On one of my birthdays I did 1,000 chin-ups and 1,000 push-ups. For my 70th birthday I towed 70 boats with 70 people in it, my feet and hands tied-my hands were in handcuffs, my feet were tied together-and I… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
The first thing I did when I was forty years old, I put handcuffs on and I jumped off Alcatraz prison and swam to San Francisco handcuffed. That made national publicity. Then, there were three or four years where I… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
You've got to exercise. Your health account, your bank account, they're the same thing. The more you put in, the more you can take… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
Forget about what you used to do. Don't make those same mistakes again. Everybody says, "Oh the good old days" - the good old… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
Thoughts are things. Negativity is what kills you... It's tough to do, but you've got to work at living, you know? Most people work… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
There are so many health food nuts out there that eat nothing but natural foods but they don't exercise and they look terrible. — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
The brain's preferred source of fuel is glucose/carbohydrates. And when you go on a low-carb/high-protein diet, your brain is using low-octane fuel. You'll be… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
What you need to do is get that tape measure out, and start measuring that gut. Then you start working out and you start… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
The most important thing in your life is your health and your body. You can have all the education and you can have millions… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
I only eat fish - no chicken, no turkey, just fish. I get all my protein from fish and egg whites. — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
That is the beautiful part about weights: even if you are 100 year old, you can lift something. Maybe it's only a half a… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
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… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
Be young. Keep yourself young by having a good, sporty car like a Corvette. It keeps you on your toes. It keeps you young.… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
There is no fountain of youth, What you put into your body is what you get out of it. You would not feed your… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
