Jack LaLanne - Fitness Guru A Man Ahead Of His Time
The other day was Jack LaLanne's 93rd birthday (Sept.
26, 1914).
I thought it fitting to write a short article about him.
Since Jack is an expert in both exercise and nutrition I couldn't decide whether to put the article in the exercise or nutrition section.
Fitness won out but not by much.
I can remember in the 1950's my mother watching Jack on television.
She would do the exercises on the living room floor.
Or she'd bring in a chair from the kitchen to use for the different exercises.
As a young child I remember Jack's big white German Shepard dog Happy.
Happy was on television with Jack.
I just called my mother who is 85 years old to see what she remembered about the show.
She remembered that Jack was funny.
His wife was on the show with him and sometimes she couldn't do an exercise and she would laugh.
And then he would laugh and make a joke about it.
She told me she watched and exercised with all of his shows.
Television was in its infancy in 1959.
The 'Jack LaLanne Show' was the first exercise show on television.
In his younger days Jack LaLanne was addicted to sugar and junk foods.
He decided to change his diet.
He concentrated on bodybuilding and weightlifting.
He designed the first leg extension machines and pulley machines common in gyms today.
At the age of 70, Jack swam 1.
5 miles in the Long Beach Harbor handcuffed and shackled while towing 70 boats with 70 people on board.
Today Jack can be seen on infomercials promoting his juicer.
He looks and acts younger than his 93 years.
He is most gratified that everything he has been preaching about exercise and nutrition for the last 60 years has come true.
When he first started he was labeled as a crackpot and charlatan, today he is an authority.
Jack's lifestyle is the best weight loss programyou could envision.
Strive to make it yours.
Jack LaLanne has stated that, 'My top priority in life is to work out every day.
'He works out for two hours every morning.
He still lifts weights and swims each day.
His simple rule of nutrition is 'if man made it, don't eat it.
'Make those words the basis of your healthy diet plan and you can't go wrong.
Sixty years before fitness, exerciseand nutrition were household words Jack LaLanne promoted all three.
Here's to Mr.
Jack LaLanne, may we all adopt his nutrition and exercise beliefs.
26, 1914).
I thought it fitting to write a short article about him.
Since Jack is an expert in both exercise and nutrition I couldn't decide whether to put the article in the exercise or nutrition section.
Fitness won out but not by much.
I can remember in the 1950's my mother watching Jack on television.
She would do the exercises on the living room floor.
Or she'd bring in a chair from the kitchen to use for the different exercises.
As a young child I remember Jack's big white German Shepard dog Happy.
Happy was on television with Jack.
I just called my mother who is 85 years old to see what she remembered about the show.
She remembered that Jack was funny.
His wife was on the show with him and sometimes she couldn't do an exercise and she would laugh.
And then he would laugh and make a joke about it.
She told me she watched and exercised with all of his shows.
Television was in its infancy in 1959.
The 'Jack LaLanne Show' was the first exercise show on television.
In his younger days Jack LaLanne was addicted to sugar and junk foods.
He decided to change his diet.
He concentrated on bodybuilding and weightlifting.
He designed the first leg extension machines and pulley machines common in gyms today.
At the age of 70, Jack swam 1.
5 miles in the Long Beach Harbor handcuffed and shackled while towing 70 boats with 70 people on board.
Today Jack can be seen on infomercials promoting his juicer.
He looks and acts younger than his 93 years.
He is most gratified that everything he has been preaching about exercise and nutrition for the last 60 years has come true.
When he first started he was labeled as a crackpot and charlatan, today he is an authority.
Jack's lifestyle is the best weight loss programyou could envision.
Strive to make it yours.
Jack LaLanne has stated that, 'My top priority in life is to work out every day.
'He works out for two hours every morning.
He still lifts weights and swims each day.
His simple rule of nutrition is 'if man made it, don't eat it.
'Make those words the basis of your healthy diet plan and you can't go wrong.
Sixty years before fitness, exerciseand nutrition were household words Jack LaLanne promoted all three.
Here's to Mr.
Jack LaLanne, may we all adopt his nutrition and exercise beliefs.
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