In 1936, he opened the nation’s first health and fitness center, on the third floor of an office building
He took up golf at the age of 50, and shot his age four times when he was 73 and five times when he was 74.
When an interviewer asked about the differences between today and when he was starting out, LaLanne replied, “It’s gratifying to see that everything I was preaching and advocating 50 years ago is being accepted. Back then I was a crackpot. Today I am an authority. And believe me, I can’t die. It would ruin my image!”