Staying in Shape

Back - Index - Submissions - - What is RSS? Date: May 08, 2000 Source: Entertainment Teen Submitted By: Laura for sending this in. How do you stay fit on the road? Howie: It's hard. Very hard. I try to watch what I eat. Even though everybody thinks, "Wow, you get up on stage and you work and burn so many calories. You should have no problem staying slim and trim." But I just look at the food and it goes to my stomach--I have the one-pack instead of the 6-pack, 'cause of the time off we had with our families cooking. But now, I try to watch what I eat, my calorie intake. I eat a lot of fish and chicken. I try to get to the gym. What does you mom make that you go crazy for? Howie: Home cooking to me is a blessing. I go out to eat, and now I come home, and my dad is like, "Son, do you want to go out to eat tonight?" And I'm like, "Oh dad, I really wish mom could cook instead." She makes lots of Spanish food, which I don't get on the road--it's hard to find good traditional Spanish, Puerto Rican-type food. I always put on a few extra pounds when I get home. What do the rest of you do to stay in shape? Brian: There's a gym facility here at the hotel, and we went and had them open it up. We played basketball 'til about two in the morning. So we do a lot of physical stuff like that...We play a lot of golf, we try to get outside as much as we can, because being cooped up gets boring. So we try to do that--I play everything and anything sportswise. AJ: Try to eat right, try and work out--which are 2 things I don't do! Just pace yourself--don't run yourself ragged. I used to go out every night, but I don't do it as much anymore. I mean to clubs...I'll go down to the restaurant in the hotel and eat something, play a little pool if they have a pool table, hopefully they do--if not, I'll find a place that has one. Play some golf--try to relax and keep everything normal...I pop Vitamin C every day, I pop zinc every day, keeping my vitamins going every day. Nick: I play basketball and work out. SUMMER CAMP STORIES - BSB Since you were a camp counselor, what was your wackiest camp experience? Kevin: We used to have panty raids all the time, 'cause it was sometimes a co-ed camp. One time the girls raided our cabins and strung our underwear up the flagpole. Another time, a couple of guys snuck down to the pond and got tadpoles, frog eggs and frogs and opened the girls cabin door and threw a bucket of them on a bunch of girls in the cabin. That was hard to deal with--a lot of people were upset about that. I used to put a hockey mask on, and a pair of coveralls, and sneak around, scare the heck out of people. I used to get snakes all the time--I would lead hikes, and I would be the first one on the trail, and I'd have to get those poisonous snakes. We used to have skit night all the time--that was probably one of my first performances I ever did--I used to play my keyboard, me and my buddy. I would plug my keyboard into the auxiliary unit of my old stereo, and have my own PA system with my keyboard. We'd put on talent shows. Comment on this item. Recent Comments Submitted by: temnotak Submitted by: barrycmster Submitted by: kipetok Submitted by: Edward Submitted by: Halz Submitted by: Mark Submitted by: Kevin Shen Submitted by: Dirk Submitted by: Antony Submitted by: Kevin Click here to see more comments. Comment on this item. Next Item: Nick in People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People Prev Item: Hope Street Kids