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Elaine Lalanne

January 24, 2011 by · Comments Off on Elaine Lalanne 

Elaine Lalanne, (AP) – Jack Lalanne has been urging of Americans to get off their couches and into the gym for decades before it was cool. And he was still pumping iron and pushing fruits and vegetables decades retirement age of most Americans. ”

The fitness fanatic has eaten well and exercised – indeed his mission to ensure that everyone has done the same – to end at age 96, friends and family said.

LaLanne died Sunday at his home in Morro Bay on the central coast of California, longtime agent Rick Hersh said. The cause was respiratory failure due to pneumonia.

“I not only lost my husband and a great American icon, but the best and most loving friend anyone could ever hope to partner,” Elaine Lalanne, LaLanne wife of 51 years and a partner in many of his appearances television, said in a written statement.

Lalanne, who underwent heart valve surgery two years ago, maintained a physical young and joked in 2006 that “I can not afford to die. It would destroy my image. ”

“It was unbelievable,” said 87-year-old former “Price is right” host Bob Barker, who attributes the encouragement Lalanne helped him to exercise often.

“He never lost his enthusiasm for life and fitness,” Barker told The Associated Press on Sunday. “I’ve seen around 2007 and it still looked remarkable. He always looked like the same guy he has always been enthusiastic.”

LaLanne credited with a sudden interest in fitness with the transformation of his life as a teenager and has worked tirelessly over the next eight decades to transform the lives of others, too.

“The only way you can hurt the body is not using it,” said LaLanne. “Inactivity is the killer and, remember, it’s never too late.”

His show workout has been a staple of television from the 1950s to 70s. Lalanne and his dog happy children encouraged waking up from their mother and dragging them to the front of the TV. He developed exercises that did not use any special equipment, just a chair and a towel.

He also founded a chain of fitness centers that bore his name and in recent years touted the value of raw fruits and vegetables, as he helped the market a device called a Jack Lalanne Power Juicer.

When he turned 43 in 1957, he has performed more than 1,000 push-ups in 23 minutes on “You asked” television program. At 60, he swam from Alcatraz Island to Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco – handcuffed, shackled and towing a boat. Ten years later, he performed a similar feat in the Port of Long Beach.

“I never think about my age, never,” said LaLanne in 1990. “I could be 20 or 100. I never think about it, I’m just me. Look at Bob Hope, George Burns. They are more productive than they have ever been in their whole life right now. ”

Member and former bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger Governor of California LaLanne credited in making exercise on the gym and in the salons.

“He laid the groundwork for others exercise programs, and now he has blossomed this program in black and white in a company very colorful,” said Schwarzenegger in 1990.

In 1936 in his native Oakland, Lalanne opened a fitness studio, which included weight training for women and athletes. These concepts were revolutionary at the time, because the theory that weight training is an athlete and slow “muscle bound” and make a woman look masculine.

“You must understand that it is absolutely forbidden at the time for athletes to use weights, he said.” It just was not done. We had athletes who can sneak into the studio to work on.

“It was the same with women. At that time, women should not use weights. I guess I was a pioneer,” said LaLanne.

The son of poor French immigrants was born in 1914 and has grown to become addicted to sugar, “he said.

The turning point came one night when he heard a presentation of pioneer nutritionist Paul Bragg, who extolled the benefits of brown rice, whole wheat and a vegetarian diet.

“He was so excited,” said LaLanne. “After the conference I went to her dressing room and spent an hour and a half with him. He said:” Jack, you’re a foot trash. ”

Shortly after, LaLanne built makeshift gym in his backyard. “I had all these firefighters and police officers that work there and I sort of use them as Guinea pigs,” he said.

He said that his own daily routine usually consists of two hours of weightlifting and one hour in the pool.

“It’s a lifestyle is something that you do the rest of your life,” said LaLanne. “How long will you continue to breathe? How long do you eat? You just do it. ”

In addition to his wife, two sons, Dan and Jon, and a daughter, Yvonne, survive him.

Associated Press writer Polly Anderson contributed to this report.

Copyright © 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Jack Lalanne Died

January 24, 2011 by · Comments Off on Jack Lalanne Died 

Jack Lalanne Died, “Jack was a legend,” said Khubani: AJ Khubani, founder and CEO of “As Seen on TV” product of society, Telebrands, issued the following statement on the death of Jack Lalanne, fitness guru and infomercial pitchman:

Jack Lalanne was a true legend. He created a huge character in the world through his infomercials exercise equipment and health. He has always tried to be the best he could and to translate these attributes those around the world. Jack was devoted to making us all safe and never stop.

I first met Jack in the early 1990s that published the Jack LaLanne Telebrands Mini-Stepper. The product was a huge success and Jack much of this success. As the fitness guru for the first televised across the country, Jack was walking on the stage with his wife, Elaine, and his German shepherd, Harry, at his side. Even in his later years, he proved he had the credibility and ability to communicate to the public, which led to the success of additional products infomercial.

I remember Jack gave me advice about exercise. He said: “The only thing you have is to focus on getting to the gym — once you get there, you will definitely do something.” USSPOST.COM

On this sad day, thoughts and prayers of my wife and I go to Poonam Jack’s wife and family. He was a man passionate about his family, he has produced so tidy, and the industry that was so dear to his heart and he will be greatly missed. ” USSPOST.COM

(AP) – Jack Lalanne has been urging of Americans to get off their couches and into the gym for decades before it was cool. And he was still pumping iron and pushing fruits and vegetables decades retirement age of most Americans. “

The fitness fanatic has eaten well and exercised – indeed his mission to ensure that everyone has done the same – to end at age 96, friends and family said.

LaLanne died Sunday at his home in Morro Bay on the central coast of California, longtime agent Rick Hersh said. The cause was respiratory failure due to pneumonia.

“I not only lost my husband and a great American icon, but the best and most loving friend anyone could ever hope to partner,” Elaine Lalanne, LaLanne wife of 51 years and a partner in many of his appearances television, said in a written statement.

Lalanne, who underwent heart valve surgery two years ago, maintained a physical young and joked in 2006 that “I can not afford to die. It would destroy my image. ”

“It was unbelievable,” said 87-year-old former “Price is right” host Bob Barker, who attributes the encouragement Lalanne helped him to exercise often.

“He never lost his enthusiasm for life and fitness,” Barker told The Associated Press on Sunday. “I’ve seen around 2007 and it still looked remarkable. He always looked like the same guy enthusiastic that he always was.”

LaLanne credited with a sudden interest in fitness with the transformation of his life as a teenager and has worked tirelessly over the next eight decades to transform the lives of others, too.

“The only way you can hurt the body is not using it,” said LaLanne. “Inactivity is the killer and, remember, it’s never too late.”

His show workout has been a staple of television from the 1950s to 70s. Lalanne and his dog happy children encouraged waking up from their mother and dragging them to the front of the TV. He developed exercises that did not use any special equipment, just a chair and a towel.

He also founded a chain of fitness centers that bore his name and in recent years touted the value of raw fruits and vegetables, as he helped the market a device called a Jack Lalanne Power Juicer.

When he turned 43 in 1957, he has performed more than 1,000 push-ups in 23 minutes on “You asked” television program. At 60, he swam from Alcatraz Island to Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco – handcuffed, shackled and towing a boat. Ten years later, he performed a similar feat in the Port of Long Beach.

“I never think about my age, never,” said LaLanne in 1990. “I could be 20 or 100. I never think about it, I’m just me. Look at Bob Hope, George Burns. They are more productive than they have ever been in their whole life right now. ”

Member and former bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger Governor of California LaLanne credited in making exercise on the gym and in the salons.

“He laid the groundwork for others exercise programs, and now he has blossomed this program in black and white in a company very colorful,” said Schwarzenegger in 1990.

In 1936 in his native Oakland, Lalanne opened a fitness studio, which included weight training for women and athletes. These concepts were revolutionary at the time, because the theory that weight training is an athlete and slow “muscle bound” and make a woman look masculine.

“You must understand that it is absolutely forbidden at the time for athletes to use weights, he said.” It just was not done. We had athletes who can sneak into the studio to work on.

“It was the same with women. At that time, women should not use weights. I guess I was a pioneer,” said LaLanne.

The son of poor French immigrants was born in 1914 and has grown to become addicted to sugar, “he said.

The turning point came one night when he heard a presentation of pioneer nutritionist Paul Bragg, who extolled the benefits of brown rice, whole wheat and a vegetarian diet.

“He was so excited,” said LaLanne. “After the conference I went to her dressing room and spent an hour and a half with him. He said:” Jack, you’re a foot trash. ”

Shortly after, LaLanne built makeshift gym in his backyard. “I had all these firefighters and police officers that work there and I sort of use them as Guinea pigs,” he said.

He said that his own daily routine usually consists of two hours of weightlifting and one hour in the pool.

“It’s a lifestyle is something that you do the rest of your life,” said LaLanne. “How long will you continue to breathe? How long do you eat? You just do it. ”

In addition to his wife, two sons, Dan and Jon, and a daughter, Yvonne, survive him.

Associated Press writer Polly Anderson contributed to this report.

Copyright © 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

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