Jack Lalanne: A Golden Era Superman!
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- Jack Lalanne was inarguably the first Super Fitness Guru! Well known for the Jack Lalanne show, he promoted fitness and bodybuilding until his death. In this article, I present a short story on this golden era icon, and an example of his extraordinary routine. Enjoy
Jack did in his 80's what men in their 20's still cannot do. Jack lived what he promoted making him super man. 👏🏆😎🚀
I was on the beach when Jack swam up from pulling 70 boats at 70 years of age. He stood there telling us how a heathy active life would give you life. Thanks Jack.
jack lalane was so wide but not that thick
I met Jack when I was working at a restaurant in the mid 70’s. He wanted his fish grilled a certain way, and salad with oil and vinegar dressing on the side, along with vegies. I remember that he had a standing challenge to anyone in the world to be able to follow him through a work out, can’t remember what the prize was if they steyed with him but no one ever did. It was said that where he beat them was doing countless hanging leg raises over his head. Just rep after rep after rep! Was truly an inspiration to me and I got his signature in a few training advice tips!
Some of you old timers, like me, might recall that, for his 65th birthday, Jack pulled a tugboat through San Francisco harbor, I believe, with a rope in his teeth, for one full mile. Yep, unbelievable!
Amazing human being
On his 70th birthday he pulled 70 boats carrying 70 passengers each from the Sydney coast to the Great Barrier Reef (1.5 miles) while handcuffed and shackled. He pulled them by a rope in his mouth... All these people going crazy over Arnold Schwarzenegger and I'm just here going "train insane like Jack Lalanne!"
With his teeth at 65? Wow that's one old man I don't want to mess with. 💪 I'm 39 and I won't even make it a couple of inches doing that
yeah he originally inspires the superman hero.
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ABOUT Jack LaLanne! We've Seen All Of Those On TV 📺 😳 😐 🙄 😑 🤣!
Always liked Jacks videos, what a character, a true legend. Trained hard, he always said he hated training, but had to do it to keep healthy.
LOL
I love anything on the great Jack Lalanne, its so hard to pin point his exact routine, he was always changing it. He worked out everyday. Their will never be another like him.
True
Drink juice.....that's it.
I remember watching Jack LaLanne with my grandmother in the early 1960s been a fan since
Sometimes I watch his shows on UA-cam
Before Jack there was nothing!
The most genuine fitness icon of all.
I'm sure the Greeks would disagree.
Jack Lalanne ´´'Use it or lose it'` I have a photo on the wall in my room of him ,he was amazing.
He used it alright
What Vince Gironda was to the education of the bodybuilder, Jack LaLanne was to the broader public at large: schooling the uninitiated in the ways of physical excellence. I still remember when his show was on TV. He was god-like! perhaps his greatest "feat" --as impressive as his pulling boats through the San Francisco Bay into his mid-60s!--was his incredible longevity and the remarkable shape and condition he maintained to the age of 95, exercising 2 hours every morning, according to Jack. really he was a hybrid of bronze and silver-eras physique culture icon--the greatest of them all!
Thank you for keeping Jack's legacy alive
He was the first actual fitness trainer (arguably). And of course the Jumping Jack was invented by him and named for him. His wife said he trained people for almost 80 years (beginning in the early 1930s). He invented about 30 unique types of exercises/isometric resistance techniques, and about 12 types of gym exercise machines or attachments (most of which are still used today in one form or another, -of course modernized); Designed and invented electric juicers. Just revisiting this guy after many years. Used to watch him as a kid. Thanks for posting. "Exercise is King, Nutrition is Queen" - JLL
Never knew that about jumping 'Jacks'. Tfs
Jumping Jacks were used in the First World War to train soldiers.
Jack Lalanne was a very inspirational advocate of health and fitness. He inspired me as a youth to take up weight training. Later in his life he was noted for some very superhuman demonstrations of strength and endurance. So glad that you did a story on Jack Lalanne!
He was great
He helped bring bodybuilding and fitness into the mainstream of acceptable training techniques for athletics.
Joe Weider was the one who inspired me. He sent me a routine with photos of Lou Ferrigno doing it with only dumb bells.
I remember in the late 70s Franco Columbu talking about Jack Lalaine. Franco said, "I have more power than Jack, but in no way could I complete one of his endurance workouts."
Lallane was a truly superman. Only will and strength. No drugs.
Thanks For Sharing These Videos 📹 About Jack LaLanne!
I was around 5/6 years old. I remember his show being on on tv. Mom. would sometimes do exercises along with him.
He was my no 1 inspiration..I watched his show as a kid and started doing push ups and sit ups...
Nice
Golden Era Bookworm is the #1 bodybuilding fan of all time,thanx for all of your excellent research!
My mom used to watch his vids B&W in the good ol' days !
Another excellent video! thank you!
Used to do exercises with him from his TV show with mother and brother in the early 60's! Still remember it!
a front lever pull up is where you hang from a bar you never bend your arms and you pivot your body forward at the shoulder until your body is horizontal with the ground and your arms are straight it's a gymnastic move it's popular as part of a calisthenics type of workout guys do it by holding that position for a few seconds the fact that he could do 10 reps after doing all that other work especially the bent over rows is incredible feat of strength you've actually shown other Golden Era bodybuilders doing it in photos from your past videos you're doing an awesome job keep up the great work love your Channel
Thanks for that, WOW! Jack.was Amazing
That's hell on the rotator and supraspinatus. no thanks.
LaLanne Put together ( invented ) the first fixed , progressive dumbbell set. Had the opportunity in Oakland , Ca in 1974 to train with ,what I was told , the fourth set he put together.
This guy was the first personal fitness trainer ever! I live him!
Jack LaLanne did a lot of things no one else has ever done.
There were 2 real heroes for me. First was Steve Reeves followed by Jack LaLanne. Steve was first because I wanted a back like his(Lats). He was a bodybuilder and I wanted a physique like his. Jack was a "strong man". It was his incredible feats such as swimming from AlCatraz while handcuffed and towing several row boats filled with people in them that impressed me. I still remember seeing that in one of those "short reel" features before the main movie in the movie theater. Arnold was a distant 3rd tied with Franco Columbo.
Ty for doing a vid on Jack LaLanne. I read all of his books when I was a teenager. He was and always will be an inspiration to me.
Please continue these types of videos. These are very informative and helpful. Btw, front lever pullups are somewhat an advanced type of pull ups done by (not sure of of the correct term) calisthenics/bodyweight practioners. I used to perform this myself before, just to test my body's limits.
Thumbs up Sir. :)
I'd love to see modern bodybuilders perform feats like handstand push-ups💪🏼
Great content as always!
If I'm not mistaken, he did all that in 90 minutes followed by 30 mins swimming. I know for sure his daily routine was 2 hours which comprised of 90 min weightlifting followed by the swim. He also liked to changing his weight routine every 30 days to keep it challenging.
I REMEMBER HIM ON TV IN THE MORNING GROWING UP AND HIS 2 GERMAN SHEPHERDS
Jack is one of the greats.
Jack LaLanne strengthened my believes to overcome my skinny body to an athletic one. Expecially with a raw-vegan-diet like he also recommended beside fish. But no dairy-products and no meat. But Jack ate fish and eggs and mostly fruits, vegetables, salad and nuts, the food for mankind.
Awesome content. Been watching for a couple years. Really great stuff.
I heard he died from heart failure...but i also heard pneumonia...He was one in a billion for sure...
What i didn't hear mentioned was his prblems as a young kid that forced him to change his diet through Paul Chappuis Bragg. He was a "problem child" eating too much sugar and once went after his brother with an axe!
Yes, this incredable legendary Dr. Paul C. Bragg was an amazing Fasting-Expert and Life-Enhancer-Expert who ate mostly vegan and raw food and also was an athlet and at the olympics in the early 20th century.
A True Fitness Legend. R.I.P. J.L. 1love
Awesome!
Yes he was
I believe he competed in a Mr. America Contest and came in at 2nd place. Great video, thanks for posting. Peace, Daniel, Long Beach, CA.
Peace
There is a famous story that Charlie Chaplin once entered a “Charlie Chaplin contest”- and came in third!
jack looked so wide but he was not thick
@@jmgonzales7701 Yes if he was thick and heavy, he would not have been able to accomplish all of those world records, some of which may never be broken or even matched.
when he was 64 he said on a talk show he lifted heavy weights for 1.5 hour then a 30 min run and a 30 min swim... Every day... To me this sounds insane for any athlete to stick with without burning out... only thing i can say is he must have through in a few easier days each month... Insane mental toughness...
jack looked so wide but he was not thick
@@jmgonzales7701 to have a healthy body and mind until 96 pretty much says it all...He was all about health and fitness not being big...
@@roadstar499 yes i know that but its just impressive to sculpt a body that can be very wide than thick. Like steeve reeves, he wasn't really massive especially if you look at him to the side but he is indeed very wide from the front.
What a champion!
Bless you Champ🙏❤💪😸
I started workout with upper lower split after watching and reading about Jack lalane. I gain muscle and lose fat. I was great and will be great for long
Tavinder Kumar I wish you good fortune on your fitness journey. You should also adhere to a steak and eggs diet to maximize results.
@@spodergibbs5088 thank you sir, I do Upper lower split 6 days a week. Thank you very for your wishes.
Jack Lalanne passed away in my home town which was Morro Bay, California
No Steroids Great Man miss him ❤ RIP
Front lever pullup is a full bodyweight row while holding a front lever
Jack opened the first gym/juice bar in America in 1936.....The guy was 40 years ahead of his time. Legend!
Charles Atlas was first. He was good friends with Jack.
Jack had phenomenal endurance and with his TV show featuring animals and exercises that regular people could do in 1950s( my mother would exercise to it,she's 94 now)
We all make mistakes and Jack did when he exercised with pneumonia and died next day at 96.
So that's what happened? I always wondered. Yeah he just pushed his body too much until the end. He was so great and seemed so pure of heart. I still watch his old shows. His personally and energy was amazing.
His family said he had been sick for a week, but refused to see a doctor. Perhaps he believed he was indestructible. By the way, how did he catch pneumonia in the first place?
Your the best! Love your channel.
Really enjoy your channel. You do a great job
I remember him promoting the “ Juice Tiger”
The "Jumpy Jack" was his invention! I can "hear" that you didn't grow up with Jack. He is an American Icon to say the least. He was the Guru of exercise! He was the guru of nutrition! He was an excellent specimen of a n athlete that was always know for his feats of strength and endurance! NO ONE ON TH EPLANET HOLDS RECORDS LIKE THIS MAN! What made him change before he almost threw an ax at his brother's head was Paul C. Bragg. A pioneer of biological eating, herbs, and herb medicines with the total elimination of processed sugars!
nice!
very healthy,no steroids
None needed for a beautiful and healthy strong physique
I would presume a front lever pull-up is what we now call a Gironda pull-up: a combination of front lever movement and pull-up. I read somewhere that Jack would split his routine between upper body days and lower body days, but I can't remember where. Maybe that source was wrong. Thanks for another informative video, G_E_B.
Front lever pullup is gymnastic move. Arms straight throughout movement until body is parallel to floor.Gironda pullup is slightly narrower grip regular pullup til sternum touches bar.
First time I heard of jack was on his infomercial selling juicers. He was like one of the first people to really push the juicing
Funny that he never took juice though...lol
Golden Era Bookworm ya lol different juice lol
@@Kane6676 hehe
Thanks
Well done!
No lower body training ? Btw hes a legend
At just under 4 minutes you described his "hips are thrusting out"----what the hell does that mean ❓❓❓❓❓❓
That volume is so high damn
I still think he had some genetically advantage when it comes to get fatigued. I mean, that program would K.O me, even with lesser weights, as it has very much volume. I never did more than 10-11 types of exercises per training, and mostly 4 x 10-12.
But must say, it doesn't take me more than 1 hour or 1 hour and 10-15 minutes. I see the above training has some "active resting" exercises, which is awesome, for the sheer amount of volume.
When I saw this program I thought the same...game over
Can you also do video about Joe Greenstein, "The Mighty Atom" ? I think it would be awesome !
@@dedantemon once I find an article on him, sure
@Paul Demos Even Arnold used kinda much steroids, but he is still alive and still using I think 😁. I also use caliesthenics combined with resistance training. Seems to rock hard. Need also some resistance band in there, and it should cover all.
@Paul Demos neither used anabolics
He was a Chiropractor as well but never went into practice
Jack was jacked!
Lol yes he was
@@oldnatty61 haha
No one lives into there 90's taking steroids .
@@biblebill6206 probably true
In my opinion something in his Training wasnt optimal. As i was young i had after one year of Training not his pecs and lats, but i had the same size of arms. I think his arms were overtrained from the work on pecs and lats and extra arm excercises.
Anyone notice the Arnold in the lower right corner!
I wonder how he'd compare to david goggins?
He was the
Just watched this video a second time. So, Jack didn't believe much in leg work, did he? No squatting listed, not even any deadlifts. Curious...
That's what noticed...but just because it's not listed, doesn't mean that he did not do them..
that might explain the less than impressive leg measurements... 17.5 inch arms or 48.5 inch chest is definitely more note worthy than 23.5 inch thighs or 15 inch calves.
Still, a great example of health and fitness.
@@MrRizo23 impressive indeed
He messed up his knee playing football in high school and was unable to do full squats on his military enrollment physical. He managed to trick the examiner into ignoring this limitation by doing a handstand exhibition. He may have also invented the leg extension machine to exercise around his limitation.
His brother lived to age 97 and was not really that interested in this diet and fitness stuff.
I don't think he worked his legs a lot
This is front lever pull ups ua-cam.com/video/f11zpBgLWhQ/v-deo.html
Awesome
Good God, man... Front lever pull ups are when you hold your body parallel to the ground on the pull up bar and essentially do (at this point) a row. Keeping your body parallel with the ground the entire time.
5.7 n 17 inch arms that is unreal it cnt be
Oh yes it can
haven't heard him saying to eat meat ever. Always opposite.
i dont consider jack lalanne to be a body builder. godfather of fitness is a much more accurate term.
first?
Almost
Yes a legend. But, he had really crappy legs.
He was not really trying to build big legs or even be a bodybuilder.
You forgot to mention the poor condition of his quads.