(Jack LaLanne) Grandfather of American fitness still spry at 90

[papau]

excercise and no meat, caffeine, white sugar or refined flour,

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(Jack LaLanne) Grandfather of American fitness still spry at 90

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - At 90, American fitness pioneer Jack LaLanne is still preaching what he practices: a sensible diet and regular exercise.

LaLanne, who has spent his life urging Americans to eat better and exercise more, can still lift weights, do abdominal crunches and hoist his 78-year-old wife Elaine.

"I've got no aches and no pains," he said. "If I get a sniffle, it's gone the next day. Everything's working. Just look at my wife. She's smiling."

LaLanne turned 90 Sunday, an event marked by nine hours straight of reruns of his 1960's fitness show by a cable sports channel, and numerous appearances on television and radio talk shows. <snip>

"All these diets are from crackpots. You've got to have a combination of everything -- fats, sugars, carbohydrates, protein. The only way to lose fat is to count calories. There's no shortcuts." <snip>

[Philostopher]

1. Just say it to yourself.

Elaine LaLanne.

Elaine LaLanne.

Sorry -- I've always found that funny.

Good for Jack -- my granny who made it to 96 was very active up to the last few years, when her arthritis get in the way of her gardening. She didn't eat very much and what she did eat was balanced -- I honestly think the gardening kept her alive as long as it did. She could still touch her toes when she was 90 years old. Amazing woman.

[Paradise]

2. ya can't help but love him! :) n/t

[calico1]

3. I remember when I was little

in the 1960's and his exercise show was on TV I would watch it and try to do the exercises. I remember he used to do a shoulder stand, which I did too, except we had no carpeting in our apt. so I ended up getting a callus on the back of my neck. I remember my mom asking me "where on Earth did you get that callus?" LOL.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

4. No towing barges across NY harbor for this birthday?

I think it was when he was 80, he did that.