Grateful Dead's Bob Weir Dead at 78

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40. I agree. Plus I thought Bob was cute. Very watchable. More seriously - see what he says in another 2019

article, this one with a writer for Men's Health. Bob was a jock. a fitness buff, still working out in his 70s. But here he's talking about transcendence after death.

https://www.rossmccammon.com/bob-weir-grateful-dead-mens-health-workout-story

Ross McCammon: When we were running together,, you talked about grace, and looking for grace. You said that there's something unachievable about working out. Can you explain that to me?
Bob Weir: My current thought is that it will be ultimately achievable, but you will have transcended, probably died, and not be hindered by the laws of physics and what can't be done with a human body. At that point you go beyond grace to being what's behind grace. I don't know if you can follow me there. The next level. You go through grace. Another level opens up.

RM: By engaging in physical activity, we're trying to get through the physical realm, do you think?
BW: Yeah. And maybe every now and again I go there in my dreams.

RM: What kind of dreams do you mean?
BW: Well, either the kind that you have when you're sleeping or the kind that you're having when you're daydreaming. Either one, in either case you're not bound by physical constraint. You're not bound by the abilities of your body. You're not bound by the laws of physics. In either case you're free. I'm not sure that that kind of freedom is achievable when you're in your waking state and working with your physical body.

RM: Do you feel the same way about music?
BW: I've been there with music. With working out I haven't gotten quite to the self-propelled grace that every now and again comes and visits when we're on stage.

That page links to the long article about his fitness routine: https://www.menshealth.com/fitness/a29491632/the-grateful-dead-bob-weir-workout/