Jack LaLanne

Hollywood Stars : Francois Henri LaLanne

Born Name: Francois Henri LaLanne Birthday: 1914-09-26 (Year-Month-Day) Website: Spouse(s): Irma Navarre (m. 1942–1948) «start: (1942)–end+1: (1949)»"Marriage: Irma Navarre to Jack LaLanne" Location: (linkback:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_LaLanne) Elaine Doyle (m. 1959–2011) «start: (1959)–end+1: (2012)»"Marriage: Elaine Doyle to Jack LaLanne" Location: (linkback:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_LaLanne) (his death) Children: Medium: Chiropractor, fitness expert, television host, inventor, entrepreneur

Jack LaLanne, Francois Henri Jack LaLanne (September 26, 1914 вЂ“ January 23, 2011) was an American fitness, exercise, and nutritional expert and motivational speaker who is sometimes called the godfather of fitness and the first fitness superhero. He described himself as being a sugarholic and a junk food junkie” until he was 15. He also had behavioral problems, but turned his life around after listening to a public lecture by Paul Bragg, a well-known nutrition speaker. During his career, he came to believe that the countrys overall health depended on the health of its population, writing that physical culture and nutrition — is the salvation of America.Decades before fitness began being promoted by celebrities like Jane Fonda and Richard Simmons, LaLanne was already widely recognized for publicly preaching the health benefits of regular exercise and a good diet. He published numerous books on fitness and hosted a fitness television show between 1951 and 1985. As early as 1936, at age 21, he opened one of the nations first fitness gyms in Oakland, California, which became a prototype for dozens of similar gyms using his name. One of his 1950s television exercise programs was aimed toward women, whom he also encouraged to join his health clubs. He invented a number of exercise machines, including leg-extension and pulley devices. Besides producing his own series of videos, he coached the elderly and disabled to not forgo exercise, believing it would enable them to enhance their strength.LaLanne also gained recognition for his success as a bodybuilder, as well as for his prodigious feats of strength. Arnold Schwarzenegger once stated, That Jack LaLannes an animal!, after LaLanne, at 54, beat a 21-year-old Schwarzenegger badly in an informal contest. He credited LaLanne for being an apostle for fitness by inspiring billions all over the world to live healthier lives, and had earlier placed him on his Governors Council on Physical Fitness.He was inducted to the California Hall of Fame and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.