When I first started out, I was considered a crackpot. The doctors used to say, "Don't go to that Jack LaLanne, you'll… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
They thought that athletes that worked out with my system wouldn't be able to throw a ball because they'd be too muscle… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
Your muscles know nothing. It's your brain. Exercise is something you've got to do the rest of your life. It's a lifestyle.… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
If you've got a big gut and you start doing sit-ups, you are going to get bigger because you build up the… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
Have you seen some of the crap they're selling as exercise equipment now? How about that Suzanne Somers? She should have been… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
Muscle cells strengthen in response to intense exercise - whether you're 18 or 88. But the intensity is what's lacking in most… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
Scales lie! You lose thirty pounds of muscle and you gain thirty pounds of fat and you weigh the same, right? Take… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
Ask the guys who are doing serious triathlons if there are any limits to what can be done. The limit is right… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
You can't get rid of it with exercise alone. You can do the most vigorous exercise and only burn up 300 calories… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
So many older people, they just sit around all day long and they don't get any exercise. Their muscles atrophy, and they… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
I tell people that the scales lie. You may have played basketball and weighed 175 pounds, with a 30-inch waist, back when… — 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
