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Total Body Recall

December 20th, 2003

This year marks the twentieth anniversary of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s
Total Body Workout
, one of the most important spoken word albums of our
time. Originally released on vinyl and cassette, this landmark recording has
been re-released on compact disc thanks to the good people at Sony
Music
. If you’ve never had the pleasure, I encourage you to click one
of the streaming audio links below to experience a tiny sample of this truly
bizarre album. The future Governor Schwarzenegger leads his listeners through
a "sweatin’
to the 80’s" workout, barking out orders and offering tough-love encouragement
the whole time. "Up!" he shouts. "Down!" he bellows. "Squeeze
your buttocks!" he commands, obviously overcome by a ‘roid rage. It’s
hilarious, but also kind of frightening. Does a sequel to Total Body Workout
lurk somewhere deep in the mind of "the
people’s governor
"? Will Californians be subjected to four years
of jumping jacks and toe-touches? Time will tell. One of the state’s programs
has a curiously Schwarzeneggeresque name.

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Total Body Workout (1983)
Click a link below to listen to a sample.
(Windows Media Player
required)

"Save
Your Overtime for Me
"
by Gladys Knight & The Pips

"867-5309/Jenny"
by Tommy Tutone

"Burning
for You
,"
by Blue Oyster Cult

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