The spine is the lifeline. A lot of people should go to a chiropractor but they don't know it. — 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
My goal has always been to help people help themselves. Your body is your most priceless possession; you've go to take care… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
People thought I was a charlatan and a nut. The doctors were against me -- they said that working out with weights… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
You can take them in a wheelchair and put them in a pool, so they can move their arms and legs. In… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
I don't think about wealth. I get one thing in my mind, "How can I help people...come on humans...do something, you know.… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
What the hell do doctors know about exercise? Most of them know zero. You gotta push elderly people to failure like anybody… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
I see a sea of millions of people going down with their own negative thoughts, going down for the third time in… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
Most people, when they reach a certain age, let down and talk about what they used to do. Well, who gives a… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
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… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
Jesus, when he was on Earth, he was out there helping people, right? Why did he perform those miracles? To call attention… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
George Burns was more athletic than you think he was. And he was a very social man. He loved people, he enjoyed… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
People feel so guilty about not exercising. Especially people over 50, who feel like they've gone a lifetime without taking care of… — 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
It's survival of the fittest. You can't have everything perfect, that's impossible, but the fit survive. The fit can handle the impurities… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
You only live once, why be miserable? Fat people are miserable -- you are carrying 50 lbs on your shoulders all day,… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
Look at the average American diet: ice cream, butter, cheese, whole milk, all this fat. People don't realize how much of this… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
People don't realize how much of this stuff you get by the end of the day. High blood pressure is from all… — 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… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
I train like I'm training for the Olympics or for a Mr. America contest, the way I've always trained my whole life.… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
Sometimes people - especially people over 40 - underestimate what they really are capable of. They believe they're not capable of doing… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
You don't have to call it God or Jesus. That's religious humbug to a lot of people, but you've gotta believe that… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
You've got to appeal to the pride in people. When a woman is flabby and soft, she's unattractive. When you married a… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
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… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
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… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
Many so-called spiritual people, they overeat, drink too much, they smoke and don't exercise. But they do go to church every week… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
I'm always asking people to do something in their mind [first]. So if they're gonna do one exercise, it would be to… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
There are so many health nuts out there who eat nothing but natural foods but they don't exercise and they look terrible.… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
I have one thing in my mind. How can I get people to start taking care of themselves? That's all I think… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
I'm a believer in routine. I like to see people work out at the same time each day. — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
I'd rather see you drink a glass of wine than a glass of milk. So many people drink Coca-Cola and all these… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
One of the reasons so many people fail is they get on this treadmill for an hour or an hour and a… — 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… — 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
Whatever you can handle, it's up to you. Pick something where you are going to do it to failure--in other words, where… — 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
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