Latest Jack LaLanne Quotes from Interviews

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• 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. Let's wake up. Man alive...you're half dead. Let's do some living".

  Jack LaLanne

  Men, Thinking, People

  Source: aliveeastbay.com

• Everything in life that's meaningful takes effort - takes vitality. You have to work at it. And God helps them who help themselves...help you.

  Jack LaLanne

  Meaningful, Effort, Vitality

  Source: aliveeastbay.com

• You got to do what's happening today in the world. You got to keep up with time. Keep up to date, keep modern - keep up on your toes!

  Jack LaLanne

  World, Today, Toes

  Source: aliveeastbay.com

• I believe so strongly in what I do and I practice what I preach! My Dad died at fifty - do I have to die at fifty? My Dad ate all the junk food, he wouldn't exercise - how can you tell your Dad anything? We know about nutrition and we know about exercise. There's no reason for anybody to be sick and tired, fat and out of shape - it's ridiculous!

  Jack LaLanne

  Dad, Believe, Tired

  Source: aliveeastbay.com

• The most important thing in your life is your health and your body. You can have all the education and you can have millions of dollars in the bank, but if you've got headaches every day, if you're fat and you are out of shape - what good is your money? Your health account and your bank account, build them both up!

  Jack LaLanne

  Important, Dollars, Body

  Source: aliveeastbay.com

• Forget about what you used to do. Don't make those same mistakes again. Everybody says, "Oh the good old days" - the good old days are right this second! This moment controls the next moment.

  Jack LaLanne

  Mistake, Next, Forget

  Source: aliveeastbay.com

• 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 a little groggy, a little grumpy.

  Jack LaLanne

  Brain, Glucose, Goes On

  Source: billphillipsnews.com

• I'm always asking people to do something in their mind [first]. So if they're gonna do one exercise, it would be to ask themselves what they want to change about themselves in the next 12 weeks. Once they solve that, the body will follow.

  Jack LaLanne

  Exercise, People, Mind

  Source: billphillipsnews.com

• Sometimes people - especially people over 40 - underestimate what they really are capable of. They believe they're not capable of doing something great. I tell people who are over 40, "I don't want your best. I want better than that. I want better than what you perceive your best is."

  Jack LaLanne

  Believe, People, Want

  Source: billphillipsnews.com

• People feel so guilty about not exercising. Especially people over 50, who feel like they've gone a lifetime without taking care of themselves. Instead of aiming for perfection, you should try to celebrate the progress you're making.

  Jack LaLanne

  Exercise, People, Perfection

  Source: billphillipsnews.com

• You start out with an hour on the treadmill, then another hour of lifting - hell, in two weeks you're not doing anything anymore. You gotta be reasonable.

  Jack LaLanne

  Two, Hell, Hours

  Source: billphillipsnews.com

• I'm a believer in routine. I like to see people work out at the same time each day.

  Jack LaLanne

  Work Out, People, Each Day

  Source: billphillipsnews.com

• One of the reasons so many people fail is they get on this treadmill for an hour or an hour and a half. That's totally unnecessary. If it's cardiovascular, you don't need more than 15 to 17 or 18 minutes if it's vigorous.

  Jack LaLanne

  People, Needs, Half

  Source: billphillipsnews.com

• Muscle cells strengthen in response to intense exercise - whether you're 18 or 88. But the intensity is what's lacking in most people's workouts. And there are doctors who'll give you the advice, "Well, don't push it."

  Jack LaLanne

  Workout, Exercise, Doctors

  Source: billphillipsnews.com

• Progress is made where progress is measured.

  Jack LaLanne

  Progress, Made

  Source: billphillipsnews.com

• 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 they're gonna measure it. Or if they do measure it, they wait until the first day of the next year. You'd never run a business that way. Document your progress.

  Jack LaLanne

  Running, New Year, Years

  Source: billphillipsnews.com

• The tape measure doesn't lie. Get that tape measure out and put it on your hips and your waist. Keep checking it. And keep exercising and cutting those calories down until that tape measure gets close to where you were in your prime.

  Jack LaLanne

  Lying, Cutting, Exercise

  Source: billphillipsnews.com

• Never, ever get satisfied; keep the carrot in front of the horse.

  Jack LaLanne

  Horse, Carrots, Satisfied

  Source: www.peacelovelunges.com

• Never get satisfied. The minute you stop trying, you go downhill.

  Jack LaLanne

  Trying, Minutes, Stop Trying

  Source: www.peacelovelunges.com

• The most important person on this earth is you. What are you doing to help the most important person in this world: you? To live right, you have to exercise, have goals and challenges.

  Jack LaLanne

  Exercise, Goal, Challenges

  Source: www.peacelovelunges.com

• Be an example of what you teach. [As a personal trainer], delve into your student's life, know everything about him. Be interested.

  Jack LaLanne

  Example, Students, Teach

  Source: www.peacelovelunges.com

• You should be proud of what you're doing, but not conceited. If you can't be proud of yourself, you're a failure. And discipline. To do anything in life you have to have discipline. To accomplish anything, you have a goal, challenge yourself, and work until you accomplish that goal. Practice what you preach.

  Jack LaLanne

  Conceited, Practice, Discipline

  Source: www.peacelovelunges.com

• If you take steroids, you have to pay the price. They can kill you; there are no shortcuts. It's like going to bed with a rattlesnake, it's got to get you.

  Jack LaLanne

  Pay The Price, Bed, Shortcuts

  Source: www.peacelovelunges.com

• Living is like training for an athletic event. You have to have goals and challenges; you need to exercise and eat right.

  Jack LaLanne

  Exercise, Goal, Athletic

  Source: my-wellness-coach.typepad.com

• 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 people in it, my feet and hands tied-my hands were in handcuffs, my feet were tied together-and I towed these boats a mile-and-a-half in Long Beach Harbor. For my 93rd birthday I'm going to tow my wife across the bathtub.

  Jack LaLanne

  Beach, Hands, Feet

  Source: www.superchevy.com