Jack LaLanne Quotes - Page 5

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• Any stupid ass can die- you have to work at living!

  Jack LaLanne

  Stupid, Ass, Dies

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• 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

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

  Jack LaLanne

  Horse, Carrots, Satisfied

  Source: www.peacelovelunges.com

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• People thought I was a charlatan and a nut. The doctors were against me -- they said that working out with weights would give people heart attacks and they would lose their sex drive.

  Jack LaLanne

  Sex, Heart, Nuts

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• I can't die. It would ruin my image.

  Jack LaLanne

  Ruins, Dies, I Can

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If you lose a couple of inches off your stomach, your business down there will look a lot longer.

  Jack LaLanne

  Couple, Looks, Inches

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• Sex has to do with imagination, so the sky is the limit. If you're not doing bodily harm, why shouldn't you do what turns you on?

  Jack LaLanne

  Sex, Sky Is The Limit, Imagination

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• Don't talk age! Age has nothing to do with it. One of my guys who started out at my gym is 87 now, and he still does ten bench-press reps with a hundred-pound dumbbell in each hand. He's training to set a leg-pressing record. I put things in the guy's brain way back when, and now he'll never get away from it.

  Jack LaLanne

  Hands, Guy, Brain

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• You've got to work at living-99 and 9/10 of Americans work at dying!

  Jack LaLanne

  Life, Dying

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• They thought that athletes that worked out with my system wouldn't be able to throw a ball because they'd be too muscle bound. Those are the misconceptions I had to go through for about 40 years.

  Jack LaLanne

  Sports, Athlete, Years

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• Billy Graham is for the hereafter. I'm for the here and now.

  Jack LaLanne

  Here And Now, Hereafter

  "Growing Bolder: Jack LaLanne, The Father of Compressed Morbidity" by Marc Middleton, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 25, 2011.

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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

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• 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

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• Do you know how many calories are in butter and cheese and ice cream? Would you get your dog up in the morning for a cup of coffee and a donut?

  Jack LaLanne

  Motivational, Good Morning, Dog

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• Probably millions of Americans got up this morning with a cup of coffee, a cigarette and a donut. No wonder they are sick and fouled up.

  Jack LaLanne

  Good Morning, Coffee, Sick

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• 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

  Exercise, Nuts, Looks

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• I never think of my age, never. I could be 20 or 100. I never think about it, I'm just me.

  Jack LaLanne

  Thinking, Age

  "Jack LaLanne Dead; American Fitness Icon Dies at 96 (VIDEO)", www.slate.com. January 24, 2011.

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• The only way you get that fat off is to eat less and exercise more.

  Jack LaLanne

  Exercise, Way, Fats

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• 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

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• I was the worst, most sickly kid of all - 30 pounds underweight. The girls used to beat me up. Actually I was a mean kid, early on because I had no self-esteem.

  Jack LaLanne

  Girl, Self Esteem, Mean

  "Live Young Forever: 12 Steps to Optimum Health, Fitness and Longevity". Book by Jack LaLanne (p. 10), 2009.

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• You can't separate the mind and body. It's impossible.

  Jack LaLanne

  Mind, Body, Impossible

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• 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

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• What you need to do is get that tape measure out, and start measuring that gut. Then you start working out and you start eating properly till that gut gets down close to it was when you were in your 20's. Then you'll find out what your weight should be.

  Jack LaLanne

  Work Out, Needs, Tape

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• Exercise is your king, and nutrition is your queen. Together they create your fitness kingdom.

  Jack LaLanne

  Kings, Queens, Exercise

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• What the hell do doctors know about exercise? Most of them know zero. You gotta push elderly people to failure like anybody else. Then the body responds.

  Jack LaLanne

  Zero, Exercise, Doctors

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