Post: #1

Juicing? Way ahead of his time. This guy saw people getting fat around him and invented a ton of workout equipment nearly 70 years ago. Look at this guy. 80? Amazing.

Post: #2

that's crazy. Gotta show this to my grandpa, maybe he'll get in shape after watching this

Post: #3

A true legend, he will be missed.

Post: #4

Remember my grandma telling me about Jack when I was a teenager. Her entire generation used to get up and watch him on television and follow along.

A true American hero.

Post: #5

hes definately an example if you exercise and eat well getting old doesnt have to equal bad health and nursing homes. i think he died at 96 a couple years ago, but he was still active to the end.

he was ahead of his time with sugar look at the rate of type 2 diabetes today and general obesity in the US

Post: #6

People think of him as the old TV fitness guy but don't realize how many cutting edge advances he made in fitness. He was a real genius.

Read his wikipedia entry-fascinating. A couple of interesting points- as you would expect doctors opposed his idea of fitness gyms saying it was unhealthy. when Lalanne was 15 he was inspired to get into the fitness lifestyle when he heard a talk by Paul Bragg of Braggs ACV fame. Lalanne did his daily fitness routine up until the day before his death at age 96!

Post: #7

No doubt, a role model. Practiced what he preached, and preached a good line. By far most Americans won't look nearly as good at 80--if they're even alive. Guys like this keep me in the gym even more than girls that like the results.

Post: #8

Jack LaLanne owns what it means to be swole. He was probably in better shape at 96 than most people ever get in their entire lives.

Post: #9

What really irks me is how with the obesity epidemic at an all time high, people dying at much younger ages, rampant diabetes, and rising heart failures, people still refuse to look at men such as jack lalanne for inspiration on being healthy and instead continue doing what will eventually destroy their bodies.

Post: #10

He is my idol, pretty much the exemplar of life. His deeds, show, interviews, all so inspiring. The Sugarholics video posted about him above is just amazing. I don't kid myself that I'll live his quality of life as I don't exercise or watch my food nearly that much, but he is sure pushing me to keep improving those things.

From a Game standpoint, as it is currently the trend around here, I suspect many would call him a Beta because he married a divorced woman with two kids (after being divorced with one kid himself):

Quote:Family

LaLanne was married to Elaine Doyle LaLanne for over 50 years. They had three children: one from his first marriage (Yvonne LaLanne), one from Elaine's first marriage (Dan Doyle), and one together (Jon LaLanne). Yvonne is a chiropractor in California; Dan and Jon are involved in the family business, BeFit Enterprises, which they and their mother and sister plan to continue.[3][9][27] Another daughter from Elaine's first marriage, Janet Doyle, died in 1974 at age 21 in a car accident.

p.s. today, even with his positive approach, I also strongly suspect that he would be condemned as "body-insensitive", "shallow" or whatnot. He was very straightforward in condemning obesity and habits that lead to it.

Post: #11

After watching this video, I understood I was listening to a genius:






I highly recommend people try his face workouts. They keep you looking young, it's amazing.

Post: #12

When I was a RA in college, I showed some of the videos posted above to two female residents. They were immediately put off and said he's a total misogynist. Ironic since the show was made for women. Maybe shows how sensitive women have gotten to taking assertive advice from men. Or it could be that someone as fit as Jack could be intimidating to girls who are insecure about their bodies.

Post: #13

(10-28-2012 01:55 PM)Samseau Wrote:  After watching this video, I understood I was listening to a genius:






I highly recommend people try his face workouts. They keep you looking young, it's amazing.

Haha, yes. The original, "Haters gonna hate!" video.

Post: #14

One of my heroes..

Interesting that he works out every single day FOR 1.5 HOURS - at age 80! I assume he's not getting stronger, but conventional wisdom says this would be too short a recovery interval.. But I guess he's not tearing and building muscle anymore.

RIP

Post: #15

Quote:When a 21-year-old Arnold Schwarzenegger first came to America in 1968, he witnessed 54-year-old Jack LaLanne down on Venice Beach in California doing thousands of push-ups and chin-ups. A challenge was declared — and Arnold, the youngest Mr. Universe at the time, went on to lose. Badly.

"I beat him in chin-ups and push-ups," LaLanne says. "He said, 'That Jack LaLanne's an animal! I was sore for four days. I couldn't lift my arms!' "

Dude was in beast mode for 96 years, pretty inspiring.

Post: #16

(10-28-2012 03:06 PM)Norset Wrote:  Interesting that he works out every single day FOR 1.5 HOURS - at age 80! I assume he's not getting stronger, but conventional wisdom says this would be too short a recovery interval.. But I guess he's not tearing and building muscle anymore.

That's exactly the reaction I had--I'm half his age and I feel like I need at least a day after a good workout, much less 1.5 hours. Mad props to the man, and his example shows that I'm being too easy on myself (gives me something to work up to, at least).

Post: #17

To be honest, I´ve never heard of him before. But after watching some videos and doing some research I´m madly impressed by him and his life. What a beast. I also feel kind of inspired now and just want to lift some heavy weights.

This clip reminded me of my dad, unfortunately. He´s 58 and still alive, but his lifestyle is almost the same:





I´m always trying to convince him of a healthy lifestyle or motivate him to start working out again and to watch his diet, but so far it´s been a fruitless effort. It´s frustrating.

Post: #18

Here's him giving 10 tips to women on how to improve their life - at 2:15 he talks about how a woman should dress nice, do her hair, etc. so they can "get compliments from the man in your life". I'm sure that wouldn't go down well today:

Post: #19

From wikipedia: He also dismissed warmups, calling them "shtick" and "something else to sell": "15 minutes to warm up? Does a lion warm up when he's hungry? 'Uh oh, here comes an antelope. Better warm up.' No! He just goes out there and eats the sucker."

Awesome and profound statement.

Post: #20

(10-28-2012 05:38 PM)Celtic_Austrian Wrote:  To be honest, I´ve never heard of him before. But after watching some videos and doing some research I´m madly impressed by him and his life. What a beast. I also feel kind of inspired now and just want to lift some heavy weights.

This clip reminded me of my dad, unfortunately. He´s 58 and still alive, but his lifestyle is almost the same:





I´m always trying to convince him of a healthy lifestyle or motivate him to start working out again and to watch his diet, but so far it´s been a fruitless effort. It´s frustrating.

It's a tough one isn't it. People just arent motivated by something they cant see (heart disease, liver disease) until it's right in their face. I've managed to get my parents on something alot closer to paleo and tehy look so much better for it. Still eating some crap and not exercising enough though.. it's scary, especially as they're responsible for my younger sister and I know they could (espec my step-dad) be alot healthier.

What would be awesome is if/when they come out with a cheap scanning device that detects the plaque buildup in your heart/arteries or the scarring in your liver etc. Or a pinprick bloodtest thing that instantly gives you your bloodwork and how far it is from healthy.

Something you could use at home extremely easily like these diabetes meters. I think THAT would motivate alot of people who currently just bury their heads in the sand

Post: #21

(10-29-2012 02:13 AM)RichieP Wrote:  What would be awesome is if/when they come out with a cheap scanning device that detects the plaque buildup in your heart/arteries or the scarring in your liver etc. Or a pinprick bloodtest thing that instantly gives you your bloodwork and how far it is from healthy.

Something you could use at home extremely easily like these diabetes meters. I think THAT would motivate alot of people who currently just bury their heads in the sand

I use this website a lot:
http://cvrisk.mvm.ed.ac.uk/calculator/calc.asp

You need the cholesterol lipogram values, blood pressure, and blood sugar. Ignore the LVH unless you know how to interpret an ecg.

It then calculates your risk of being diseased.

It's quiet effective as a wake-up call, people trust the numbers far more than they trust human opinion.

Here's a simplified version, it replaces LVH by asking wether you are taking blood pressure pills:
http://hp2010.nhlbihin.net/atpiii/calculator.asp

What you can do instead of a cholesterol lipogram is to just get a cholesterol fingerprick test, and put only the total cholesterol in, these calculators then use an average HDL cholesterol level, but that seems to muck up the accuracy somewhat.

Post: #22

Just look at this video at 90 years old. Really incredible. Most 90 year old men - if they're alive - can barely walk across a room. He's dancing at carrying on like a man half his age. And he did it all naturally, old-school!





Inspiring stuff.