The crusade is never off my mind - the exercise I do, the food I eat, the thought I think - all this and how I can help make my profession better-respected. To me, this one thing - physical culture and nutrition - is the salvation of America. Jack LaLanne More Quotes by Jack LaLanne More Quotes From Jack LaLanne Better to wear out than rust out. Jack LaLanne rust stay-positive motivational One of the reasons so many people fail is they get on this treadmill for an hour or an hour and a half. That's totally unnecessary. If it's cardiovascular, you don't need more than 15 to 17 or 18 minutes if it's vigorous. Jack LaLanne half people needs The only way you can hurt your body is if you don't use it Jack LaLanne body use hurt Scales lie! You lose thirty pounds of muscle and you gain thirty pounds of fat and you weigh the same, right? Jack LaLanne gains pounds lying Sitting around on your big fat gluteus maximus talking about the good old days. The good old days are right this second. You've got to exercise VIG-OR-OUSLY! Life is tough. Life is a challenge. Life is a battlefield... . Life is an athletic event, and you must train for it. Jack LaLanne athletic exercise talking The essence of decay is inactivity. Jack LaLanne inactivity decay essence The spine is the lifeline. A lot of people should go to a chiropractor but they don't know it. Jack LaLanne spine should people Living is like training for an athletic event. You have to have goals and challenges; you need to exercise and eat right. Jack LaLanne athletic goal exercise It's survival of the fittest. You can't have everything perfect, that's impossible, but the fit survive. The fit can handle the impurities in the air and in the water, but the poor people who are sick, it really affects them more. Jack LaLanne air perfect people So many older people, they just sit around all day long and they don't get any exercise. Their muscles atrophy, and they lose their strength, their energy and vitality by inactivity. Jack LaLanne exercise long people Never get satisfied. The minute you stop trying, you go downhill. Jack LaLanne stop-trying minutes trying Your age is the sum total of your physical condition, the condition of your mind, and how you feel. Jack LaLanne how-you-feel age mind I do it as a therapy. I do it as something to keep me alive. We all need a little discipline. Exercise is my discipline. Jack LaLanne discipline exercise motivational Invest in yourself now and reap the dividends day after day after month after year. Jack LaLanne invest-in-yourself months years The food you eat today is walking and talking tomorrow. Jack LaLanne tomorrow talking today I'd rather take a beating sometimes than get in that gym every morning. Anyone who gets up that early and says he likes it is a goddamned liar. The only good thing about it is that when I'm finished, I look at myself in the mirror and say, "Jack, you've done it again! Jack LaLanne mirrors liars morning You've got to appeal to the pride in people. When a woman is flabby and soft, she's unattractive. When you married a beautiful girl and all of a sudden you start seeing her tits down and her breath stinks and she's not clean anymore and has no pride in herself, you can't love her. You may bullshit yourself, but you can't. Energy makes people beautiful. That's what charisma is. Jack LaLanne girl pride beautiful Stay in shape. And remember, daily exercise is a must. Plan for it, and do it. The rewards will be well worth it. Jack LaLanne rewards shapes exercise By exercise. I'll tell you one thing, you don't always have to be on the go. I sit around a lot, I read a lot, and I do watch television. But I also work out for two hours every day of my life, even when I'm on the road. Jack LaLanne exercise fitness motivational You should be proud of what you're doing, but not conceited. If you can't be proud of yourself, you're a failure. And discipline. To do anything in life you have to have discipline. To accomplish anything, you have a goal, challenge yourself, and work until you accomplish that goal. Practice what you preach. Jack LaLanne discipline conceited practice
