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I guess even super fit people don't last forever. Although, he came close.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/celebri ... tml?hpt=T2

Enigma869 wrote:I guess even super fit people don't last forever. Although, he came close.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/celebri ... tml?hpt=T2

Yep...Dude was 96. Can't feel sorry for him but it does still feel kinda strange that he's gone now.

He died due to respiratory failure after catching pneumonia. That can happen to anyone, especially somebody of an advanced age, regardless of the shape you're in.

The guy's physical regimen was still pretty amazing for a guy his age.

Fitness Feats:



(As reported on Jack LaLanne's website)

* 1954 (age 40): swam the entire length of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, underwater, with 140 pounds (64 kg; 10 st) of equipment, including two air tanks. A world record.
* 1955 (age 41): swam from Alcatraz Island to Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco while handcuffed. When interviewed afterwards he was quoted as saying that the worst thing about the ordeal was being handcuffed, which reduced his chance to Star Jump significantly.
* 1956 (age 42): set a world record of 1,033 push-ups in 23 minutes on You Asked For It, a television program with Art Baker.
* 1957 (age 43): swam the Golden Gate channel while towing a 2,500-pound (1,100 kg; 180 st) cabin cruiser. The swift ocean currents turned this one-mile (1.6 km) swim into a swimming distance of 6.5 miles (10.5 km).
* 1958 (age 44): maneuvered a paddleboard nonstop from Farallon Islands to the San Francisco shore. The 30-mile (48 km) trip took 9.5 hours.
* 1959 (age 45): did 1,000 star jumps and 1,000 chin-ups in 1 hour, 22 minutes and The Jack LaLanne Show went nationwide.
* 1974 (age 60): For the second time, he swam from Alcatraz Island to Fisherman's Wharf. Again, he was handcuffed, but this time he was also shackled and towed a 1,000-pound (450 kg; 71 st) boat.
* 1975 (age 61): Repeating his performance of 21 years earlier, he again swam the entire length of the Golden Gate Bridge, underwater and handcuffed, but this time he was shackled and towed a 1,000-pound (450 kg; 71 st) boat.
* 1976 (age 62): To commemorate the "Spirit of '76", United States Bicentennial, he swam one mile (1.6 km) in Long Beach Harbor. He was handcuffed and shackled, and he towed 13 boats (representing the 13 original colonies) containing 76 people.
* 1979 (age 65): towed 65 boats in Lake Ashinoko, near Tokyo, Japan. He was handcuffed and shackled, and the boats were filled with 6,500 pounds (2,900 kg; 460 st) of Louisiana Pacific wood pulp.
* 1980 (age 66): towed 10 boats in North Miami, Florida. The boats carried 77 people, and he towed them for over one mile (1.6 km) in less than one hour.
* 1984 (age 70): Handcuffed, shackled and fighting strong winds and currents, towed 70 rowboats, one with several guests, from the Queen’s Way Bridge in the Long Beach Harbor to the Queen Mary, 1 mile.

Jack LaLanne will carry his own casket at his funeral...

(stole that from twitter)

Maui Tom wrote:Jack LaLanne will carry his own casket at his funeral...

(stole that from twitter)

Yeah, twitter has been quite the source for groanworthy Jack LaLanne jokes this morning, hasn't it? ... embalmed with juice, cremated in a blender... poor Jack.

But I did laugh at the blender one.

This man should be idolized for trying to do the impossible: getting people to move their lazy ass out of the couch.