Weekend Explorer- Jack LaLanne- Muscle Beach Workout, Santa Monica

[@Rahul-tc1nx]

I got a new role model in my life.... Jack Lalanne... It's sad that I knew about him now .... Oh damn... His energy and lifestyle was so fascinating 😍😍

[@WeekendExplorer]

Hi Rahul, I assure you that Jack would love to know that he is still inspiring people like you that are just now discovering him. He was an amazing man. Elaine LaLanne his wife is still going strong at 91 and was just introduced to the "Fitness Hall of Fame". Take his advice and lead a healthy life. You will never regret it! Best wishes, Jeffrey

[@Rahul-tc1nx]

@@WeekendExplorer thank you jeffrey... absolutely true 👍

[@FTS-FamilytoSea]

💯💯💯

[@gigi9301]

This man has been my inspiration since I was a chubby eight year old girl living on guam and his enthusiasum and energy got my sorry self-absobed ass off of the TV and into working out. I started swimming, horseback riding, and Thank You Jack LL and his beautiful wife for their inspiration through my prettty rough childhood years. I thought Wow he's like in his 50's and can do all that... well, I'm nine so YES I can try to do these things. I have done the alcatraz swim, some triathalons, and gearing up to do the bridge to bridge swim in SF . Thank You So Much for my life !!! I would be nothing without Jack's inspiration in the mid-70's . My mom was on foodstamps and my step dad was a loser. Thank YOU and your loving wife for my life.

[@bishopaz]

Jack is only gone physically. He still inspires today through his video`s, like this.

[@WeekendExplorer]

+R Paz I was disappointed recently, when Arnold Schwarzenegger tried to hijack history and suggest that it was he who had inspired the health and fitness craze on the Graham Norton show. Jack is really the only person I believe who could have claimed this. But, I never heard Jack suggest that. He knew he was instrumental, but he also knew there were others with him.

[@bishopaz]

+WeekendExplorer If you had Jack and Arnold standing side by side talking fitness it would be no contest. My heartbeat rose as I smiled and watched you with Jack. He was an Evangelist for fitness.

[@WeekendExplorer]

+R Paz- I totally agree!

[@WeekendExplorer]

@ThumperOne Yes, he has become a poster child for why there is no cheating on health and you pay in the long run.

[@markinnes4264]

he was 88 here. He looks better than just about everybody of any age now.

[@chipgaines8555]

Mark Innes he looks amazing but that's an overreach

[@ElectedOfficial1]

He helped me so much in 1972 after I gave birth to my daughter. I was back in shape totally within one year! If not for him I would not know how important exercise really is. I am 69 years old and I work out every day. Thank you Jack! I will miss you.

[@WeekendExplorer]

Love your story! I miss him too. He always encouraged me to become a vegetarian. I gave up meat in his honor for a month, when he died. After a month, I felt healthier and had lost some weight. So, I've kept it up ever since!

[@ElectedOfficial1]

WeekendExplorer I’ve been a vegetarian vegan since 1980 and got severe onset diabetes at age 55 and it up in the hospital for over a week getting it under control. Dr. Richard Bernstein will tell you how to avoid it...leaving out the protein nearly killed me with all of the high carbohydrate vegetables.

[@WeekendExplorer]

@@ElectedOfficial1 I'm sorry to hear about your protein issue. I really have had no health problems being vegan at home, but I do occasionally have some fish or shrimp mixed in when I travel. This is mostly due to lack of vegan options. I definitely think you need to do your research if you are going to be strictly vegan to make sure that you have a healthy sustainable diet. I somehow have avoided all of the pratfalls that I've heard from other people, mostly through dumb luck I expect.

[@tek6423]

In 1961 or so, 7 yr old Tommy was up early watching Saturday morning TV. The cartoons weren’t very good, so I tuned in to Jack Lalanne. Fascinating. He told me that everybody should be up and active! He said that if mom of dad were sleeping in, I should go wake them so they could enjoy the show and work out with him. I did so, Dad just laughed, snorted, and rolled over and returned to his slumber.

[@WeekendExplorer]

We are two of the same. I worked out although many years later by myself with Jack LaLanne. To this day, I’m the only one in my family that regularly worksout.

[@WeekendExplorer]

I totally agree. It's also important to point out that Michael Phelps and other athletes have the benefit of years of training research to improve themselves. Jack, on the other hand, had to make it up as he went along. Jack was a true pioneer!

[@thomasburke9531]

I have studied this mans life and philosophie. He is the father of fitness. His believes and teaching were well ahead of his time.

[@WeekendExplorer]

+Thomas Burke - yes, for sure!

[@joefenstenblow]

A wonderful human being! He was full of positivity and love and made people feel good about themselves and positive about their futures!

[@WeekendExplorer]

He truly was an amazing guy!

[@stan4now]

Save and play this video, often. The Man is a Legend. These are powerful words of wisdom in taking care of our body. Every time I work out I say a prayer of thanks. My mom made my brothers and I exercise to Jack LaLanne after we made fun of her. I always feel better working out to his videos to this day, over 60 years later. That and following his Bragg's diet. No Sugar. Eat Your Vegetables. It really is how we can make ". . .make it happen."

[@WeekendExplorer]

Your story sounds a lot like mine. When I was 5, I would watch him on TV and workout. I created my first daily workout routine which included jumping jacks and running, as well as (laughably) bean bag target practice. I became a vegan at home in honor of his passing and have always had a primarily plant based diet... much of which I grew in my own garden.

[@oiler62]

One of my first TV memories was watching my dad workout while watching Jack LaLanne in the mid 60's. Quite an iconic stud all these years.

[@WeekendExplorer]

Indeed!

[@user-hp6pj4sy3k]

Jack states in this video he began working out at 15 years old. He passed away at 96, and was known to have been performing his daily exercise routine the day before he died. That's 80+ years of consistent training folks. I bet he could count on one hand the days he took for rest.

[@WeekendExplorer]

An amazing guy for sure!

[@abcdefu359]

According to him, he never once took a rest day.

[@WeekendExplorer]

Freaking awesome guy!

[@lotettanypaver2069]

He has said in many interviews he never missed a workout. He was sick with phnemona worked out when he should have been resting. Went to the hospital after he worked out and never came back home. He died the next day. You have to listen to your body, he was proud of the fact that for 80 years he worked out and never missed one workout, but he shouldn't have been working out with phnemona.

[@allananderson949]

​@@lotettanypaver2069 How do you even work out with pneumonia?

[@f.m.r.1437]

Jack was the best. His wife, Elaine, too. RIP dear Jack and Elaine, you keep on being fabulous.

[@June28July]

Jack Lalanne! An inspiration to us all!

[@WeekendExplorer]

Absolutely! ...and not just in fitness but also in how to treat all kinds of people. I saw him interact with all different races and the LGBTQ community. He was always positive, always encouraging.

[@toodyface]

What a champion!❤🙏😸

[@ironmandave3000]

I grew up with Jack. Well, my grandmother used to watch Jack on TV.... So I watched Jack on TV. RIP to one of the greatest of all time.

[@WeekendExplorer]

An amazing guy. I used to watch him when I was sick as a kid. Even sick, I'd still get motivated to get up and do the exercises with him.

[@kiloechocharliekool2151]

Great guy...

[@WeekendExplorer]

Yes, a really great guy.

[@todds.6451]

Jack LaLanne probably did more to promote physical fitness than anyone else in history. Once, everyone knew his name; as I speak with young people today, I find many who have never heard of him. I hope the memory of him endures.

[@Devo13]

HERO AND ICON.

[@photonpar]

...A true apostle for fitness !!! R I P my hero !!

[@WeekendExplorer]

I miss his optimism!

[@djcross1]

man i love this guy!!! He inspires me everyday! The original bad ass!!!!

[@WeekendExplorer]

Truly! Such a perfect blend of self confidence without being conceited.

[@anthonycastro588]

amazing man, what a character, truly words to live by!

[@danestopinan]

The God of athletics

[@WeekendExplorer]

Absolutely! He would be the base of a human pyramid 4 people high!! Can anyone today do that?!

[@shanedougherty3783]

His legacy will never die!!!

[@WeekendExplorer]

Truly!

[@bgt2848]

Anyone who is a true fitness enthusiast will see this man. Instantly know who he is and bow before him like a god

[@doreenpendgracs2107]

He was quite the inspiration! Thx for sharing, Jeff!

[@WeekendExplorer]

Doreen Pendgracs He definitely was! Thanks

[@erstereiheTV]

just awesome this level of positive energy....

[@WeekendExplorer]

I wish we had an icon like this now! We need it!!

[@chelseapoet3664]

Legend 🙏

[@WeekendExplorer]

Total Legend!

[@carlo6912]

What an icon. I miss him so much.

[@Mr28gauge]

My Hero!!!

[@WeekendExplorer]

Mine too!

[@FTS-FamilytoSea]

Such an inspiration ❤❤

[@JukeHighwalker]

Look at that punch he threw at 88. Amazing physical specimen...

[@WeekendExplorer]

Yes, he was an amazing guy!

[@kennixox262]

He was a great as far as heath and fitness. He really did start it all.

[@jeanjones1846]

Can't help myself... miss Jack LaLanne

[@LB__1]

I always knew he was one bad dude when I was younger. But when I read more about some of the other things he has accomplished, such as swimming underneath the Golden Gate Bridge, I had even more respect for him.

[@WeekendExplorer]

His feats are legendary! We need someone like this to inspire us today.

[@LB__1]

@@WeekendExplorer We still have Chuck Norris around for that.

[@WeekendExplorer]

@@LB__1 I loved Chuck Norris films as a kid, but he is nowhere close the role model that Jack was... and in many ways still is.

[@Monerasauce]

Wow... I would've loved to have met him :)

[@djcross1]

@Ant1Live Absolutely!!! I mean how can you not be inspired by this guy!!!! I post stuff on my FB page about him and maybe 1 or 2 people might respond. Crazy! So for the rest of us that love torturing ourselves in the gym or park or just love exercise, we really are the abnormal ones in the world. Let's grow old HARD!!!!

[@Mani_Matter]

Inspiring

[@WeekendExplorer]

A true inspiration to everyone he ever met!

[@francesrude3007]

i have been looking for some of his exercises. i did them when i was younger. i canonly find a few online. i am 79 now and would love to find more. God bless you all.

[@WeekendExplorer]

Wow! Keep it up!! My mom is your age, but she has never exercised and sadly it is really beginning to show. I know many fit people in their 90's leading amazing lives. So, keep it up!

[@richieboy6825]

I actually have a full set of exercises on sheets of paper that a patient of mine mail ordered in 1960. It came with rubber exercise bands & guess what ? They’re still good!! I spent an entire month doing them as a tribute to Jack. Great workout !!

[@crayna2000]

Very inspiring - and did you know he was the inventor of the smith cable pulley system used in most gyms today?

[@WeekendExplorer]

Constance Rayna No! I didn't!! I'm glad you told me.

[@dakidsbac777]

And he also invented the Leg Extension

[@adamhonestyanddecency5054]

Yep, and the Jumping "Jack."

[@juanmonge8]

I am sick and tired of the media telling me who my heroes should be. Tiger Woods, Lance Armstrong- forget it! Jack will always be my hero!

[@WeekendExplorer]

An amazing man! Truly!! We kept in touch for more than a decade after this interview until he passed away. He was funny, humble, and an inspiration. He wanted me to become a vegetarian which I did for a month to honor his passing. I still am a vegan at home 7 years later!

[@angelvalle9963]

Dam I miss him Jack is an icon .

[@amy-luna]

Jack

[@Verification11]

The father of athletic aesthetics

[@poepzwerver15]

What a boss

[@rcbennett6592]

My ex gf got ticked off at me a while back & told me, "do you realize everytime we get together you bring up Jack LaLanne!"

[@levelplayingfield9364]

LOL! I bring him up about once a week myself.

[@Fortress333]

She fat? :)

[@debrakelner8478]

I sure miss Jack and his fivor for live.😅😊

[@robertsuhrer5604]

He never saw the the inside of a folks home or have someone change his diapers. To me,. that is my no. 1 motivator to work out consistently. Get on some kind of plan you can keep up.

[@WeekendExplorer]

Yup! Great motivation!!

[@angelvalle9963]

Absolute monster of a human.

[@RussX5Z]

My god Jack is in his late 80's right here and he is in better shape than this 30 something year old man.

[@briandd007]

A few years back Men's Health mag compiled a puff piece list of the 100 fittest men of all time. Michael Phelps was their top choice. Jack came in at number four. A travesty, of course. Jack was super-fit for well over half a century, and remained fitter than most adolescents well into his Nineties. His records for pushups and chinups have never, to my knowledge, been repeated, not to mention his boat-towing stunts -- all of them done over the age of forty. No one else comes close.

[@_1ben]

Phelps no 1? i will never buy that rag magazine

[@ДимасЛанин-е6ш]

Хотелось бы русский перевод

[@ronwoods6877]

He still had tons of energy at 95, I'm sixteen and I have no energy.

[@jeffreylehmann]

Hi Ron, When Jack was a teenager, he was in poor health. That's when he took it on himself to start working out and eating better. I challenge you to do the same thing! Let me know how things go too!! Best wishes, Jeffrey

[@ronwoods6877]

+Jeffrey Lehmann that's interesting, I will. Thanks.

[@jeffreylehmann]

I had a coach in high school that I still now. He told me that when he was 15 years old that he felt weak and tired all the time. He couldn't even do one pushup. So, he decided he'd start doing pushups everyday. Adding one everyday until he got to 100. He did it! And, became my high school coach. He's now in his 80s in great shape. He was just showing me videos of whitewater rafting in Costa Rica with his wife. You can do it too!

[@ronwoods6877]

+Jeffrey Lehmann That's amazing. I need to figure it out.

[@ronwoods6877]

+Jeffrey Lehmann I want to get a gym membership and put some time into it.

[@jpizzle470]

uhh.. what do you mean "we". speak for urself. many many people have taken his advice and are livin happy, healthy lives.

[@bkohler89]

@1:39: He looks the same here as he does now :)

[@MrCalidan69]

I honestly thought he would live to be 130.....I couldn't believe he died at only 96

[@mrpink6022]

AN AMERICAN TREASURE.....

[@WeekendExplorer]

Truly an American treasure!

[@TELEVISIONARCHIVES]

Get out and move America.

[@jeffreylehmann]

+TELEVISIONARCHIVES-Yup!

[@wirdply1]

He was the fucking man.

[@Explicitproductions1]

I'd like to see Chuck Norris try to kick this guy's ass!

[@ronnieblanton272]

That would be interesting

[@davidsflooringco]

Wow how much tvs changed..a lot more sensationalism nowadays.

[@Pauliskins]

is

[@motorcitycobra2009]

Is he pro-slavery?

[@WeekendExplorer]

Not sure why you think that?

[@jordanjuarez8102]

Your body is a slave to your mind, it can only achieve what you TELL it to!