"Exercise is king, diet is queen.
Put them together and you've got a kingdom."
Jack LaLanne, at age 93 is still working out
two hours a day, mostly in the pool now.
"You have to exercise, not necessarily to the extent that I have.
Twenty to 30 minutes three or four times a week is fine
when combined with a sensible diet.
But work at it vigorously."
Energetic, spry and given to spontaneous outbursts of song, he loves joking around and greets others warmly.
Jack LaLanne, said he almost killed his brother twice, "I was 15 at the time. I was addicted to sugar. I ate junk food constantly and felt horrible. I suffered from blinding headaches. I was skinny, weak and had a nasty temper. I was so sickly that, under doctor's order's, I hadn't been to school in six months. Then my mom practically dragged me to a lecture on health. That lecture saved my life. Paul Bragg told me that if I would exercise and eat a proper diet, I could regain my health." The strict vegetarian diet Paul Bragg suggested helped Jack feel better. Jack's diet is still mostly vegan, except egg whites and occasionally fish. He has long advocated drinking juices extracted from raw fruit and vegetables.
In 1955, at 41, LaLanne swam handcuffed from Alcatraz to Fisherman's Wharf in
In 1956, at 42, he set the world record of 1,033 pushups in 23 minutes on You Asked for It, a TV show.
In 1959, at 45, LaLanne did 1,000 pushups and 1,000 chin-ups in one hour and 22 minutes.
In 1974, at 60, Jack swam from
In 1976, at 62, commemorating the "Spirit of '76," he swam 1 mile in
In 1979, at 65, LaLanne towed 65 boats filled with 6,500 pounds of wood pulp while handcuffed and shackled in
In 1984, at 70, handcuffed and shackled, LaLanne towed 70 boats with 70 people 1.5 miles from the
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