Fitness Guru Jack LaLanne, Dead at 96

[josephga]

Fitness guru Jack LaLanne, 96, dies at Calif. home

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MORRO BAY, Calif. (AP) — Jack LaLanne, the fitness guru who inspired television viewers to trim down and pump iron for decades before exercise became a national obsession, died Sunday. He was 96.

LaLanne died of respiratory failure due to pneumonia Sunday afternoon at his home in Morro Bay on California's central coast, his longtime agent Rick Hersh said.

Lalanne ate healthy and exercised every day of his life up until the end, Hersh said.

"I have not only lost my husband and a great American icon, but the best friend and most loving partner anyone could ever hope for," Elaine LaLanne, Lalanne's wife of 51 years and a frequent partner in his television appearances, said in a written statement.

LaLanne (pronounced lah-LAYN') credited a sudden interest in fitness with transforming his life as a teen, and he worked tirelessly over the next eight decades to transform others' lives, too.

"The only way you can hurt the body is not use it," LaLanne said. "Inactivity is the killer and, remember, it's never too late."

His workout show was a television staple from the 1950s to the '70s. LaLanne and his dog Happy encouraged kids to wake their mothers and drag them in front of the television set. He developed exercises that used no special equipment, just a chair and a towel.

He also founded a chain of fitness studios that bore his name and in recent years touted the value of raw fruit and vegetables as he helped market a machine called Jack LaLanne's Power Juicer.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by two sons, Dan and Jon, and a daughter, Yvonne.

[Guest greatness]

Rip~~~

[Mark450]

RIP. A true trail blazer.

[RockCreekRunr]

Because of his dedication to a lifetime of fitness, many around the world discovered a happy and healthy way to live. Let's make Jack LaLanne's birthday a national day of health, Jack LaLanne Day: http://JLLDay.org/

 

RIP Mr. LaLanne.

[CowboyUp]

RIP Jack...heaven just got a whole lot more fit!!

[JackTwist]

RIP Jack

 

I loved his mantra: "I can't die. It would ruin my image."

His image is safe...at 96 he was the best example of clean and healthy living that I know.

 

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[JT Brooklyn]

R.I.P. Mr Lalanne You and your Kitchen Chair started it all....

[Guest Wetnwildbear]

R.I.P. Mr Lalanne You and your Kitchen Chair started it all....

 

Without Jack todays Gay Porn would be a lot flabbier!

[Luv2play]

I've never heard of the guy and I followed a fitness regime at gyms for more than three decades. I never watched the fitness gurus on television however so perhaps that is why I don't know about him. He seems to have had the secret of long life however, but that could be attributed to his genes.

 

His message that it is never to late to start exercising needs to be exercised with caution. The ex-husband of a friend of my sister's started at a new gym after years of abuse to his body with overeating and drinking. He died on the first day he got on the stationary bike from a massive coronary. He was in his late '60's.

[instudiocity]

His message that it is never to late to start exercising needs to be exercised with caution. The ex-husband of a friend of my sister's started at a new gym after years of abuse to his body with overeating and drinking. He died on the first day he got on the stationary bike from a massive coronary. He was in his late '60's.

I believe the first part of the mantra was, "After consulting your doctor, begin a reasonable fitness routine."

 

LaLanne had doctors around to say that very thing on his shows and in his writings.

[KMEM]

I've never heard of the guy and I followed a fitness regime at gyms for more than three decades. I never watched the fitness gurus on television however so perhaps that is why I don't know about him. He seems to have had the secret of long life however, but that could be attributed to his genes.

 

His message that it is never to late to start exercising needs to be exercised with caution. The ex-husband of a friend of my sister's started at a new gym after years of abuse to his body with overeating and drinking. He died on the first day he got on the stationary bike from a massive coronary. He was in his late '60's.

 

Your post was so cheerful, I could hardly contain myself.

 

I hope your life does not have the problems you see all around you.

 

Best regards,

KMEM

[KMEM]

Yes, instudiocity, yes.

 

Best regards,

KMEM