If America would have listened to Jack

I found this video on YouTube featuring the great Jack Lalanne. Jack Lalanne was way ahead of his time with regards to sugar and carbs. This video clip is from the Jack Lalanne show which ran from 1951 to 1985. Here are some interesting trivia about Jack Lalanne enjoy.

Jack Lalanne Trivia

Some of his amazing feats of strength include: at age 41 proving it possible to escape from Alcatraz by swimming to Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco while wearing handcuffs; at 45, completing a thousand push-ups and a thousand chin-ups in an hour and twenty-two minutes with blisters under his calluses; at sixty, swimming from Alcatraz to Fisherman's Wharf handcuffed, shackled and towing a thousand-pound boat, and at seventy, battling currents while handcuffed and shackled, towing seventy boats holding seventy people for a mile and a half across Long Beach Harbor.

Opened the nation's first health club in 1936.

Appeared on "You Asked for It" (1950), where he performed 1,033 push-ups in 23 minutes.

LaLanne was named Professional Mr. America in 1955.

His show, "The Jack LaLanne Show" (1951) debuted in 1951 and was the first ever television exercise program. It ran until 1985, well after critics said the show would be off the air in six weeks.

Adopted his wife Elaine's two children, Daniel and Janet as his own.

For his 70th birthday, he pulled 70 boats across the Long Beach, California harbor with 70 people in each of them, swimming while shackled and handcuffed.

Hasn't had dessert since 1929.

Started his own gym in 1936, which included a health food store and a juice bar.

He has a TV star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard.