Jack LaLanne is Now Making Juice in Heaven

So long Jack LaLanne.

Jack LaLanne in 1954

Fitness guru Jack LaLanne died of respiratory failure following a bout of pneumonia, he was 96. Although many people enjoyed watching his juicing informercials while snacking on french bread pepperoni pizzas late at night, he still inspired millions of people to fitness at a time when it was mostly the realm of college athletes.

Jack LaLanne probably exercised until the day he died.

Here are Neatorama’s 10 facts about Jack LaLanne you might not know. Among our favorites:

Liked to Wear Ballet Slippers

(From his blog) In those days tennis shoes were not popular, and only used to play tennis in…Most show business people and Hand Balancers wore ballet slippers, and Jack being a Hand Balancer, that was what he wore!

Did Crazy Feats of Strength at 70

Every year, Jack LaLanne went for a little swim on his birthday. For his 70th birthday, he swam a mile and a half through the Long Beach Harbor while towing a flotilla of 70 boats. With his hands and feet shackled, no less.

Lions Don’t Warm Up

“Warming up is the biggest bunch of horseshit I’ve ever heard in my life. Fifteen minutes to warm up! Does a lion warm up when he’s hungry? ‘Uh-oh, here comes an antelope. Better warm up.’ No! He just goes out and eats the sucker. You gotta get the blood circulating, but shit, does the lion cool down? No, he eats the sucker and goes to sleep. And that,” he concluded, folding his arms into a variation of the pose, “is the truth.”

Facelifting

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