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A Fitness Icon Keeps His Juices Flowing
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
I should have known that Jack LaLanne was pulling a fast one, but my heart sank when I first saw the fitness guru slumped before the television in his hotel suite.
How well I remembered him for his bulging biceps and trademark tight black T-shirt and pants. There he would be on afternoon television, urging viewers to exercise with him or hawking his Jack LaLanne juicer.
"If man made it, don't eat it," he used to say, decades ahead of the popular movement to eat more whole foods.
Back then, LaLanne had slicked black hair. He was energetic, vital and, well, let's say it, sexy, even to a pre-pubescent kid like me.
In town recently to pick up a lifetime achievement award from the President's Council for Physical Fitness and Sports, LaLanne still looked trim, if a little grayer, as he sat in his hotel. But he was staring vacantly at the nightly news and didn't stir as I brushed past his chair. His cheery wife, Elaine -- "he calls me LaLa," she said -- welcomed me.
"Jack!" she said loudly and started introducing us when LaLanne suddenly leapt up and lunged halfway across the room to give me a bear hug.
"Fooled you, you sexy blond bombshell!" he teased, a 92-year-old Puck.
Of course, I should have known. He was old, but he was faking the senility.
Then he planted a kiss on my cheek and, nodding toward Elaine, said, "Leave a little air between us, so that she doesn't get jealous."
We all laughed, especially his wife of more than half a century. "He does this at all our speeches," she explained. "He shuffles out on stage and then he surprises people."
Decades ahead of today's obesity epidemic -- and while Richard Simmons and Jane Fonda were still in diapers -- LaLanne took his exercise crusade to the airwaves, demonstrating to Americans just becoming enamored with television how they could stay active while they viewed their favorite programs.
Would that a few more had paid attention.
LaLanne used to regale his audience with his one-armed push-ups done on fingertips. He showed them how to turn their recliners into mini-gyms by pumping imaginary bicycles and doing other chair exercises. In the 1930s, he even began advocating weight training. To go beyond the usual barbells -- and to keep his gym clients from getting bored --he worked with a blacksmith to develop leg-extension equipment and one of the first adjustable weight machines that are standard equipment in today's gyms.
A chiropractor by training, LaLanne learned about vegetarianism from his mother, a strict Seventh-day Adventist. So while the country dined on meat and potatoes, LaLanne crusaded for eating raw fruit and vegetables and avoiding processed fare.
"Did you ever read the label on a can of soup?" he asks, still exasperated. "You can't pronounce the ingredients. Artificial coloring, additives. Added color. Salt. Sugar."
To baby boomers and their parents, the name Jack LaLanne is synonymous with health, vitality and fitness. But this famous muscle man, who now serves on California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's Council on Physical Fitness, says he started life "as a weak, sick, miserable kid," addicted to sugar. He dropped out of a San Francisco Bay area high school and was a self-described troublemaker who wandered into a health lecture one day and changed his life.
The speaker advocated eating healthful food -- a tenet that resonated with LaLanne. "I was this young 15-year-old," LaLanne recalls. "What the hell! . . . I wanted to be an athlete. I wanted the girls to like me. I wanted to go through the day without headaches."
That night, he prayed for guidance to help him kick the candy, meat and other foods that he thought were killing him. The next day, he began life as a vegetarian -- a practice that he mostly continues today -- and joined the Berkeley YMCA. "I started working out with weights, and it changed my life," he says. "If something changes your life, you will be enthusiastic about it."
So enthusiastic, that LaLanne is considered one of the first modern health evangelists. "Billy Graham is for the hereafter," LaLanne likes to say. "I'm for the here and now."
He still lifts weights -- a practice that numerous studies show preserves the muscle mass usually lost with aging. Video:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2007/05/18/VI2007051800916.html
"I've said it a million times," he notes. "Exercise is king. Nutrition is queen. Put them together and you've got a kingdom."
It's that combination of activity and nutrition that science shows can control blood pressure, improve heart health, tone muscles, elevate mood, maintain mental functioning, slow aging and stave off premature death.
To celebrate his 65th birthday, he swam pulling 65 boats filled with 6,500 pounds of wood pulp in Lake Ashi, near Tokyo. For his 70th birthday, he towed 70 boats with 70 people 1.5 miles against the current in the Long Beach, Calif. harbor. For his 95th birthday, he'd like to swim from the coast of California to Santa Catalina Island, more than 20 miles offshore. But Elaine says, somewhat in jest, that she'll divorce him if he tries.
Unlike many of their contemporaries, who are in assisted-living or nursing homes, LaLanne still works and lives independently in a home on the central coast of California. He's still such an avid swimmer in his 10th decade that he recently signed on to promote a small resistance swimming pool that is the aquatic equivalent of a home treadmill. In his spare time, he drives his 2005 Corvette around town. "Would I put water in the gas tank?" he asks, not missing an opportunity to proselytize. "Well, what about your body? That's why a lot of people go through life pooping out and die in middle age. You have got to put the right fuel in this machine."
Portion control is another message that he delivered long before fast-food restaurants began super-sizing meals. "People are exceeding the feed limit," LaLanne likes to say. "It's that simple. The food you eat today is walking and talking tomorrow."
LaLanne may have slowed a little from his heyday, but he hasn't given up practicing what he preaches. He rises at 6 or 7 a.m. and heads to one of two gyms at his home for a two-hour workout. (Elaine takes a more laid-back approach. "He rolls out of bed and I roll over," she quips, preferring to work out in the pool later in the day.)
He eats two meals a day, but notes that this regimen isn't for everyone. "You've got to figure out what works for your schedule," he says. "You know who is the most important person on this earth? It's me. And the most important person on this earth is you."
His breakfast is at 11 a.m. He eats four to five pieces of fruit and gets protein from cooked egg whites. "Once in a while I eat a turkey sandwich on whole wheat with avocado and tomato," he says.
He doesn't snack between meals and uses soy milk instead of dairy products, but he isn't a Spartan: He and Elaine eat out every night.
"Every restaurant near us now has a Jack LaLanne salad," he says. "It's at least 10 raw vegetables chopped, and very little lettuce." He brings his own sesame oil salad dressing and sometimes adds more hard-boiled egg whites for additional protein. He also eats fish, especially salmon, which is rich in healthy omega-3 fatty acids.
And, of course, there's a little wine, a tribute to his Franco-American heritage. "Ever see a Frenchman who doesn't drink?" he asks. He sips a glass that's a mix of white zinfandel and red wine -- because, as he says, "one's too sweet and one's too sour."
Moderation remains his mantra. His healthy habits -- and a few good genes -- account for his longevity. His mother lived to be 94, though his father died at 50. What he stumbled upon as a teenager and built as an adult have not only helped him to age well but have also stood the test of time -- and science.
He is unsentimental about the past. "The good old days," LaLanne says. "Poop. The good old days are now, now, now. What I think about is now. This is the moment I have waited for. This is it. These are the good old days.
Pics:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/gallery/070608/GAL-07Jun08-77378/index.html
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This guy is the man.
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how does he manage to maintain his muscle without 150g of protein a day?
must be a miracle
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how does he manage to maintain his muscle without 150g of protein a day?
must be a miracle
He sneaks in some whey shakes and takes NO2 before every workout.
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He sneaks in some whey shakes and takes NO2 before every workout.
so he just fakes being natural HES ACTUALLY ON THE MUSCLETECH STACK
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I ran into a guy that met him....
said he was incredible...but his hair piece was disturbing
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He looks great for 92, but he still looks like shit regardless. Everyone looks like shit at 92, no exceptions.That is the common denominator for Human Beings: no matter how strong, smart and good-looking you were, you end up weak, demented and ugly. And then you die.
SUCKMYMUSCLE
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He looks great for 92, but he still looks like shit regardless. Everyone looks like shit at 92, no exceptions.That is the common denominator for Human Beings: no matter how strong, smart and good-looking you were, you end up weak, demented and ugly. And then you die.
SUCKMYMUSCLE
Great piece of negativity; why don't you die now?
Hope this helps
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A Fitness Icon Keeps His Juices Flowing
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
I should have known that Jack LaLanne was pulling a fast one, but my heart sank when I first saw the fitness guru slumped before the television in his hotel suite.
How well I remembered him for his bulging biceps and trademark tight black T-shirt and pants. There he would be on afternoon television, urging viewers to exercise with him or hawking his Jack LaLanne juicer.
"If man made it, don't eat it," he used to say, decades ahead of the popular movement to eat more whole foods.
Back then, LaLanne had slicked black hair. He was energetic, vital and, well, let's say it, sexy, even to a pre-pubescent kid like me.
In town recently to pick up a lifetime achievement award from the President's Council for Physical Fitness and Sports, LaLanne still looked trim, if a little grayer, as he sat in his hotel. But he was staring vacantly at the nightly news and didn't stir as I brushed past his chair. His cheery wife, Elaine -- "he calls me LaLa," she said -- welcomed me.
"Jack!" she said loudly and started introducing us when LaLanne suddenly leapt up and lunged halfway across the room to give me a bear hug.
"Fooled you, you sexy blond bombshell!" he teased, a 92-year-old Puck.
Of course, I should have known. He was old, but he was faking the senility.
Then he planted a kiss on my cheek and, nodding toward Elaine, said, "Leave a little air between us, so that she doesn't get jealous."
We all laughed, especially his wife of more than half a century. "He does this at all our speeches," she explained. "He shuffles out on stage and then he surprises people."
Decades ahead of today's obesity epidemic -- and while Richard Simmons and Jane Fonda were still in diapers -- LaLanne took his exercise crusade to the airwaves, demonstrating to Americans just becoming enamored with television how they could stay active while they viewed their favorite programs.
Would that a few more had paid attention.
LaLanne used to regale his audience with his one-armed push-ups done on fingertips. He showed them how to turn their recliners into mini-gyms by pumping imaginary bicycles and doing other chair exercises. In the 1930s, he even began advocating weight training. To go beyond the usual barbells -- and to keep his gym clients from getting bored --he worked with a blacksmith to develop leg-extension equipment and one of the first adjustable weight machines that are standard equipment in today's gyms.
A chiropractor by training, LaLanne learned about vegetarianism from his mother, a strict Seventh-day Adventist. So while the country dined on meat and potatoes, LaLanne crusaded for eating raw fruit and vegetables and avoiding processed fare.
"Did you ever read the label on a can of soup?" he asks, still exasperated. "You can't pronounce the ingredients. Artificial coloring, additives. Added color. Salt. Sugar."
To baby boomers and their parents, the name Jack LaLanne is synonymous with health, vitality and fitness. But this famous muscle man, who now serves on California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's Council on Physical Fitness, says he started life "as a weak, sick, miserable kid," addicted to sugar. He dropped out of a San Francisco Bay area high school and was a self-described troublemaker who wandered into a health lecture one day and changed his life.
The speaker advocated eating healthful food -- a tenet that resonated with LaLanne. "I was this young 15-year-old," LaLanne recalls. "What the hell! . . . I wanted to be an athlete. I wanted the girls to like me. I wanted to go through the day without headaches."
That night, he prayed for guidance to help him kick the candy, meat and other foods that he thought were killing him. The next day, he began life as a vegetarian -- a practice that he mostly continues today -- and joined the Berkeley YMCA. "I started working out with weights, and it changed my life," he says. "If something changes your life, you will be enthusiastic about it."
So enthusiastic, that LaLanne is considered one of the first modern health evangelists. "Billy Graham is for the hereafter," LaLanne likes to say. "I'm for the here and now."
He still lifts weights -- a practice that numerous studies show preserves the muscle mass usually lost with aging. Video:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2007/05/18/VI2007051800916.html
"I've said it a million times," he notes. "Exercise is king. Nutrition is queen. Put them together and you've got a kingdom."
It's that combination of activity and nutrition that science shows can control blood pressure, improve heart health, tone muscles, elevate mood, maintain mental functioning, slow aging and stave off premature death.
To celebrate his 65th birthday, he swam pulling 65 boats filled with 6,500 pounds of wood pulp in Lake Ashi, near Tokyo. For his 70th birthday, he towed 70 boats with 70 people 1.5 miles against the current in the Long Beach, Calif. harbor. For his 95th birthday, he'd like to swim from the coast of California to Santa Catalina Island, more than 20 miles offshore. But Elaine says, somewhat in jest, that she'll divorce him if he tries.
Unlike many of their contemporaries, who are in assisted-living or nursing homes, LaLanne still works and lives independently in a home on the central coast of California. He's still such an avid swimmer in his 10th decade that he recently signed on to promote a small resistance swimming pool that is the aquatic equivalent of a home treadmill. In his spare time, he drives his 2005 Corvette around town. "Would I put water in the gas tank?" he asks, not missing an opportunity to proselytize. "Well, what about your body? That's why a lot of people go through life pooping out and die in middle age. You have got to put the right fuel in this machine."
Portion control is another message that he delivered long before fast-food restaurants began super-sizing meals. "People are exceeding the feed limit," LaLanne likes to say. "It's that simple. The food you eat today is walking and talking tomorrow."
LaLanne may have slowed a little from his heyday, but he hasn't given up practicing what he preaches. He rises at 6 or 7 a.m. and heads to one of two gyms at his home for a two-hour workout. (Elaine takes a more laid-back approach. "He rolls out of bed and I roll over," she quips, preferring to work out in the pool later in the day.)
He eats two meals a day, but notes that this regimen isn't for everyone. "You've got to figure out what works for your schedule," he says. "You know who is the most important person on this earth? It's me. And the most important person on this earth is you."
His breakfast is at 11 a.m. He eats four to five pieces of fruit and gets protein from cooked egg whites. "Once in a while I eat a turkey sandwich on whole wheat with avocado and tomato," he says.
He doesn't snack between meals and uses soy milk instead of dairy products, but he isn't a Spartan: He and Elaine eat out every night.
"Every restaurant near us now has a Jack LaLanne salad," he says. "It's at least 10 raw vegetables chopped, and very little lettuce." He brings his own sesame oil salad dressing and sometimes adds more hard-boiled egg whites for additional protein. He also eats fish, especially salmon, which is rich in healthy omega-3 fatty acids.
And, of course, there's a little wine, a tribute to his Franco-American heritage. "Ever see a Frenchman who doesn't drink?" he asks. He sips a glass that's a mix of white zinfandel and red wine -- because, as he says, "one's too sweet and one's too sour."
Moderation remains his mantra. His healthy habits -- and a few good genes -- account for his longevity. His mother lived to be 94, though his father died at 50. What he stumbled upon as a teenager and built as an adult have not only helped him to age well but have also stood the test of time -- and science.
He is unsentimental about the past. "The good old days," LaLanne says. "Poop. The good old days are now, now, now. What I think about is now. This is the moment I have waited for. This is it. These are the good old days.
Pics:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/gallery/070608/GAL-07Jun08-77378/index.html
Great, great story!
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Great piece of negativity; why don't you die now?
Hope this helps
I can't die now because I have a 5 year old son to raise and a mother with leukemia. Besides, I have other relatives who would suffer greatly, or at least more than I would, if I committed suicide. So it would be selfish for me to blow my brains out. Hope this helps.
SUCKMYMUSCLE
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Is he planing a comeback?
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I can't die now because I have a 5 year old son to raise and a mother with leukemia. Besides, I have other relatives who would suffer greatly, or at least more than I would, if I committed suicide. So it would be selfish for me to blow my brains out. Hope this helps.
SUCKMYMUSCLE
oh....no wonder you're bitter. Maybe a heart attack will do you in in your early 40's and you'll get lucky.
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He looks great for 92, but he still looks like shit regardless. Everyone looks like shit at 92, no exceptions.That is the common denominator for Human Beings: no matter how strong, smart and good-looking you were, you end up weak, demented and ugly. And then you die.
SUCKMYMUSCLE
LMFAOOOOO!!!!
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WIG ALERT! WIG ALERT! WIG ALERT! WIG ALERT! WIG ALERT! WIG ALERT!
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I don't know if that is a wig or a comb over, but who gives a fuck at that age.
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I met Jack for the first time at the Club Industry show in Chicago in 1993. I didn't realize how short he was. Ferrigno was with him and I think it was Lou's B.D. or something.
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With that age and body, he still can beat Tamali hands down
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Jack pwns everyone
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Jack must be in cahoots with Sly Stallone hehehee ;D...all things considered Jack is a legend! Dont know if any younger fellas out there can actually do what he's doing at his age even.
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He needs to trade in those homo soy shakes and start drinking blood again like he did in the old days. Soy? Jesus Christ Jack.
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all drugs
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He looks great for 92, but he still looks like shit regardless. Everyone looks like shit at 92, no exceptions.That is the common denominator for Human Beings: no matter how strong, smart and good-looking you were, you end up weak, demented and ugly. And then you die.
SUCKMYMUSCLE
What is your excuse for being weak, demented and ugly at your age? Not to mention you are obviously miserable all the time.
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Great piece of negativity; why don't you die now?
Hope this helps
He will. That's HIS point dummy
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He will. That's HIS point dummy
Epic nonsensical babbling.
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Jack can do this... can you? :D
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Jack can do this... can you? :D
so can any good breakdancer.....
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so can any good breakdancer.....
In other words, no.
Jack at 35.
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Thanks for the article pumpster !!!!!!!!!!!
One thought, we all know Jacks eating habits are the healthiest way to go (he is proof enough), and yet how many of us (including me), don't follow his dietary advice ? We all eat so much processed food , and too much food (I plead guilty !). yet its a hard habit to break !!!
Jack is amazing !!!!!!!!!!
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Great article.
Could you imagine if everyone in America had that mindset?
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At 35.
(http://www.naturalstrength.com/pics/lalanne.jpg)
Jack is the man! He'll outlive all the classical bodybuilders from the 30s and 40s.
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Jack was about health and fitness; today's bodybuilders aren't. :(
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"if man makes it, don't eat it" 8)
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He'll outlive all the classical bodybuilders from the 30s and 40s.
I think he already has outlived most from that muscle beach scene. Joe Gold gone, Harold Zinkin creator of Universal machines, gone, etc.
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At 92 Jack still works and lives independently.
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What is your excuse for being weak, demented and ugly at your age? Not to mention you are obviously miserable all the time.
Crawl back to your toliet bowl, you turd. Go suck on Jaguar's dick, you she-man guy lackey! >:(
SUCKMYMUSCLE
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how does he manage to maintain his muscle without 150g of protein a day?
must be a miracle
Who says he doesn't get that much? Time to go back to the fundamentals.
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i bet i could beat him up, hes not so tough
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i bet i could beat him up, hes not so tough
You'd have a shot, it would be pretty even given that he's 92.
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Thing about Jack is he is truly a health nut and has lived it literally his whole life. Still to this day he is into being healthy and fit. He lives it 24 hours a day. Unlike the guys of today and from the 80's and 90's who lived it through roids and only lived to compete. They are not truly into health and fitness. You can look at any BB off season. They eat usually what they want. Same goes for BB's who quit competing. They start eating shit and end up looking like crap, cause deep down they didn't really live the healthy life, they only did it to compete. Jack lives it as did allot fo others from his time. They didn't rely on drugs to get them in shape.
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Thing about Jack is he is truly a health nut and has lived it literally his whole life. Still to this day he is into being healthy and fit. He lives it 24 hours a day. Unlike the guys of today and from the 80's and 90's who lived it through roids and only lived to compete. They are not truly into health and fitness. You can look at any BB off season. They eat usually what they want. Same goes for BB's who quit competing. They start eating shit and end up looking like crap, cause deep down they didn't really live the healthy life, they only did it to compete. Jack lives it as did allot fo others from his time. They didn't rely on drugs to get them in shape.
Thanks for stating the obvious. Regardless, he still looks like shit. He keeps going on living not because he has great quality of life, but because of the fear of death. No one has great quality of life at age 92. The worst thing there is to live to this age while slowly deteriorating and developing from arthrites, scoleosis and memory loss. When asked how he would like to die, Caesar replied:
"Subito"
I means "suddenly", or "quickly".
The best thing is to live until the point where you still have quality of life and then die quickly. It is awful to live for another 20 or 30 years with no quality of life and suffering from several degenerative disorders.
SUCKMYMUSCLE
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Thanks for stating the obvious. Regardless, he still looks like shit. He keeps going on living not because he has great quality of life, but because of the fear of death. No one has great quality of life at age 92.
You are a demented fuckking jackoff
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You are a demented fuckking jackoff
Love you too! :-*
SUCKMYMUSCLE
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Thanks for stating the obvious. Regardless, he still looks like shit. He keeps going on living not because he has great quality of life, but because of the fear of death. No one has great quality of life at age 92. The worst thing there is to live to this age while slowly deteriorating and developing from arthrites, scoleosis and memory loss. When asked how he would like to die, Caesar replied:
"Subito"
I means "suddenly", or "quickly".
The best thing is to live until the point where you still have quality of life and then die quickly. It is awful to live for another 20 or 30 years with no quality of life and suffering from several degenerative disorders.
SUCKMYMUSCLE
stfu you stupid little shit. You go around calming to be 280 lbs ripped. I cant wait to you die so I can shit on your pathetic body
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stfu you stupid little shit. You go around calming to be 280 lbs ripped. I cant wait to you die so I can shit on your pathetic body
Let me guess...you are old, right? It is you who is going to die soon, old man. How does that make you feel? Knowing that absolute annihilation awaits you in a few years? I almost feel sorry for you. It would suck if my days were coming to an end like they are for you. :'(
SUCKMYMUSCLE
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"suckmymuscle" makes good points, what is the point in living to 92?
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Earl that could be said at any age.
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Earl that could be said at any age.
70 and up :)
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Earl that could be said at any age.
Wrong, you dipshit. A youth in his twenties or thirties has a higher overral sense of well-being than a middle-aged guy in his forties and fifties, and the middle-aged guy has a higher overral sense of well-being than an elderly guy in his sixties or seventies.
SUCKMYMUSCLE
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Wrong, you dipshit. A youth in his twenties or thirties has a higher overral sense of well-being than a middle-aged guy in his forties and fifties, and the middle-aged guy has a higher overral sense of well-being than an elderly guy in his sixties or seventies.
SUCKMYMUSCLE
^So every 40 or 50yr old is the same? Damn you are so dumb. Just kill yourself now. Do it quickly and fast. Dont even think twice about living.
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Jack is not natural!!!!!!!!!!!!
He is wearing a wig!!!!
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^So every 40 or 50yr old is the same? Damn you are so dumb. Just kill yourself now. Do it quickly and fast. Dont even think twice about living.
Yawn...it is you who is dumb, you senile old man. On average there is a progressive decline of well-being as you age. The average 50 year old has less energy and well-being than the average 40 year old. Sure, some guys are healthier at 50 than others are at 40, but the general rule is that 50 year olds are not as energetic as 40 year olds. Now go die, you demented old fart. :D
SUCKMYMUSCLE
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Yawn...it is you who is dumb, you senile old man. On average there is a progressive decline of well-being as you age. The average 50 year old has less energy and well-being than the average 40 year old. Sure, some guys are healthier at 50 than others are at 40, but the general rule is that 50 year olds are not as energetic as 40 year olds. Now go die, you demented old fart. :D
SUCKMYMUSCLE
Everyone should understand that SUCKY knows more than anyone else, and not question this wisdom even though he's not old enough to really know if this is true. LOL Jack's having a ball in his 90s meanwhile SUCKY the genius is busy trotting out more insane theories deciding for us that he's not. ;)
SUCKY get a clue: some like Jack love life at all ages.
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Everyone should understand that SUCKY knows more than anyone else, and not question this wisdom even though he's not old enough to really know if this is true. LOL Jack's having a ball in his 90s meanwhile SUCKY the genius is busy trotting out more insane theories deciding for us that he's not. ;)
SUCKY get a clue: some like Jack love life at all ages.
I don't need to be old enough to know, because the incidence of degenerative diseases dramatically and exponentially increases with age. That is prima fasce evidence that the elderly have a lower level of physical well-being than youths. And I never denied that there are many eldelrs who enjoy life; my point is that they have a lower level of physical vitality, and that it's harder to enjoy life when your body doesen't function very well - look at a quadrapligec. If you were an expert on physiology and biochemistry like I am, you would comprehend that. Oh, and you're right that I don't know anything about life, even though I support a son and a sick mother, and that I payed university with my own hard earned money. Yeah, Pumpy, I know nothing of the hardships of life. ::)
SUCKMYMUSCLE
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I don't need to be old enough to know, because the incidence of degenerative diseases dramatically and exponentially increases with age. That is prima fasce evidence that the elderly have a lower level of physical well-being than youths. And I never denied that there are many eldelrs who enjoy life; my point is that they have a lower level of physical vitality, and that it's harder to enjoy life when your body doesen't function very well - look at a quadrapligec. If you were an expert on physiology and biochemistry like I am, you would comprehend that. Oh, and you're right that I don't know anything about life, even though I support a son and a sick mother, and that I payed university with my own hard earned money. Yeah, Pumpy, I know nothing of the hardships of life. ::)
SUCKMYMUSCLE
Stupendous arrogance in making assumptions; just because the body starts to denerate doesn't mean at all that guesses on his outlook follow. Even if one's feeling of well-being went down who's to say it wouldn't still be a great life-can you quantify how much diminution in well-being occurs later in life? Hardly!!
Anyone who uses the term "expert" especially about oneself is immediately suspect.
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Crawl back to your toliet bowl, you turd. Go suck on Jaguar's dick, you she-man #### lackey! >:(
SUCKMYMUSCLE
Go fuck yourself you miserable insecure loser. You prove it post after post. You and that other legend U.K. Mold. You must be twins.
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so can any good breakdancer.....
I don't think so. I don't think many could hold themselves up like that on a bar. Only a gymnast could do it which many of these old time guys were. Doing it on a floor for a second isn't the same.
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Stupendous arrogance in making assumptions; just because the body starts to denerate doesn't mean at all that guesses on his outlook follow. Even if one's feeling of well-being went down who's to say it wouldn't still be a great life-can you quantify how much diminution in well-being occurs later in life? Hardly!!
Anyone who uses the term "expert" especially about oneself is immediately suspect.
Pumpy, it is a fact that physical vitality decreases with age, and that degenerative diseases increase. My point is that it is harder to enjoy life when you have arthrites that makes all of your joints hurt, or diabetes that impedes you from enjoying an occasional slice of pizza, or dementia that makes you forget the names of your grandchildren, or gastrointerite that makes you lose control over your bowels, which causes a great deal of embarassment. It's not impossible to be happy with all these diseases; it is harder. Get it? I know a 96 year old woman who is completly demented and sometimes forgets her own name, yet she is always smiling and doesen't seem to care. She seems to be happy, although I suspect that she would be happier if her brain still functioned properly. As for me being an expert, well, I am. I studied this for years and then had to present a thesis to eight PhDs.
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Everyone should understand that SUCKY knows more than anyone else, and not question this wisdom even though he's not old enough to really know if this is true. LOL Jack's having a ball in his 90s meanwhile SUCKY the genius is busy trotting out more insane theories deciding for us that he's not. ;)
SUCKY get a clue: some like Jack love life at all ages.
Sucky, U.K. Mold and the Great Fagg, I mean Finn. The biggest assholes on Getbig. They can't give credit to anyone. That shows how insecure they are.
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Pumpy, it is a fact that physical vitality decreases with age, and that degenerative diseases increase. My point is that it is harder to enjoy life when you have arthrites that makes all of your joints hurt, or diabetes that impedes you from enjoying an occasional slice of pizza, or dementia that makes you forget the names of your grandchildren, or gastrointerite that makes you lose control over your bowels, which causes a great deal of embarassment. It's not impossible to be happy with all these diseases; it is harder. Get it? I know a 96 year old woman who is completly demented and soemtimes forgets her ow name, yet she is always smiling and doesen't seem to care. She seems to be happy, although I suspect that she would be happier if her brain still functioned properly. As for me being an expert, well, I am. I studied this for years and then had to present a thesis to eight PhDs.
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Sure, well-being might diminish with age but it would be hard to measure the drop-off and especially individual variances. He's having a ball and you've already assumed the worst-which really says more about your projections of your own views of life onto others.
Quite flawed assumptions and bad thesis.
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Anybody have any dirt on Lalanne?
Nobody have the "perfect life"...
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Anybody have any dirt on Lalanne?
Nobody have the "perfect life"...
Dirt, ya he only works out 2 hours daily he's clearly miserable. :o
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Sucky, U.K. Mold and the Great Fagg, I mean Finn. The biggest assholes on Getbig. They can't give credit to anyone. That shows how insecure they are.
Why are dragging me into this, 'bmacsys' ::)
I give credit to people that have earned it - Dorian, Ronnie, Milos, Chick, Onlyme etc. I even gave credit to Buttsuck for losing all that weight. Ditto with Adonis. Its internet heroes like you i despise.
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Sure, well-being might diminish with age but it would be hard to measure the drop-off and especially individual variances. He's having a ball and you've already assumed the worst-which really says more about your projections of your own views of life onto others.
Quite flawed assumptions and bad thesis.
If you believe that it's not harder to be happy when you have difficulty even walking, taking care of yourself and remembering even who you are, then we have nothing left to discuss.
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Dirt, ya he only works out 2 hours daily he's clearly miserable. :o
Looks like he does what he loves, he's probably having more fun than most 50 or 60 year olds who whine about the good old days.
The guy is an inspiration no doubt, but from all i read about him it's like he's a saint or something. I want some juicy details...
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Does he have all of these degenerative diseases that you are speaking of? If not, then you are arguing a moot point. So if he does not have anything wrong with him at 92, who are you to say he is not enjoying life as much as he was at 40? Or even in his 20's?
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Why are dragging me into this, 'bmacsys' ::)
I give credit to people that have earned it - Dorian, Ronnie, Milos, Chick, Onlyme etc. I even gave credit to Buttsuck for losing all that weight. Ditto with Adonis. Its internet heroes like you i despise.
Why don't you go throw a coke at a teenage girls face at the movies again you weasel. Build up your self esteem again.
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Why don't you go throw a coke at a teenage girls face at the movies again you weasel. Build up your self esteem again.
I will. Then i'll rape her. Haven't you got a teenage sister?
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I will. Then i'll rape her. Haven't you got a teenage sister?
Speaking of difficulty walking, are you still applying butt plugs every weekend?
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LOL i hit a nerve when does party butt blasting start this weekend? :-*
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Why? Do you want an invite? I'm sure everyone will be impressed with your 500lb Bowflex benchpress :-*
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Why? Do you want an invite? I'm sure everyone will be impressed with your 500lb Bowflex benchpress :-*
Actually dumbass anyone who can bench 500 lb. on a bow or free weights is stronger and better than you, and we both know it. ;) ;) ;)
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Meltdown.
I'm flattered you took the trouble to find that on google and save it to your hard drive.
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Meltdown.
I'm flattered you took the trouble to find that on google and save it to your hard drive.
It was already there from your last post LOL Have a good weekend butt-boy. :-*
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It was already there from your last post LOL Have a good weekend butt-boy. :-*
Thanks for playing 'pumpster'. See you round.
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Why don't you go throw a coke at a teenage girls face at the movies again you weasel. Build up your self esteem again.
for the record, this was awesome. a brutal, RIGHTEOUS OWNING of a spoiled little girl. nothing wrong with that, its pure justice.
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SUCK MY MUSCLE has the right idea. the last thing i want to is to live to be like 85 where im in constant pain, dont remember anything and cant function at all.
i always said that my plan is to, when i get to the point where im in serious irreversable decline(probably early 70's or something who knows) im going to attempt to climb mount everest(and probably die trying), go out in a blaze of glory, die with my boots on you know the whole bit.
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SUCK MY MUSCLE has the right idea. the last thing i want to is to live to be like 85 where im in constant pain, dont remember anything and cant function at all.
i always said that my plan is to, when i get to the point where im in serious irreversable decline(probably early 70's or something who knows) im going to attempt to climb mount everest(and probably die trying), go out in a blaze of glory, die with my boots on you know the whole bit.
Your assumptions are incredible.
-How do you know he's in constant pain or that you would be, or have trouble with memory or care if you did? Not much sign of it there, which makes you look more senile than Jack.
-The tough guy stuff about going out in a blaze of glory sounds great now when you're a wise old 20-year old "sage" but won't make sense later.
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He looks great for 92, but he still looks like shit regardless. Everyone looks like shit at 92, no exceptions.That is the common denominator for Human Beings: no matter how strong, smart and good-looking you were, you end up weak, demented and ugly. And then you die.
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You're right about that.
But, what really matters is how much you enjoy reaching 92. Raising that kid will probably help improve your particular case as time marches on.