RIP Jack Lalanne

You’ve probably heard that jack Lalanne died at the age of 96 yesterday, he succumbed to pneumonia. He was probably one of the first TV personalities I remember from my pre-school days, not that he had much affect on me.

I still remember him doing countless “Jumping Jacks” (side straddle hops to those in the military), and although he popularized the exercise, he really had no part in developing the exercise, but we’ll always remember him doing them in his tight gym clothes.

Fox News writes;

In 1936 in his native Oakland, LaLanne opened a health studio that included weight-training for women and athletes. Those were revolutionary notions at the time, because of the theory that weight training made an athlete slow and “muscle bound” and made a woman look masculine.

“You have to understand that it was absolutely forbidden in those days for athletes to use weights,” he once said. “It just wasn’t done. We had athletes who used to sneak into the studio to work out.

“It was the same with women. Back then, women weren’t supposed to use weights. I guess I was a pioneer,” LaLanne said.

Thanks to Tman for the link

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