"I Just Want To Be Living While I Am Living!"...Jack LaLanne, 1914-2011
Jack LaLanne was a man to emulate. He taught all kinds of people how to take care of their bodies. He began life as a troubled youth and transformed himself into a fitness guru we all could strive to be like.
Online, February 21, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Everyone who wants all they can get out of life needs to read the following about an amazing man, Jack LaLanne. He went from being a juvenile delinquent to a fitness guru. Please read on to learn about Jack and his life.
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Susie here with sad news :-(
As you all know by now, the legendary Jack LaLanne died at the ripe old age of 96. He was someone to emulate in his passion and in his love of life and people. If we Baby Boomers want to live a life nearly as full as Jack's, read this for starters from the Huffington Post...
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Jack LaLanne: In Loving Memory to the Fitness Guru and Anti-Sugar Pioneer
The personable, larger-than-life fitness guru and anti-sugar pioneer Jack LaLanne passed away recently at the age of 96.
As you'll be able to learn from listening to my Tribute to Jack LaLanne show, what's so remarkable about the Superman-like health legend was not that he lasted into his 90s, but that the energetic, effervescent health aficionado knew how to live well.
Decades before Americans realized the value of fitness, Jack opened his first own health spa and, of course, he worked out regularly himself -- two hours a day, as he once revealed to me.
What's more, decades before people knew that sugar was bad for you, Jack spurned the sweet stuff. (Actually, people are still waking up to sugar's dangers, which is now keeping me busy.)
More importantly, because of Jack LaLanne's determination to stay healthy, fit and happy, he thrived.
In fact, the idea of "just surviving" or "getting by" was completely foreign to him. I mean, the "Godfather of Fitness" really lived, as I've had the pleasure of witnessing.
Fortunately, in years, since becoming an anti-sugar advocate in 1998, I've had the honor and pleasure of interviewing Jack LaLanne several times.
First, in 2004 or 2005, he took time out for an interview for my book, Sugar Shock. (For those of you who have my book, please turn to page 139, where you can read his compelling sugar story.)
Then, in May 2008, Jack graciously appeared on my radio show as part of my 10 Years' Sugarfree Celebration. At the time, Jack had been off of sugar for a whopping 80 years! Can you imagine doing that?!
Thanks to BlogTalkRadio's amazing technology, you can still listen to the show. (FYI, at the time, my show was then called the Stop Sugar Shock Radio Show, which I renamed a couple of months later to the Gab with the Gurus Radio Show, which more accurately reflects that I interview experts in a variety of fields, including health, wellness, Law of Attraction, romance and personal empowerment. Special thanks to BlogTalkRadio for featuring that interview with Jack LaLanne.)
The following year, on April 26, 2009 I had the pleasure of meeting Jack in person. I was invited to interview Jack and to present him with a Lifetime Achievement Award at a Obesity and Food Addiction Addition Summit on Island Wood, Bainbridge Island. What a treat that was!
Granted, I wasn't a close personal friend of Jack's, but from our few times chatting, what struck me about this amazing man was his infectious enthusiasm, his remarkable power to motivate people, his deep-seated joie do vivre (gusto for life), his die hard commitment to a healthy lifestyle, and his profound love and admiration for his wife Elaine (to whom he was married for 51 years).
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Susie again...
It was a joy to read about this remarkable man. I had only seen him periodically on talk shows, pitching juicers and the like. Please let me know what you liked best about Jack LaLanne by commenting on my Facebook page(Click Here) and get your friends to Share this link with others. You will be glad you did. You may also go to my blog at Susie's Baby Boomer Lifestyle to read more and to also read lots of interesting material that Baby Boomers and others would be interested in. For example, the post about how Social Security benefits can be protected from creditors is a must read!
What a role model for us Boomers,
Susie
