“My workout is my obligation to life. It's my tranquilizer. It's part of the way I tell the truth--and telling the truth is what's kept me going all these years.” WayYearsTruth IsObligationTelling The TruthWorkout Author:Jack LaLanne
“You only live once, why be miserable? Fat people are miserable -- you are carrying 50 lbs on your shoulders all day, you get a disease called "pooped-out itis". Don't tell me that they are happy with the way they look and feel. I have to be honest, that is all I have.” PeopleWayFeelsLooksHonestDiseaseShouldersFatsMiserableBeing HonestYou Only Live OnceFat People Author:Jack LaLanne
“I was going to be a singer. If I hadn't been in my profession, I was going to be an Opera singer. That's from a young kid. I had all these records from all those famous Opera singers. I wanted to be an Opera singer - that was my whole thing and physical fitness got in the way, thank God.” IfsWayWholeKidsWantedYoungRecordsProfessionSingersThank GodOperaPhysical FitnessOpera Singers Author:Jack LaLanne
“People will set a New Year's resolution: "I'm gonna get in shape this year." But they don't set a parameter for how they're gonna measure it. Or if they do measure it, they wait until the first day of the next year. You'd never run a business that way. Document your progress.” PeopleIfsWayYearsFirstsRunningNextWaitingProgressShapesResolutionNew YearDocumentsNext YearParametersNew Year's ResolutionsGetting In Shape Author:Jack LaLanne
“The only way you get that fat off is to eat less and exercise more.” WayExerciseFatsDietsHealthy DietAmerican DietEating Less Author:Jack LaLanne
“I train like I'm training for the Olympics or for a Mr. America contest, the way I've always trained my whole life. You see, life is a battlefield. Life is survival of the fittest... How many healthy people do you know? How many happy people do you know? Think about it. People work at dying, they don't work at living. My workout is my obligation to life. It's my tranquilizer. It's part of the way I tell the truth--and telling the truth is what's kept me going all these years.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayYearsWholeAmericaLife IsKnow HowDyingHealthyTruth IsSurvivalTrainingTrainWhole LifeObligationTelling The TruthDo You KnowOlympicsContestsWorkoutBattlefieldsHappy PeopleSurvival Of The FittestTraining For The Olympics Author:Jack LaLanne
“Don't talk age! Age has nothing to do with it. One of my guys who started out at my gym is 87 now, and he still does ten bench-press reps with a hundred-pound dumbbell in each hand. He's training to set a leg-pressing record. I put things in the guy's brain way back when, and now he'll never get away from it.” WayDoeStillsHandsAgeGuyBrainRecordsTenTrainingHundredPressesLegsPoundsGet AwayGymBenchesBack WhenWay Back WhenDumbbells Author:Jack LaLanne
“The only way you can hurt your body is if you don't use it” IfsWayUseBodyHurtYour Body Author:Jack LaLanne
