Last week was honored with the Jack LaLanne Lifetime Fitness Award. Jack the ultimate in commitment. He was a delinquent kid of sorts but a lecture about the poisons of sugar changed his life as a teenager. From the day of that lecture to the day he died, at a muscular, strapping 95, Jack never again let sugar pass his lips. He is the father of fitness in America and every single one of us in either the business or lifestyle of fitness owes all we know to Jack. Jack married Elaine when she was 27, a smoker and drinker and rebel rouser. Elaine drank the LaLanne kook-aide herself and also dedicated her life to health. From the day she met Jack, until she turned 80, Elaine also turned her back altogether on sugar. On her 80th birthday she told Jack she wanted a slice of birthday cake and ice cream. No, he implored her. Trust me, you will only slide down a slippery slope from one bite of cake. Well, Elaine had that slice and when I ask her today if shes back to the occasional ice cream cone, she smiles a devilish smile and says what Jack doesnt know isnt going to hurt him now. This is one dynamic, sharp woman. At 88, she got on the IDEA Fitness stage and did full, proper push-ups, all the way chin to the ground. To have my name in any way associated with the grand LaLanne history is a mighty strong feather in my cap.
Posted on: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 21:19:30 +0000
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