Happy Birthday, Jack (LaLanne)

globeandmail ^ | Sep 28, 04 | Agence France-Presse

[churchillbuff]

If I remember right, Jack's a Republican - - weren't he and Reagan buds?

[Mr. Mojo]

I wonder if still takes swims in Santa Monica bay while pulling ships with his teeth?

[reagan_fanatic]

Wow! Happy B-day, Jack.

I remember seeing him on TV when I was a wee little kid and wondering who that old guy doing all the exercises was.

[luvbach1]

Jack talks the talk and walks the walk. He's proving he was right. Most amazing to me: everthing works at 90!

[sushiman]

" Mr. LaLanne, who has spent his life urging people to eat better and exercise more, can still lift weights, do abdominal crunches and hoist his 78-year-old wife, Elaine. "

Elaine LaLanne ...has a certain ring to it ...

[Ciexyz]

My mother and I (as a child) used to exercise to his program in the late 50's.

[churchillbuff]

steers clear of meat, caffeine, white sugar and refined flour."""

Steers clear of meat? Is he a vegetarian?

[groanup]

"I remember seeing him on TV when I was a wee little kid and wondering who that old guy doing all the exercises was."

Me too. But I didn't wonder what you did, I just wondered why there was nothing better on TV.

[WorkingClassFilth]

Didn't he have a dog named King on the exercise show too?

[isthisnickcool]

What he does now: exercises two hours a day, seven days a week, and steers clear of meat, caffeine, white sugar and refined flour.

Seems like some advise is in there for Barney Frank?

[Commander8]

I catch reruns of his old show an ESPN Classic.
I've tried some of those exercises and they really firmed up my muscles around the knees and elbows.

[Cindy]

""Most people work at dying. I work at living. It's a pain in the ass," Mr. LaLanne said. "You have to eat right and exercise. "Most people, when they reach a certain age, let down and talk about what they used to do. Well, who gives a damn about what you used to do? It's what you're doing now."

[Cindy]

What a guy!
Happy birthday Jack.

[roadcat]

I remember watching Jack on TV back in the 1950's. Also, he used to do an annual event on San Francisco Bay. With his hands tied, he would swim SF Bay while pulling boats by a rope in his teeth. I think it was from Aquatic Park to Alcatraz. It's been a few years since hearing of him doing this, guess he gave it up. The guy is utterly amazing.

[missyme]

He was on TV doing Jumping Jacks while the rest of the world was sitting in the couch smoking dope eating Fritos and Ho Ho's...

[kellynla]

White German Shepard, if memory serves

[Norski]

THANKS for posting this! He's great.
Wow, 90 years old! I've been watching his ads for the juicers and wondering how old he was for awhile.

I'm doing research on juicers because veggie juices really work for me, but I've burned up two cheap Hamilton Beach ones, and looking at the Champion and the Atlas. I wonder if his is as good as he advertises. . .

[kellynla]

God bless him!

Jack LaLanne, the Godfather of Physical Fitness!!!

Just think of the billions of dollars made in the fitness industry thanks to Jack LaLanne!

They should erect a monument to him!

[WorkingClassFilth]

That sounds right. I used to do excercises on the living room floor in my long underwear in front of the tube. My poor ma must have thought I was insane. Of course, I also used to be able to burp-speak the entire alphabet and I could fire raisins out of my nose for a considerable distance as well, so maybe she had some basis for her belief.

[Kirkwood]

"Jack talks the talk and walks the walk. He's proving he was right. Most amazing to me: everthing works at 90!"

Nah, mostly it is just good genes. Some people do everything right and they still keel over at 40.