TimbukTOO Team Room

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[Izzzmeister]

All hands on board, no trolls under the bridge!
Our lead over #12 Team Canada is now over 550K...

16 of our 53 over-the-bridge members (30%) logged a Gruff 238,408 total meters Saturday, their spears & curling-stones frightening off one and all!

Milestones achieved: Dennis, while trolling for trolls, hit 800K, and Joel hit 450K!
Billy Goats In Waiting: Yisroel near 1.9M (-10,369), Joseph fast approaching 1.6M (-32,266m), Matthew (he of the 7Ks) near 1.3M (-20,794m), Gary is one rowing day from 1.2M (-9,332m), Jamie B can smell 800K (-10,558), Glenn “Wise Owl” Yaniero is daily approaching 350K (-16,673m), Paul a nose from 250K (-1,114m), Mark steadily approaching 250K (-19,025m), and Brenda is galloping towards 100K (-9,771m)!

Posted Meters:
Adam M – 27,250 An Eve of Rowing
Joel W – 25,941 Nice alternating of light & heavy days!
David W – 24,297 A half-marathon in there?
Dennis H – 24,000 Biggest of the Billy Goats Gruff!

Tyrone P – 21,013 Another 100K+ week!
Glenn Y – 20,438 Keeps rOWLing along...
Joseph W – 17,817 Another grueling weekend (almost makes you miss the students)
Matthew R – 14,116 Matt hits the Daily Double!

Fred B – 10,622 Solid effort after solid effort!
Paul E – 10,610 Sr. Edgar está a pocos metros de remo muchos más!
Brenda H – 10,062 Whoa! Impressive!
Chris H – 10,000 Another solid 10K!

Pam S – 6,108 Beating your poor hubby again?
Mark S – 6,107 Couldn't squeeze out 2 more meters?
Gary G – 5,027 Packing in those meters...
Daiva S – 5,000 The steady march to 500K continues apace...

[Izzzmeister]

In other families, they're fighting over the remote, or what show to watch. In our strange & wonderful households, they're fighting over the erg handle...

Here are the couple standings for the VTC:
Dennis & Brenda Horvath – 471,126m
Douglas & Monica Duvall – 441,507m
David & Yolanda Welch – 378,847m

Next year, they'll get some stiff competition from Mark & Pam Sinderson (160,630m) who are still building up on their spankin' new erg, and from Britt & Karen Ringel (37,993m) who had to move this January, and are doing what they can...

[Izzzmeister]

This week's frequent rowers (Sat 1/15 through Fri 1/21):
Dennis H & Glenn Y - 7
David W, Joel W, John S & Tyrone P - 6
Brenda H, Chris H, Daiva S, Doug E, Fred B, Gary G, Jamie B, Jeff S & Matthew R - 5
Joseph W, Lisa H, Mark S, Yisroel H & Paul E - 4

[Izzzmeister]

Here's another update of how we've been doing individually moving towards our stated goals for the VTC...
For our purposes, we are looking at this 31-day month as having 30 parts - with one alternate day, in case something comes up!
So far, we've had 22/30 days, or 73.3% of our allotted time gone. If you've completed more than 73.3% of your goal: Great, you're ahead of schedule! Less than 73.3%: Time to climb aboard that Concept 2...

Barb B, 125K, 34%
* Dennis H, 250K, 164%
* Doug E, 125K, 142%
Gary G, 195K, 79%
* Jeff S, 125K, 127%
* Joseph W, 200K, 100%
Karen R, 125K, 30%
Kevin K, 250K, 65.5%
* Lisa H, 125K, 106%
* Mark S, 100K, 107%
* Pam S, 45K, 119%
Yisroel H, 300K, 86.5%

* Reached goal!!!

Hey, there's nothing wrong with pushing beyond your goals, of course!

[damselfly]

In other families, they're fighting over the remote, or what show to watch. In our strange & wonderful households, they're fighting over the erg handle...

Here are the couple standings for the VTC:
Dennis & Brenda Horvath – 471,126m
Douglas & Monica Duvall – 441,507m
David & Yolanda Welch – 378,847m

Next year, they'll get some stiff competition from Mark & Pam Sinderson (160,630m) who are still building up on their spankin' new erg, and from Britt & Karen Ringel (37,993m) who had to move this January, and are doing what they can...

This is a great stat, Izz!! "The family that rows together... ???"

I couldn't tough out a HM Saturday -- my back started complaining. But achieved the meterage over yesterday and today. Great rowing everyone!! Row strong!! And keep those grahics coming, Glenn!!

[outsidenote]

Took the day day off of rowing to go skiing with my son. Had a great day with very good conditions for NC but I got hit by a guy who had wiped out and was skidding down the mountain at high speed. He clipped me right on the outside of my left thigh and we both slid at least 20 feet. My knees are fine. Just a nice deep bruise - limping a little but otherwise OK. Might not row tomorrow but I think I'll be at it on tuesday. I have really been motivated by the great rowing on this team!

Tom W

[Izzzmeister]

Gadzooks (ancient form of “woot”, derivation obscure)! We' blasted through 6 million, and took a lead of 100K+ over the 14th place team. Almost 3 out of every 5 of us posted some meters Sunday – yes, on a weekend day! Was it the graphic of the Doughboy?! Scared of that rolling pin?
25 of 43 team members (58%) posted 289,826 meters Sunday, beyond amazing for the weekend!
In alphabetical order, here they are:

Posted Meters:
Monica D - 11,033
Paul E - 11,000
Doug E - 12,760
Gary G - 10,750
Lisa H – 22,320

Dave H - 10,000
Yisroel H - 16,260
Brenda H - 5,622
Dennis H - 40,548
Kevin K – 2,000

Tyrone P - 25,430
Heather R - 16,000
Karen R - 5,356
Matthew R - 7,261
Don R – 9,205

Daiva S - 5,000
Mark S - 2,174
Pam S - 6,148
Jeff S - 13,000
John S – 29,553

David W - 500
Yolanda W - 5,000
Joel W - 6,249
Joseph W - 11,071
Glenn Y - 5,586

Dennis and John, in the Battle of the Titans, both reached 450K! Lisa hit 150K, and a number of people are on the cusp of milestones...

[markman]

Pam S – 6,108 Beating your poor hubby again?
Mark S – 6,107 Couldn't squeeze out 2 more meters?
Gary G – 5,027 Packing in those meters...
Daiva S – 5,000 The steady march to 500K continues apace...[/size]

Nope, if I would have done that I'd have been in big trouble. After 20 years of marriage I know when to pick my battles

In other families, they're fighting over the remote, or what show to watch. In our strange & wonderful households, they're fighting over the erg handle...

Here are the couple standings for the VTC:
Dennis & Brenda Horvath – 471,126m
Douglas & Monica Duvall – 441,507m
David & Yolanda Welch – 378,847m

Next year, they'll get some stiff competition from Mark & Pam Sinderson (160,630m) who are still building up on their spankin' new erg, and from Britt & Karen Ringel (37,993m) who had to move this January, and are doing what they can...

We have had a few "scheduling conflicts" this month, mostly caused by me not using the erg when I said I would. When there is a conflict Pam gets the erg 1st. I just get on my bike trainer and get a good spin in while she rows.

[Chili]

It took longer than I had hoped after losing 5 months this summer to injury and then lack of motivation but yesterdays 12,760 helped me cross the line for my first million meters on the erg, now onward to the next million.

[Izzzmeister]

All previously doughy hands on board, now sinewy & powerful!
Our lead over #12 Team Canada is now over 700K, and we should reach 30MM this week...
19 of our pills-burying 53 members (36%) have logged a 236,588 total meters, causing members of other teams to lose their cookies!
Milestones achieved: Yisroel hit 1.9M, Gary reached 1.2M, while Paul ran through 250K! LATE BREAKING NEWS... DOUG E: ONE MILLION METERS LIFETIME!!!
Still In the Oven: John pulling for 4.9M (-29,964m), Joseph giving 1.6M (-21,195m) the old college try, Matthew ambulating towards 1.3M (-13,533m), Jamie B can smell 800K (-10,558), Joel not kidding about 500K (-20,129m), Doug out to hit 400K (-9,078m), I’d bet some dough Glenn will soon reach 350K (-11,087m), Mark creating a draft as he speeds towards 250K (-16,851m), and Brenda is in the saddle when it comes to reaching 100K (-4,149)! (John’s 5 Million Meter Countdown officially starts tomorrow…)

Posted Meters:
Dennis H - 40,548 Not satisfied with second place…
John S - 29,553 Back from the weekend…
Tyrone P - 25,430 3 days of 20K+!
Lisa H - 22,320 Longest effort yet!
Yisroel H - 16,260 New 500m PB: 1:34.7! (& 2 x 6K at near-PB pace…)

Jeff S - 13,000 The next logical step…
Doug E - 12,760 Another 54m longer…
Joseph W - 11,071 Continuing a great month!
Paul E - 11,000 Nice!
Gary G - 10,750 The 2 5Ks that got lost yesterday?

Matthew R - 7,261 Will be able to PULL the ambulance soon!
Joel W - 6,249 Got back on after a big day…
Pam S - 6,148 Keep reminding him it belongs to both of you!
Brenda H - 5,622 Four days running!
Glenn Y - 5,586 Dang, Bro!

Karen R - 5,356 …You move me! (Sorry for mentioning the M-Word!)
Daiva S - 5,000 Just 5 more 5s to go…
Mark S - 2,174 Pete would’ve wanted it that way…
David W - 500 For speed – or for consistency?

[Izzzmeister]

Jack LaLanne, Health Pioneer, died yesterday at 96. Here are some excerpts from an interview from 5 and 9 years ago:

Interview by Dennis Hughes, Share Guide Publisher

Jack LaLanne touted the value of exercise and nutrition long before it became fashionable. He was 30 years ahead of his time. His television programs brought these ideas to millions of people and helped change the way we all view health and fitness. Now age 91, he is living testimony to the value of regular exercise and a healthy lifestyle. His clear message is that before 50 or after 50, it's never too late to get in shape!...

...Jack LaLanne: That is sad. Everything you do in life, I don't care, good or bad--don't blame God, don't blame the devil, don't blame me, blame you. You control everything! The thoughts you think, the words you utter, the foods you eat, the exercise you do. Everything is controlled by you.
Share Guide: I agree. I see aging as not just about becoming feeble; I think it's about remaining hale and hardy in your senior years. What does aging well mean to you?
Jack LaLanne: It means being able to do the things that you want to do. So many people say, "I'd like to do this, I'd like to do that." The mind should control the body. When you move your fingers, when you move your toes, that's done by the mind. Remember this: your body is your slave; it works for you. If you had people working for you, employees, and it was very important what condition they were in, boy, you'd make sure you fed them right, you exercised them, gave them everything they needed so they could do things for you, right?
Share Guide: Right.
Jack LaLanne: That's what your body is. The more things you do to help your health, the more you'll be able to do. That is why a lot of people are sick and tired. They get arthritis and rheumatism and all these diseases. Then they decide to go on vacation and think that is going to help. Well, they take their problems with them! They can't leave them at home can they?
Share Guide: You can't leave your body behind at home.
Jack LaLanne: That's what I am saying. You have to take care of your 640 muscles, and the number one thing is exercise. You can eat perfectly but if you don't exercise, you cannot get by. There are so many health food nuts out there that eat nothing but natural foods but they don't exercise and they look terrible. Then there are other people who exercise like a son-of-a-gun but eat a lot of junk. They look pretty good because the exercise is king. Nutrition is queen. Put them together and you've got a kingdom!
Share Guide: So according to you, exercise is most important?
Jack LaLanne: Exercise IS number one! Think about it: the human body, how do you hurt it?
Share Guide: By not using it.
Jack LaLanne: Right! 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... exercise is the catalyst. That's what makes everything happen: your digestion, your elimination, your sex life, your skin, hair, everything about you depends on circulation. And how do you increase circulation? 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.
Share Guide: In your most recent book, Revitalize Your Life, you talk about reversing the aging process.
Jack LaLanne: Absolutely. For example, take a guy that's 60 years old and hasn't exercised. Say you exercise him for 6 to 8 weeks--you can double his strength and double his endurance. Test after test has been done all over the world to prove this. They have even taken people in their 90's and put them on a weight training program and doubled their strength and endurance. Just think what the younger people at 50, 60, 70 and 80 can do if they can do that with 90 year olds.
Share Guide: So you're saying that even though we all are aging every day, exercise can counteract that?
Jack LaLanne: Absolutely. You can ward it off; you can prolong your life. I've outlived the age of maturity. I have showed my system works.
Share Guide: Many people who go to the gym only go three days a week rather than six or seven. What do you think about this?
Jack LaLanne: Three days is enough if it's vigorous...
Twelve to seventeen minutes is plenty on the treadmill--if it's done fast. That's all you need for cardiovascular benefit. You don't need to spend that extra time unless you are over weight and you need to burn off extra calories.
Share Guide: How fast do I need to go on the treadmill?
Jack LaLanne: Do it vigorously, like somebody is chasing you. You've got to do it hard. Otherwise, if you just take it easy and do it longer, you are spending all that time when you don't need it. Use that extra time with your weights instead. Focus on your problem zones, your strength, your energy, your flexibility and all the rest. Maybe your chest is flabby or your hips or waist need toning. Also, you should change your program every thirty days. That's the key.
Share Guide: How important do you think it is to have a personal trainer?
Jack LaLanne: If it's for the average person that doesn't have any willpower, it's important. For the person that is really progressing and they read up a lot and they have a lot of energy and discipline, they don't need a trainer. It depends on the individual. I don't need a trainer--I am my own trainer... just starting up it would be good to get a trainer for a couple of months. But not everyone can afford it. I know a lot of older people can't manage that.

Share Guide: I remember reading that you feel swimming is a very comprehensive exercise.
Jack LaLanne: Yes. You should do it against the clock. Say you are going to do 30 laps in 15 minutes. Then you try to do it each day a little faster. That is putting demands on the body, and that is how you build up. You keep up your energy instead of going downhill.

Share Guide: So it's important to challenge yourself and vary the things that you do.
Jack LaLanne: That's right. Many people have arthritis and rheumatism; they get bum knees, a bum back. A lot of guys get a little pain in the toe or knee and then they won't exercise. Well gee, you have 640 muscles in your body. There may be a few exercises you can't do, but there are hundreds you can do! ...But tell me, can God go to the gym to work out for you? God helps those that help themselves. You have to do it! God or some omnipotent power or whatever you want to believe in gives you the energy, the will to do it, but you have to do it yourself. If you haven't exercised for a long time, just start out for a couple of minutes a day. Then work it up a little bit. You'd be surprised at the end of thirty days, how many things you are doing.
Share Guide: Yes it is. What about people who have disabilities and injuries, or are in a wheel chair?
Jack LaLanne: Work around it. If you can't use your legs, you can sit in a chair and you can do curls, you can do presses, you can do stretches. There are all kinds of things you can do. Or maybe you can't use your upper body but you can work your legs.
Share Guide: So you'd still be getting your circulation going.
Jack LaLanne: Absolutely! You can take them in a wheelchair and put them in a pool, so they can move their arms and legs. In a pool disabled people can do things that they can't normally do otherwise.
Share Guide: Have you modified your regimen since you were younger?
Jack LaLanne: Absolutely not. Although for many years I worked out at four in the morning and then later I started at five. Now my workout begins around 5:30 or 6:00 am. But I never think of age. The only person that talks of age is my wife. She says, "Oh look at Jack! He's going to be 88!" I think about TODAY; I don't think about tomorrow. I think about this moment and what I am going to do.
Share Guide: So you still exercise every single day even though you don't start quite as early.
Jack LaLanne: Yes, 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.
...It isn't what you do once in a while that's a problem; it's what you do all the time. Look at the average American diet: ice cream, butter, cheese, whole milk, all this fat. People don't realize how much of this stuff you get by the end of the day. High blood pressure is from all this high-fat eating. Do you know how many calories are in butter and cheese and ice cream? Would you get your dog up in the morning for a cup of coffee and a donut? Probably millions of Americans got up this morning with a cup of coffee, a cigarette and a donut. No wonder they are sick and fouled up.
...I'd rather see you drink a glass of wine than a glass of milk. So many people drink Coca-Cola and all these soft drinks with sugar. Some of these drinks have 8 or 9 teaspoons of sugar in them What's the good of living if you can't have the things that give a little enjoyment? I never drink wine unless I am eating though. I take it with my meal.
Share Guide: How do you feel about organic foods?
Jack LaLanne: It's a bunch of bull. How do you know what's really organic? Today, there's all these impurities in the water and the air. The water for the fruits and vegetables has junk in it. If you get enough vitamins and minerals out of normal food and whole grains, and you get enough proteins and exercise (that's the key) then nature builds up a tolerance to all of these things. 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.
Share Guide: How important do you think it is to get a medical check up?
Jack LaLanne: If you are over 25 or 30 years old, then get one... Jack LaLanne: Yes, that's a good idea [to get a yearly check-up]. I don't care how well you think you are eating or exercising, little things can happen.
Share Guide: Once you have done that, then you chart a course for diet and exercise.
Jack LaLanne: Absolutely. You don't have to be a nut. You don't have to be like Jack LaLanne either. The way I eat, I get my nutrition from fruits and raw vegetables every day. My wife and I eat out practically every night, and I've got every restaurant trained. The Chinese restaurants we go to have brown rice, and other restaurants make sure they have the right soups for us, with no butter or cream...

...Share Guide: How much weight should I use?
Jack LaLanne: Whatever you can handle, it's up to you. Pick something where you are going to do it to failure--in other words, where you can hardly do it. That's the key. So many people will just take five pound weights and do something 10 times. What are they getting out of it? Nothing! Say you are going to build up your bank account. If you put in a penny a day, it's going take a long while. It's the same with exercise--the more you put into it the more you take out.
Share Guide: So even with a weak area, you should work it to exhaustion?
Jack LaLanne: Absolutely, but start it slowly. Do a little bit, then start increasing it...

...One thing that you have to remember is SCALES LIE! The biggest liars we have are the scales. I always ask in my lectures, "What did you weigh when you were 20 years old?" Someone will say, "Oh, I weighed 170 lbs." But then they played football and basketball, and were in good shape. Now they guy is 50 years old and he says, " Jack, I haven't gained a pound! I weigh 170 just like I did when I was 20!" I'll say "Really, that's wonderful! How big was your waist when you were 20?" "Oh, 30 inches" "How big is it today?" "Oh, 36." The sands of time have shifted. The guy put five or six inches on his waist. You figure about every inch is five pounds approximately. That guy has gained about 30 pounds of fat and lost 30 pounds of muscle - and the scale says he weighs the same.
Share Guide: So it's what you are made of not how much you weigh.
Jack LaLanne: Yes. What you need to do is get that tape measure out, and start measuring that gut. Then you start working out and you start eating properly till that gut gets down close to it was when you were in your 20's. Then you'll find out what your weight should be.
Share Guide: Sounds like a lot of sit-ups to me!
Jack LaLanne: It's not sit-ups, it's everything! In fact, if you've got a big gut and you start doing sit-ups, you are going to get bigger because you build up the muscle. You've got to get rid of that fat! How do you get rid of fat? By changing your diet. You can't get rid of it with exercise alone. You can do the most vigorous exercise and only burn up 300 calories in an hour. If you've got fat on your body, the exercise firms and tones the muscles. But when you use that tape measure, what makes it bigger? It's the fat! A two or three inch layer of fat. The only way you get that fat off is to eat less and exercise more...
Share Guide: Is that is what you mean by saying "your waistline is your lifeline?"
Jack LaLanne: Yes. Getting out of shape is like a thief in the night that sneaks up on you. I always tell people that it is never too late. I tell them about the folks in their 90's that doubled their strength and endurance...
Share Guide: Dr. Dean Ornish has written that social interaction is important as well as good exercise and diet--especially later in life. What do you think about social interaction and spirituality?
Jack LaLanne: You have to be pretty stupid to think there isn't a Supreme Being to put all this together. Do you think that man could ever make a heart that is indestructible? Do you think that man could make a calculator like your brain? Do you think that man could ever make a machine that the only way you could hurt it is don't use it? Could man make a machine that in every 90 days practically every cell changes? Think about this. Look at all the creatures, the snakes, the worms and the birds, and the entire universe and everything that goes on. Don't you think there is a universal power, that there is some Supreme Being that put this all together? You don't have to call it God or Jesus. That's religious humbug to a lot of people, but you've gotta believe that nature and spiritual things surround us. That is what put us here! I thank the universe for that every day of my life. We don't know all the answers. If we knew all the answers we'd be bored, wouldn't we? We keep looking, searching, trying to get more knowledge. I'm just trying to help people with my lectures. I say, "You are out on the sea and drowning yourselves. Here is a life preserver. Grab it. I can save your life. Help yourself!"
Share Guide: Do you see yourself living to be over 100?
Jack LaLanne: I don't care how old I live; I just want to be LIVING while I am living! I have friends of mine that are in their 80's and now they are in wheelchairs or they're getting Alzheimer's. Who wants that? It's terrible. I want to be able to do things; I want to look good; I don't want to be a drudge on my wife and my kids. And I want to get my message out to the people. I might live forever - or it may just seem like that. I tell people I can't afford to die; it will wreck my image! I am proud to say I was just voted in to the Hollywood Walk of Fame. This year I get my star...

Part II (Four years later…)
...you are now 91. You are a great inspiration to those of us who hope to age well.
Jack LaLanne: You have to work at living, period. You’ve got to train like you are training for an athletic event. Most older people just give up. They think, “I’m too old for that,” because they have an ache here or a pain there. Life is a pain in the butt; you’ve got to work at it.
Share Guide: Are you still exercising daily yourself?
Jack LaLanne: Yes, two hours every day.
Share Guide: And you eat only natural foods?
Jack LaLanne: If man makes it, I don’t eat it! You need to make good health a hobby. Would you get your dog up in the morning and give him a cup of coffee, a cigarette, and a doughnut? Well, how about human beings? They get up in the morning with a cup of coffee and a doughnut and they wonder why they are sick and tired and fat. Just ten seconds on the lips and a lifetime on the hips!
Share Guide: In our last interview, you stated that nutrition is Queen and exercise is King. Do you still feel this way?
Jack LaLanne: More than ever. You can exercise vigorously and eat junk and get by. But you can’t eat perfectly and not exercise. Look at many athletes today; they are human garbage cans. They eat anything, but they exercise so hard they burn it up. But why not exercise and put the right fuel in too?
Share Guide: Have you modified your exercise program since you were younger?

Jck LaLanne: Nope, zero. It’s harder now; I can’t do things that I did when I was 20, but I do the best I can with the equipment I have. I work out two hours every day and exercise until muscle failure. And I change my program every 30 days as always.
...Jack LaLanne: Nope. I take everything from A to Z. What’s the difference if you’re five years old or if you are a 100 years old? You’re body is like an automobile; it needs certain fuel. You’re a human machine which needs certain vitamins and minerals and enzymes. People say there should be certain things for older people, but that’s a bunch of bull.
...Share Guide: You wrote in your book Revitalize Your Life that posture reveals as much about you as your face. Can you explain this?
Jack LaLanne: Posture has to do with how you feel. If you are feeling lousy, you tend to slump. You’ve got to have pride. Keep your waist in, your chest up, and look straight ahead. Be happy you are alive! Get up in the morning and say, “Thank God I’m here again.”
Share Guide: So part of posture comes from mental attitude?
Jack LaLanne: Right, it comes from how you feel. There are two things that people have in their lives that will never fail: pride and discipline. That’s what we’ve got to teach kids in school...

Share Guide: What do you think about the current low-carb craze?
Jack LaLanne: It’s a bunch of bull! If God, or nature, or whatever you want to call it didn’t want you to mix carbohydrates, starches and fats, you’d never have a grain, you’d never have a vegetable or a fruit, would you? What’s in a grain? It’s got carbohydrates, starches, fats, sugar. It’s got everything in it. Why does nature do that? One guy says don’t mix carbohydrates, and the other guy says don’t mix protein with it; it’s all a bunch of lard, something to sell a book. And the poor public is so confused, they don’t know what to do. That’s why I give my lectures.
Share Guide: Some people say that if you walk regularly for 30 minutes every day, that’s a good enough amount of exercise. What do you think?
Jack LaLanne: Walking is good, but that’s just one part of it. You’ve got 660 muscles in your body, so you’ve got to do a certain amount of strength exercise. The doctors say that if you are 80, 90 years old, you need to build muscle. How do you build muscle? Not by walking. You’ve got to work with the weights, and you’ve got to do bigger exercise, like swimming vigorously. Also, you’ve got to change your program every 30 days, and do something different.
...Doctors say that one or two glasses of wine a day is okay. But they don’t tell you drink a gallon! Look at the French people, one of the longest lived people on this earth. They have wine for lunch and for dinner, but they don’t get drunk. You know, if you can’t have something that gives you a little pleasure in life, then what the heck is the good of living?
Share Guide: But you don’t recommend beer?
Jack LaLanne: The trouble with beer is that people don’t drink it moderately. They’ll have five or six bottles of beer, and then you’ve got 500 or 600 extra calories. If you have one or two, that is fine, but most people don’t stop at that.
Share Guide: No human growth hormone or any other stuff like that?
Jack LaLanne: No! Do you know how many people are in trouble with taking all these hormones? Look at some of the athletes, taking all those steroids. It’s terrible.
Share Guide: You never did that in your body building days, did you?
Jack LaLanne: No, never. When I was entering Mr. America and other contests, all that junk was just becoming available. I wouldn’t do that—no way...

Share Guide: What is the maximum that the human body is designed to live?
Jack LaLanne: At least 120, maybe up to 150. Every 10 or so years, the average life expectancy goes up 2–3 years. It’s up to around 76 now. In the past it was only 50 or even 40. Look at how many people are living to be 100 now; that’s nothing. You know, I can’t afford to die—it would be bad for my image!
Share Guide: Anything else you want to say to our readers?
Jack LaLanne: Anything in life is possible, if you make it happen. Help the most important person on this earth: YOU.

[Izzzmeister]

Believe it or not, that was condensed. The full interview is here:
http://www.shareguide.com/LaLanne.html
Part II is here:
http://www.shareguide.com/LaLanne2.html

[garygOP]

Jack Lalanne was quite a man- pulling a chain of rowboats from Alcatraz to SF aint easy, or so I am told.
I have not yet tried that- and furthermore, I don't intend to......
I remember Jack from the days of black and white TV.

On a related subject, I may have what feels like a minor muscle pull or a lower back strain- will test it out tomorrow morning- slowly and gingerly, with a nice warm-up first.
That is why I cut my most recent workout short and then took Monday off.

The first objective in exercise is to avoid injury.

And I have a new battery in my heart monitor, so I am eager to get my heart pumping fast and measure my beat against my pace.
I had a trip to Columbus scheduled for Wednesday and that trip has been cancelled- I was going to have to skip that day- now I can row on Wednesday, so i can get my workouts in, provided I am pain-free while rowing.
Otherwise, I will stay on dry land.

[goyo]

Great interview. I like what Jack said about working out: "Do it vigorously, like somebody is chasing you!"



Gary, take it slowly starting out tomorrow. Don't act like someone is chasing you.