been feeling unhealthy... maybe time to go dig out my old Juice Tiger?

[Darren Dirt]

http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/46826/the-feats-of-jack-lalanne/

damn expensive, but supporting" info is out there a lot more than way back in the mid 1990s when I bought one. Then again, technology has improved since then.


FYI this thread is a result of hearing about the 96-year old's death... Finally. What an inhuman man. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_LaLanne#Timeline:_LaLanne.27s_feats

but "That's the power of the juice!"

[Mr. Analog]

I will eat one of these so-called "vegetables" he spake of

[Mags]

I will eat one of these so-called "vegetables" he spake of

VILE WEED!!!!!!

[Darren Dirt]

VILE WEED!!!!!!

[Mr. Analog]

Spicy Italian sausage is a vegetable right?

[Darren Dirt]

Jack LaLanne was an incredible showoff, and with good reason.

If you can do 1,033 push-ups in 23 minutes at the "over-the-hill" age of 42, then by all means show yourself off. If you can swim more than a mile through the strong currents of Long Beach Harbor while towing 70 people in 70 rowboats on your 70th birthday, then you've earned the right to show off -- especially if you do this while handcuffed and shackled.

Jack lived his life completing implausible feats of strength and endurance, seemingly as a challenge to a world that said, "Let's see you do that!"

Considering that about one-third of Americans are now overweight and another one-third are obese, one might conclude that Jack's mission to promote healthy living was a failure. But he had more success than people realize.

Before Jack came along, there weren't any weightlifting gyms. Before Jack, you never saw people jogging, and bikes were used only for transportation.

LaLanne anticipated the current state of adipose affairs. "Now that we have too much of everything in this great land of ours, too many things are being done for us," he lamented in one of his early television appearances. "We have become soft, mentally and physically."

There will never be another Jack LaLanne. The current generation of fitness "gurus" seems to be overrepresented by celebrities promising shortcuts and quick fixes instead of focusing on the basics of plain old hard work.

http://www.latimes.com/health/la-he-jack-lalanne-tribute-20110131,0,4348422.story