitated his heart after quintuple bypass heart surgery that resulted in complications in 1991.

After a lifetime of flirting with various sports in the amateur and professional arena, Beale stumbled onto weight resistance training in his 50's when in search for the perfect exercise for his ailing back. At the age of 53 Beale became a bodybuilder, entering numerous competitions and stealing numerous titles from competitors decades younger, including Mr. USA at the age of 60 and National Bodybuilding Champion at the age of 65.

The word "impossible" is not in his vocabulary, as it has been supplanted by his joy in the Total Commitment motivational philosophy he wants to share with you.

Pax has run Death Valley and run more than thirty 26-mile marathons. The guy is recognized as an expert in fitness and heart health. Pax is the only person to swim Alcatraz in total darkness and he did it in the coldest month (no fins or wetsuits), has raced on a bicycle against a 30,000 ton ocean liner and won, created the first ever RUN FOR FUN JOGGERS' CLUB (which launched the largest participant even in the world, the Bay to Breakers race), is recognized as the world's first triathlete, and lost in boxing only to an Olympic gold medal winner. That's enough to exhaust anyone, but there is more in understanding his Total Commitment motivational philosophy which impacts success in your entire life... whether you want to become a millionaire, or enhance your sex life.

Success carried a price for Pax Beale. Chest pains plagued him and by 1991, at the age of 61, ending in heart surgery. Although Beale survived the initial surgery complications and a subsequent emergency procedure two weeks later, the end result was that his heart was working at 25% capacity. Furthermore, if the ischemic (dead) heart tissue was not revitalized in 90 days the damage would be irreversible, according to the medical community. His doctors prescribed a life very different from the one Beale had been living.

Beale would not give up that easy. Once given the green light to exercise, Beale returned to the gym. His doctor came to the gym and told the director that "he better get a body bag, because Beale was going to kill himself." The doctor had been unaware of Beale's definition of intense exercise. Beale invented prescription exercise for attacking America's #1 killer: heart disease, a guaranteed weight loss, and concurrently having fun building a body of your dreams. His exercise is now recommended by the American Heart Association and the Harvard School of Public Health.

Beale did not stop there. His career had taken him through the medical profession, as he owned acute general hospitals and same-day surgery centers from Orange County to Sacramento. He had conducted research in the field from his early days at the Dow Chemical Company – his first job after graduating from the University of California, Berkeley (Cal) with a degree in Business Administration. Looking for the missing ingredient to his recovery, Beale stumbled across a drug that miraculously became a supplement. The effects of pyruvate "had been studied extensively on animals, but to my knowledge had never been used on humans," said Beale. "I decided to do research and make myself a human guinea pig."

Beale also researched and created a protein that mimics the amino acid profile of human muscle. More patents followed, and a rating on the World Health Organization's scoring system greater than mother's milk.

Soon Beale was no longer out of breath during his workouts. Within a year his cardiologist could find no evidence of dead heart tissue. Beale had rejuvenated his heart. "It (pyruvate) was the cherry on the Sunday," said Beale, who attributes its success to a "synergistic effect." And, of course quality protein is the staple for anyone in rehab and competitive bodybuilders. He now markets both products.

Beale called his heart rehab system "Body for the Ages," which has become his passion and new life's work. The regime included prescription nutrition, prescription exercise, his protein and pyruvate, and Beale's motivational philosophy of "Total Commitment."

Promoting Body for the Ages Health Center, which opened in 2005, has literally given Beale a new lease on life. Beale runs the Center with "the love of his life," Sophie Taggart. Beale married Taggart in the hospital literally on the way to the operating table for his heart surgery after being told his odds were less than 50/50. Taggart, also a bodybuilder, holds the title of Ms. America (1990), Ms. World (1995), and Ms. Universe (1998). "She's my tower of power," says Beale.

Handsome, with the body of a 25-year-old and a heart to match on a six foot, two inch, 222 lb. frame, Pax Beale is available for speaking engagements. He is launching his new book, workshops, and a product line all under the banner of "Body for the Ages." The Body for the Ages products are of note because he personally used them to reverse his heart disease and become a National Bodybuilding Champion. Add in the new Body for the Ages Health Center in San Francisco, where clients receive personal coaching for a health heart, guaranteed weight loss, and to build a body of their dreams...and you get the idea. He truly has proven that the word impossible is just that. A word.