Jack LaLanne: Exercise

Jack LaLanne was American exercise instructor. Explore interesting quotes on exercise.

Jack LaLanne: 48 quotes3 likes

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

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.”

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.”

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