Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Remembering Fitness Forefather, Jack LaLanne




Long before Dr. Oz, the P-90X, Jane Fonda, Richard Simmons, Billy Blanks, and 8-minute Abs, Jack LaLanne was a national celebrity, preaching regular exercise and proper diet. He invented the forerunners of modern exercise machines like leg-extension and pulley devices. He marketed a Power Juicer to blend raw vegetables and fruits and a Glamour Stretcher cord, and he sold exercise videos and fitness books. He invited women to join his health clubs and told the elderly and the disabled that they could exercise despite their limitations.

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