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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
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Jack LaLanne
Age: 96 †
Born: 1914
Born: September 26
Died: 2011
Died: January 23
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The secret to a long and healthy marriage is to work at it and don't try and change each other.
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If you've got a big gut and you start doing sit-ups, you are going to get bigger because you build up the muscle. You've got to get rid of that fat! How do you get rid of fat? By changing your diet.
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If you're tired and pooped out all the time, do you have love and compassion in your heart for your fellow man? You don't even like yourself!
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When I first started out, I was considered a crackpot. The doctors used to say, Don't go to that Jack LaLanne, you'll get hemorrhoids, you won't get an erection, you women will look like men, you athletes will get muscle-bound -- this is what I had to go through.
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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.
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Focus on your problem zones, your strength, your energy, your flexibility and all the rest.
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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.
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My top priority in life is my workout. Regardless of what happens, I hit that gym. Even when I was in the hospital twice with serious knee operations: Right after I came out of anesthesia, there was a chin bar over my head and dumbbells. I worked out immediately.
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Better to wear out than rust out.
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Most people, when they reach a certain age, let down and talk about what they used to do. Well, who gives a damn about what you used to do? It's what you're doing now.
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Invest in yourself now and reap the dividends day after day after month after year.
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I'm a believer in routine. I like to see people work out at the same time each day.
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I have one thing in my mind. How can I get people to start taking care of themselves? That's all I think about.
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Life is great when your in shape!
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Another intruder that plagues our good health is sleeplessness. Insomnia is much like constipation in that stress or nervous tension can bring it on or aggravate it until there's almost no coping with it. That's why you find sleeping pills in so many medicine cabinets next to the laxatives.
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Ten seconds on the lips and a lifetime on the hips.
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Maybe 50 or 60 percent of all divorces are predicated on someone's being physically unfit. Who wants to live with negativism? Love goes out the window.
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