NEWS RELEASE

Office of External Communications

Houston, TX 77204-5017 Fax: 713.743.8199

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 18, 2005

Contact: Michael Barnes
Houston Alumni Organization
713.743.9554
mcbarnes@central.uh.edu

FITNESS GURU LEE LABRADA HOLDS
BOOK SIGNING FOR UH ALUMNI, STUDENTS

Get out your weights and work-out clothes. Get ready to “get lean.”

Former Mr. Universe and 1984 University of Houston alumnus Lee Labrada will sign copies of his new book Aug. 24 at UH’s Campus Recreation and Wellness Center from 4 – 7 p.m. During the event, copies of “The Lean Body Promise” will be sold, and Labrada will answer questions about diet, fitness and motivation.

The former “fitness czar” of Houston is credited with helping the city shed its fattest city title in 2004. His book outlines his revolutionary shape-up program “that shows you how to burn away fat and release the leaner, stronger body inside you,” he said.

“My program is based on the principle I call Banex, which is balanced nutrition and exercise,” Labrada added.

The Houston Alumni Organization (HAO) is sponsoring Labrada’s appearance as part of “The Cat’s Back,” an event to welcome students back to school.

For more information about HAO, go to www.houstonalumni.com.

WHAT: Lee Labrada book signing at University of Houston
WHERE: Campus Recreation and Wellness Center
4500 University Drive
WHEN: 4 – 7 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 24

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