Jack LaLanne

Here are some statistics, anybody ever looked up to this guy? I'm sure some of the older guys on here will be more familiar than the guys my age..

This stuff is extremely impressive.

JACK LA LANNE - FEATS

1954 Age 40: Swam the length of the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge underwater with 140 pounds of equipment, including two air tanks… an undisputed world record.


1955 Age 41: Swam handcuffed from Alcatraz to Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco, CA.


1956 Age 42: Set a world record of 1,033 pushups in 23 minutes on "You Asked for It, a TV Show with Art Baker.


1957 Age 43: Swam the treacherous Golden Gate Channel, towing a 2,500-pound cabin cruiser. This involved fighting the cold, swift ocean currents that made the 1 mile swim a 6 ½ mile test of strength and endurance.


1958 Age 44: Maneuvered a paddleboard 30 miles, 9-½ hours non-stop from Farallon Islands to the San Francisco shore.


1959 Age 45: Completed 1,000 pushups and 1,000 chin-ups in 1 hours and 22 minutes. "Happy" is born and The Jack LaLanne Show goes nationwide


1974 Age 60: Swam from Alcatraz Island to Fisherman's Wharf, for a second time handcuffed, shackled and towing a 1,000-pound boat.


1975 Age 61: Swam the length of the Golden Gate Bridge, underwater, for a second time handcuffed, shackled and towing a 1,000-pound boat.


1976 Age 62: Commemorating the "Spirit of '76", swam 1 mile in Long Beach Harbor, handcuffed, shackled and towing 13 boats (representing the 13 original colonies) containing 76 people.


1979 Age 65: Towed 65 boats filled with 6,500-pounds of Lousiana Pacific wood pulp while handcuffed and shackled in Lake Ashinoko, near Tokyo, Japan.


1980 Age 66: Towed 10 boats in North Miami, Florida filled with 77 people for over a mile in less than 1 hour.


1984 Age 70: Handcuffed, shackled and fighting strong winds and currents, towed 70 boats with 70 people from the Queen's Way Bridge in the Long Beach Harbor to the Queen Mary for 1 ½ miles.


1992 Age 78: Received the Academy of Body Building and Fitness Award


1994 Age 80: State of California Governor's Council on Physical Fitness Lifetime Achievement Award


1996 Age 82: Received the Dwight D. Eisenhower Fitness Award


1999 Age 85: Received the Spirit of Muscle Beach Award


2002 Age 88: Jack receives his very own star on the Hollywood Blvd. Walk of Fame


2004 Age 90: Jack celebrates his birthday with a major media blitz in New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. ESPN Classic runs a 24 Hour marathon of the original Jack La Lanne TV Shows


2005 Age 91: Received the Jack Webb Award from the Los Angeles Police Historical Society, the Arnold Classic Lifetime Achievement Award, Interglobal's International Infomercial Award, the Freddie, Medical Media Public Service Award, and he was a Free Spirit honoree at Al Neuharth's Freedom Fourm.

Jack La Lanne's birthdate is September 26, 1914.

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I remember him well.. he use to have a daily exercise show that aired each morning... as far as I'm concerned he's one of the true pioneers that helped start the fitness craze that we are all attracted to.. truely incredible guy..

I'm confused, how can you tow several boats weighing so much by swimming? Surely there's just not enough force one man can propell through the water with just his limbs to tow that much weight which should easily pull him in another direction because of the current alone?

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It's true, Virt. All that said he actually did...freakishly inhuman. He wasn't even too big, do a yahoo or Google search on him for more information. 

This sounds like a character from a movie that just wasn't possible, but all of those are correct.

I look up to the guy, all natural.

Here's a segent from one of his shows...there's tons of footage of him on youtube..  he's doing fingertip pushups.. LOL..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIVfe-crHDs

DAMN!

Now that's some serious strength!

1,013 push ups in 23 minutes is unbelievable...I mean just the endurance it would take to do anaerobic exercise for 23 minutes straight, it's just plain phenomenal.

Lets see Phelps do that.

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Lets see Phelps do that.

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Yep, that was him. I searched his juicer earlier... well I searched "fit man makes juicer" because he was brought up during a conversation I had with a friend and I couldn't think of his name.. I searched a lot of names.

"Jack the juicer man"

"Jack made a juicer"

"Jack the fit man that made a juicer with his wife".

It didn't bring up anything... eventually I asked someone that remembered.

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It's true, Virt. All that said he actually did...freakishly inhuman. He wasn't even too big, do a yahoo or Google search on him for more information. 

This sounds like a character from a movie that just wasn't possible, but all of those are correct.

I look up to the guy, all natural.

I'm not doubting he did it, I'm just kinda after the science behind how a human can propell through the water with enough force to pull that much mass. You see these guys on WSM pulling firetrucks and stuff which weigh huge amounts but they are massive guys and more importantly are using the friction of the ground to move an object on wheels. So I'm puzzled as to how it's possible to get that momentum in water.

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_Virtuoso_

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It's true, Virt. All that said he actually did...freakishly inhuman. He wasn't even too big, do a yahoo or Google search on him for more information. 

This sounds like a character from a movie that just wasn't possible, but all of those are correct.

I look up to the guy, all natural.

I'm not doubting he did it, I'm just kinda after the science behind how a human can propell through the water with enough force to pull that much mass. You see these guys on WSM pulling firetrucks and stuff which weigh huge amounts but they are massive guys and more importantly are using the friction of the ground to move an object on wheels. So I'm puzzled as to how it's possible to get that momentum in water.

You have it backwards... the whole difficulty with pulling pushing an object on the ground, is fighting the friction... it does not work with you it works against... the hardest part is getting started.... breaking the hold.

With boats... they are designed to "sit" on the water, and if they are unladen,  then they sit ever higher... very light weight. Think about little tiny tug boats... in relation to the astronomically large ships they guide in and out of harbors, just a little nudge and they go flying... Not saying what Jack did wasn't crazy hard, or anything... crazy impressive.... but it is a deceptive feat of strength in that what is capable, is more visually astounding than the reality is... yet again, so someone doesn't get the wrong idea.... really f'in totally impressive.

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lol maybe that's not what you want to hear after your recent birthday

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I have a Picture of Jack from 1942, he was huge. The pic shows him lifting another big guy in the air with one arm while laying on his side. I'll have to throw it up here for a view.

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I was watching 'the wonder years' this morning and kevin was watching jack lalanne on tv

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What gets me is how he was all natural.

Wetdawg are you sure that wasn't edited? That sounds nearly impossible, then again, so do the rest of us statistics.

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What gets me is how he was all natural.

Wetdawg are you sure that wasn't edited? That sounds nearly impossible, then again, so do the rest of us statistics.

Its in a LIFE Magazine I have from 1942. I need to scan it and post it. I'm off this weekend and should be able to. I don't think the did much to photos back then that you couldn't detect.

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I don't doubt that he did it, the other things he did was super-human, too.

He was an Elite in the Bodybuilding field during his time. 20-25 years ahead of Arnold. I was really suprised it was him when I saw the picture. I always saw him on TV when I was younger (early 70's), he looked way built in his late 20's (per picture).

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Arnold couldn't compare to Jack, Jack was all natural and a all around more fit person, let's see Arnold do some of the things Jack did.

I honestly never really liked Arnold as a BBer, my favorite was always Milos Sarcev. If you watch the fit show, Milos gives great advice and Arnold said things extremely questionable.

Well, here is more info on him, he seems to have started Ballys Gym, inventor of the smith machine and the leg extensions.

I don't like the smith machines, I kinda like leg extensions, but regardless, I have mad respect for the guy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_La_Lanne

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