During my last semester of my undergraduate program, I heard a new name. The name was Jack Lalanne. My professor raved about Jack and his crazy fitness stunts...and I mean crazy. Things like towing huge cargo boats and trucks full of people by his own pure man-power...time and time again...into his 90's!
Jack started a fitness show for housewives decades ago. He put on his slippers and his jumpsuit and marched around on the television, a leader to women marching in their living rooms. I found out that my own mother followed along with him...and this made me respect him even more (as one would, I would like my mother to be healthy and live for a long time).
I still don't know a lot about Jack, but during the lecture one day we got to watch a short clip of an interview with Jack in his 80's. Jack was fit as a fiddle! Not a break in his stride...in fact, he was prancing up and down the street thrusting his arms into the air while being interviewed. The class laughed because what he was doing definitely looked silly, but I gained respect for this man in two seconds. I was impressed that he was so enthusiastic about being healthy that he took the simple daily task of walking, and made it even more powerful. It really made me wonder what it would be like if people would actually walk around pumping their arms high up into the air like he had...
Jack Lalanne is one of my fitness and nutrition icons. I want to make every day and every move I make count. I want to get the most out of life, and the most life I can get out of me.
