At USA Championships it was an honour to meet one of the pioneering gurus of fitness in America.
Jack LaLanne
Between 1951 and 1984, LaLanne presented fitness and exercise advice on television. “The Jack LaLanne Show” was the first ever television program devoted to exercise.
Critics said the show would be off the air in six weeks, but it lasted 34 years. He has also published books and videos on fitness and nutrition, appeared in films, recorded a song with Connie Haines and marketed exercise equipment, a range of vitamin supplements, …
At age 92, he continues to work out every morning for two hours. He spends one and a half hours in the weight room, and half an hour in the pool. LaLanne and his wife Elaine (80) live in Morro Bay, California.
When interviewed by Katie Couric on NBC’s Today show, LaLanne declared that his two simple rules of nutrition are “if man made it, don’t eat it” and “if it tastes good, spit it out.”
He often says, “I cannot afford to die, it will ruin my image.”
Once again, fitness of the general public was an important theme of Championships.
Ron Galimore and Steve Penney were leading by example in San Jose, up and exercising at 6:30AM.
Have you seen USA President Steve Penney lately? He has lost a lot of weight and looks great.
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