JohnBoy wrote on 07/10/10 at 23:46:24:mick wrote on 07/09/10 at 22:08:25:Paladin you didn't notice that most of the people were grossly over weight ?
60 % of Americans are over weight, there is NO EXCUSE .
Jack Lalanne was 5'5" and 205 that makes him morbidly obese by all the charts.
Why don't we spend a fraction of the money used for weight related issues to make the things we should eat taste like the things we want to eat?
Naaaah, I watched him as kid a few times & I saw him in Odessa, come out the YMCA, supported ( ahem,, yea, he needed it Im sure) by a gorgeous woman on each arm. But that was in the early 80's I think. anyway, heres food for thot.
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The LaLanne file
Name: Jack LaLanne.
Age: 90.
Home: Morro Bay, Calif.
Height, weight: 5-foot-6, 150 pounds.
Biography: Describes himself as sugar-addicted, malnourished and suicidal as a youth until he was 15, when he heard a nutrition specialist speak in Oakland, Calif. Immediately became a vegetarian and began working out vigorously. In 1936, at 21, opened a gym in Oakland that’s believed to be America’s first modern health club, complete with a health-food store and juice bar. Advocated weight lifting for athletes 30 to 35 years before it became common practice. Invented numerous weight machines, including cable pulleys and leg extensions. Became the country’s workout guru in 1951 as star of the first nationally syndicated workout program, “The Jack LaLanne Show,” which aired for 34 years.
Current workout regimen: Trains for 2 hours a day, seven days a week, from 5 to 7 a.m. Spends about an hour doing aerobic training in a swimming pool, including swimming in place with a custom-designed harness, and doing laps using various strokes, usually wearing paddles and flippers to increase resistance. Spends the rest of the workout in the weight room. Does about eight sets per exercise, all sets to failure. Generally takes short rests between sets, usually about 15 seconds. Changes his weight-lifting routine every month. Will go a month using lighter weights and doing, say, 20 repetitions a set, then might increase the weight and 10 repetitions per set, or even more weight and six repetitions. Works on different body areas each day. Has exercises for all muscles, including hands, feet and neck.
Feats and accomplishments: At 42, he did 1,023 push-ups in 23 minutes on the TV show, “You Asked For It.” Was named Professional Mr. America in 1954. At 60, he swam handcuffed from Alcatraz to Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco Bay while towing a 1,000-pound boat. At 70, he pulled 70 boats holding 70 people 1½ miles through the harbor in Long Beach, Calif., while handcuffed and shackled.
Quote to remember: “Dying’s easy, any stupid person can die. Living is a pain in the butt. You’ve got to work at living. And remember, the food you eat today is walking and talking tomorrow.”
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www.jacklalanne.com
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