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Jack LaLanne

(1914–2011) Nutritionist

163 quotes in 827 categories

Jack LaLanne says exercising is like a bank account: the more you put in, the more you can take out for health. He warns that the only way to hurt your body is to stop using it, and that mind and body cannot be separated. He also reminds people to measure their gut and then work out until it gets down.

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Jack LaLanne was a nutritionist, best known for Fiscal fitness.

Quick Facts About Jack LaLanne

Born: September 28, 1914
Died: January 23, 2011
Profession: Nutritionist
Notable works: Fiscal fitness

About Jack LaLanne

He called himself a 'sugarholic' and 'junk food junkie' until he was 15, then changed after hearing a lecture by health‑food pioneer Paul Bragg. He believed the nation's health depended on its people and called physical culture the 'salvation of America'. He was nicknamed the 'Godfather of Fitness'.

Quotes by Jack LaLanne

The only way you can hurt the body is not use it,

Body

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If man made it, don't eat it.

Food

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Eat right and you can’t go wrong.

Food

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Anything in life is possible, if you make it happen.

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Ten seconds on the lips and a lifetime on the hips.

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Remember this: your body is your slave; it works for you.

Bad ass

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I can't die. It would ruin my image.

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I say stick with Mother Nature as much as possible.

Mother

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I want to move well and comfortably, and enjoy the world around me.

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The secret to a long and healthy marriage is to work at it and don't try and change each other.

Change

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Develop a positive attitude. Think and picture how amazing you are going to be. Visualize it!

Attitude

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The spine is the lifeline. A lot of people should go to a chiropractor but they don't know it.

Chiropractic

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Please help my arthritis. Please help me bring up my strength, make me young again.

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Focus on your problem zones, your strength, your energy, your flexibility and all the rest.

Energy

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Your age is the sum total of your physical condition, the condition of your mind, and how you feel.

Age

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You've got to work at living-99 and 9/10 of Americans work at dying!

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If it tastes good, spit it out. All those cakes and pies and candy and ice cream -- all that terrible fast…

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I was the worst, most sickly kid of all - 30 pounds underweight. The girls used to beat me up. Actually I…

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Jesus, when he was on Earth, he was out there helping people, right? Why did he perform those miracles? To call attention…

Attention

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You've got to exercise. Your health account, your bank account, they're the same thing. The more you put in, the more you…

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Sex is the greatest driving force on this planet. Christ, why are we living if we can't have a little fun? Sex…

Christ

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Muscle cells strengthen in response to intense exercise - whether you're 18 or 88. But the intensity is what's lacking in most…

Advice

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If you can't afford a half hour three or four times a week taking care of the most priceless possession, your body,…

Body

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Focus on your problem zones, your strength, your energy, your flexibility and all the rest. Maybe your chest is flabby or your…

Energy

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I've never been satisfied with myself, ever. But I feel good about myself, because I'm truthful. I don't corrupt myself. I'm also…

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George Burns was more athletic than you think he was. And he was a very social man. He loved people, he enjoyed…

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The crusade is never off my mind - the exercise I do, the food I eat, the thought I think - all…

America

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Scales lie! You lose thirty pounds of muscle and you gain thirty pounds of fat and you weigh the same, right? Take…

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People feel so guilty about not exercising. Especially people over 50, who feel like they've gone a lifetime without taking care of…

Care

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How do you know what's really organic? Today, there's all these impurities in the water and the air. The water for the…

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You can't get rid of it with exercise alone. You can do the most vigorous exercise and only burn up 300 calories…

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You should do it against the clock. Say you are going to do 30 laps in 15 minutes. Then you try to…

Body

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The first thing I did when I was forty years old, I put handcuffs on and I jumped off Alcatraz prison and…

Alcatraz

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I tell people that the scales lie. You may have played basketball and weighed 175 pounds, with a 30-inch waist, back when…

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It's a bunch of bull! If God, or nature, or whatever you want to call it didn't want you to mix carbohydrates,…

Book

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I train like I'm training for the Olympics or for a Mr. America contest, the way I've always trained my whole life.…

America

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Exercise to live. Never live to exercise.

Exercise

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I can't afford to die. It would wreck my image.

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Progress is made where progress is measured.

Growth

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The essence of decay is inactivity.

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Jack LaLanne by topic

Exercise (45) People (37) Fitness (32) Life (25) Food (22) Inspirational (21) Love (15) Body (15) Health (13) Thinking (12)