Jack La Lanne

[Lamb busa]

At the gym today Jack LaLanne came up and a 21 year old guy said he had never heard of him.  Lamb said,  "you never heard of Jack LaLanne"?  Told him that Jack towed 70 boats across a damn harbor!  Not remembering the full story of how he did it shackled and handcuffed with person in each boat.  

Lamb thinks he is just an amazing person and thought it might be nice to think about a guy like this before he isn't with us anymore!  Here's some stuff!

JACK LA LANNE - FEATS
1954 Age 40: Swam the length of the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge underwater with 140 pounds of equipment, including two air tanks… an undisputed world record.


1955 Age 41: Swam handcuffed from Alcatraz to Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco, CA.


1956 Age 42: Set a world record of 1,033 pushups in 23 minutes on "You Asked for It, a TV Show with Art Baker.


1957 Age 43: Swam the treacherous Golden Gate Channel, towing a 2,500-pound cabin cruiser. This involved fighting the cold, swift ocean currents that made the 1 mile swim a 6 ½ mile test of strength and endurance.


1958 Age 44: Maneuvered a paddleboard 30 miles, 9-½ hours non-stop from Farallon Islands to the San Francisco shore.


1959 Age 45: Completed 1,000 pushups and 1,000 chin-ups in 1 hours and 22 minutes. "Happy" is born and The Jack LaLanne Show goes nationwide


1974 Age 60: Swam from Alcatraz Island to Fisherman's Wharf, for a second time handcuffed, shackled and towing a 1,000-pound boat.


1975 Age 61: Swam the length of the Golden Gate Bridge, underwater, for a second time handcuffed, shackled and towing a 1,000-pound boat.


1976 Age 62: Commemorating the "Spirit of '76", swam 1 mile in Long Beach Harbor, handcuffed, shackled and towing 13 boats (representing the 13 original colonies) containing 76 people.


1979 Age 65: Towed 65 boats filled with 6,500-pounds of Lousiana Pacific wood pulp while handcuffed and shackled in Lake Ashinoko, near Tokyo, Japan.


1980 Age 66: Towed 10 boats in North Miami, Florida filled with 77 people for over a mile in less than 1 hour.


1984 Age 70: Handcuffed, shackled and fighting strong winds and currents, towed 70 boats with 70 people from the Queen's Way Bridge in the Long Beach Harbor to the Queen Mary for 1 ½ miles.


1992 Age 78: Received the Academy of Body Building and Fitness Award


1994 Age 80: State of California Governor's Council on Physical Fitness Lifetime Achievement Award


1996 Age 82: Received the Dwight D. Eisenhower Fitness Award


1999 Age 85: Received the Spirit of Muscle Beach Award


2002 Age 88: Jack receives his very own star on the Hollywood Blvd. Walk of Fame

 

[Lamb busa]

Here's some more attributed to one man!  Remember,  this guy walked up the statue of liberty on his hands!  Sorry it's so long!
JACK LA LANNE - "LA LANNEISMS"

Jack La Lanne fervently believes every human being can attain maximum body health and fitness if they will practice moderation, eat the most natural foods, and exercise on a regular basis. Over the years on national television, radio talk shows and in feature stories written about Jack, certain ideas stated by Jack have become little gems known as "La Lanneisms".


Here are a few of Jack's words of wisdom:


Anything in life is possible and you can make it happen.


Your waistline is your lifeline.


Exercise is King, nutrition is Queen, put them together and you've got a kingdom.


Don't exceed the feed limit.


The food you eat today is walking and talking tomorrow.


Ten seconds on the lips and a lifetime on the hips.


Better to wear out than rust out.


Do - don't stew.


People don't die of old age, they die of inactivity.


First we inspire them, then we perspire them.


You eat everyday, you sleep everyday, and your body was made to exercise everyday.


Work at living and you don't have to die tomorrow.


I can't die, it would ruin my image.


If man makes it, don't eat it.


If it tastes good, spit it out.


What's it doing for me?


Your health account is like your bank account: The more you put in, the more you can take out.


If one apple is good, you wouldn't eat 100.


It's not what you do some of the time that counts, it's what you do all of the time that counts.


Make haste slowly.


Eat right and you can't go wrong.

 

[Charlesbusa]

We're going to have to start quoting APOP not just for Thrasherfox anymore,

APOP Lamb

 

[bacharles]

Awesome write-up Lamb. I've always admired and been a Jack LaLanne fan also. I used to love the comical skits on "In Living Color" about him. Remember the ones where Jim Carrey would play him and he would be promoting his juicer?

Now that was some funny shid.