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Francois Henri "Jack" LaLanne was an American fitness and nutrition guru and motivational speaker. He described himself as being a "sugarholic" and a "junk food junkie" until he was age 15. He also had behavioral problems, but "turned his life around" after listening to a public lecture about the benefits of good nutrition by health food pioneer Paul Bragg. During his career, he came to believe that the country's overall health depended on the health of its population, and referred to physical culture and nutrition as "the salvation of America".Decades before health and fitness began being promoted by celebrities like Jane Fonda and Richard Simmons, LaLanne was already widely recognized for publicly preaching the health benefits of regular exercise and a good diet. He published numerous books on fitness and hosted the fitness television program The Jack LaLanne Show between 1953 and 1985. As early as 1936, at age 21, he opened one of the nation's first fitness gyms in Oakland, California, which became a prototype for dozens of similar gyms bearing his name. One of his 1950s television exercise programs was aimed toward women, whom he also encouraged to join his health clubs. He invented a number of exercise machines, including the pulley and leg extension devices and the Smith machine. Besides producing his own series of videos, he coached the elderly and disabled not to forgo exercise, believing it would enable them to enhance their strength.LaLanne also gained recognition for his success as a bodybuilder, as well as for his prodigious feats of strength. Arnold Schwarzenegger once exclaimed "That Jack LaLanne's an animal!" after a 54-year-old LaLanne beat then 21-year-old Schwarzenegger badly in an informal contest. On the occasion of LaLanne's death, Schwarzenegger credited LaLanne for being "an apostle for fitness" by inspiring "billions all over the world to live healthier lives", and, as governor of California, had earlier placed him on his Governor's Council on Physical Fitness. Steve Reeves credited LaLanne as his inspiration to build his muscular physique while keeping a slim waist.

LaLanne was inducted to the California Hall of Fame and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.



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✵ 26. September 1914 – 23. January 2011
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Famous Jack LaLanne Quotes

“There is no fountain for youth. What you put in your body is what you get out of it. You would not feed your dog a coffee and doughnut for breakfast followed by a cigarette you will kill the damn dog.”

Jack LaLanne

In "Live Young Forever: 12 Steps to Optimum Health, Fitness and Longevity", p. 10

“The crusade is never off my mind — the exercise I do, the food I eat, the thought I think — all this and how I can help make my profession better-respected. To me, this one thing — physical culture and nutrition — is the salvation of America.”

Jack LaLanne

In "Jack LaLanne dies at 96; spiritual father of U.S. fitness movement, LosAngeles Times"

“God gives us the power to act for ourselves, but let me tell you something. At five in the morning I have never heard this [he says mimicking a knock on the door]. Hello Jack, this is Jesus. I will work out today.”

Jack LaLanne

In "Live Young Forever: 12 Steps to Optimum Health, Fitness and Longevity", pp.10-11

“That's what I wanted! I wanted to be an athlete, I wanted the girls to like me, and I wanted to be able to get good grades in school, and this man said I could do all that.”

Jack LaLanne

In "Jack LaLanne dies at 96; spiritual father of U.S. fitness movement, LosAngeles Times"

“I can’t die, [he most famously liked to say]. It would ruin my image.”

Jack LaLanne

In "Jack LaLanne, Founder of Modern Fitness Movement, Dies at 96, New York Times."

“Jesus, when he was on Earth, he was out there helping people, right? Why did he perform those miracles? To call attention to his profession. Why do you think I do these incredible feats? To call attention to my profession!”

Jack LaLanne

In "Jack LaLanne dies at 96; spiritual father of U.S. fitness movement, LosAngeles Times"

Jack LaLanne Quotes about exercise

“My show was so personal, I made it feel like you and I were the only ones there. And I’d say: Boys and girls, come here. Uncle Jack wants to tell you something. You go get Mother or Daddy, Grandmother, Grandfather, whoever is in the house. You go get them, and you make sure they exercise with me.”

Jack LaLanne

In "Jack LaLanne, Founder of Modern Fitness Movement, Dies at 96, New York Times."

“Mr. LaLanne said he performed his exercises until he experienced “muscle fatigue,” lifting weights until it was impossible for him to continue. It produced results and, as he put it, “the ego in me” made the effort worthwhile.”

Jack LaLanne

In "Jack LaLanne, Founder of Modern Fitness Movement, Dies at 96, New York Times."

“At 21 years of age Jack developed the first models of exercise equipment, and these are standards in gyms today.”

Jack LaLanne

Robert Kennedy, in "Live Young Forever: 12 Steps to Optimum Health, Fitness and Longevity", p. 9

“He also encouraged the disabled and elderly to exercise for health, a bizarre concept at the time.”

Jack LaLanne

Robert Kennedy, in "Live Young Forever: 12 Steps to Optimum Health, Fitness and Longevity", p. 9

Jack LaLanne Quotes about people

“People thought I was a charlatan and a nut, [he remembered]. The doctors were against me — they said that working out with weights would give people heart attacks and they would lose their sex drive.”

Jack LaLanne

In Jack LaLanne, Founder of Modern Fitness Movement, Dies at 96, New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/24/sports/24lalanne.html?_r=0

“I was a whole new human being, he said of this transformation. I liked people, they liked me. It was like an exorcism, kicking the devil outta me!”

Jack LaLanne

In "Jack LaLanne dies at 96; spiritual father of U.S. fitness movement, LosAngeles Times"

“At age 70 the guy towed 70 boats carrying 70 people across the Long Beach harbor, with both arms and feet shackled.”

Jack LaLanne

Robert Kennedy, in "Live Young Forever: 12 Steps to Optimum Health, Fitness and Longevity", p. 10

Jack LaLanne Quotes

“It tasted terrible, so I mixed it with prune juice and fruits. Nobody thought about it until then. We made the guy a millionaire.”

Jack LaLanne

On Yami Yoghurt which he sponsored quoted in "Jack LaLanne, Founder of Modern Fitness Movement, Dies at 96, New York Times."

Guy

“When I first started out, I was considered a crackpot, [he said]. The doctors used to say, 'Don't go to that Jack LaLanne, you'll get hemorrhoids, you won't get an erection, you women will look like men, you athletes will get muscle-bound — this is what I had to go through.”

Jack LaLanne

In "Jack LaLanne dies at 96; spiritual father of U.S. fitness movement, LosAngeles Times"

Women , Men

“I was the worst, most sickly kid of all – 30 pounds underweight. The girls used to beat me up. Actually I was a mean kid, early on because I had no self-esteem.”

Jack LaLanne

In "Live Young Forever: 12 Steps to Optimum Health, Fitness and Longevity", p. 10

Girl

“Aw:North America|Anything in life is possible and YOU make it happen"! - Jack LaLanne: Live young forever, Robert Kennedy Publishing, Mississauga 2009, P. 15”

Jack LaLanne

LaLanne's reply when asked for the best advice he'd ever received, reported in the Denver Post (28 December 2003)

Life

“Well it is. It is a religion with me. It's a way of life. A religion is a way of life, isn't it?”

Jack LaLanne

In Jack LaLanne dies at 96; spiritual father of U.S. fitness movement, LosAngeles Times http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-jack-lalanne20110124,0,5507436,full.story#axzz2szJ0dzxX

Life , Religion , Way

“I care more than — you cannot believe how much I care! I want to help somebody!”

Jack LaLanne

In "Jack LaLanne dies at 96; spiritual father of U.S. fitness movement, LosAngeles Times"

Help

“It would wreck my image.”

Jack LaLanne

Lalanne on why he may never die in Time Magazine (14 July 1980) http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948916,00.html

“If men are from Mars and women from Venus, what planet did Jack come from? Jack insists he is from planet earth.”

Jack LaLanne

Diana Cyr, in "Live Young Forever: 12 Steps to Optimum Health, Fitness and Longevity", p. 10

Women , Men

“At 21 years of age he opened North America’s first modern gym.”

Jack LaLanne

Robert Kennedy, in Live Young Forever: 12 Steps to Optimum Health, Fitness and Longevity, Foreword http://books.google.co.in/books?id=MqBWPgAACAAJ&dq=Live+Young+forever+Jack+Lalanne&hl=en&sa=X&ei=fIz5UvnrJ8jnlAW7mID4Dg&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAA, p. 9

Age

“When he was 15, his distressed mother dragged him to a lecture on healthful living being given by nutritionist Paul Bragg.”

Jack LaLanne

In "Jack LaLanne dies at 96; spiritual father of U.S. fitness movement, LosAngeles Times"

Health

“Aw:North America|Anything in life is possible and YOU make it happen!”

Jack LaLanne

Jack LaLanne: Live young forever, Robert Kennedy Publishing, Mississauga 2009, P. 15
LaLanne's reply when asked for the best advice he'd ever received, reported in the Denver Post (28 December 2003)

Life , Making love

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