Jack LaLanne Quotes


You can exercise vigorously and eat junk and get by. But you can't eat perfectly and not exercise. Look at many athletes today; they are human garbage cans. They eat anything, but they exercise so hard they burn it up. But why not exercise and put the right fuel in too?


Citations

LaLanne, Jack. Revitalize Your Life. Hastings House, 2003, p. 112.

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Jack LaLanne
Jack LaLanne
  • Born: September 26, 1914
  • Died: January 23, 2011
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Fitness Expert, Television Host, Inventor, Entrepreneur, Motivational Speaker

Francois Henri "Jack" LaLanne was an American fitness and nutrition guru and motivational speaker. He described himself as being a "sugarholic" and a "junk food junkie" until he was age 15. He also had behavioral problems, but "turned his life around" after listening to a public lecture about the benefits of good nutrition by health food pioneer Paul Bragg. During his career, he came to believe that the country's overall health depended on the health of its population, and referred to physical culture and nutrition as "the salvation of America."