Rest if You Must, But Just Don’t Quit!

Kirk Lawrence made an impact on American fitness in the 1980s. As a young Kenpo black belt, Kirk began coaching fitness to help prepare students for the rigors of a Karate training practice. Over time Kirk discovered this true passion was to teach total fitness programs for the mind, body, and spirit, and for the young and old.

Kirk learned from tremendous instructors in Kenpo, Wing Chun, weight training at Zane Haven in Palm Springs with Frank and Christie Zane, a vacation spent training and learning from Vince Gironda, as well as the expert movement teachers in dance, ballet, acting, yoga, and meditation. These coaches helped Kirk make a fitness impact on men, women, and children across the USA.

He helped players on a Super Bowl winning team. He was hired to enhance a network syndicated morning exercise program, Morning Stretch. Kirk and his ex-wife wrote a free national youth fitness-related PE curriculum and were sponsored by the Pres Council on Physical Fitness and Sports and endorsed by Chairman Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1991 and 1992.

Kirk was the fitness director of an NIH-funded study at UCSF to study the effects of aerobics and calisthenics on the bone mineral density of young women ages 20–35, in order to help prevent osteoporosis later in life. Today as a public speaker, Kirk shares the message in Zero’s Heroes, to “Rest but Don’t Quit” with businesses, schools, and organizations big and small. Today, Kirk lives happily in Indianapolis with Dianna, their three children, dogs, cats, and chickens. Their best days lie ahead!