Jack LaLanne
Jack LaLanne, actually François Henri LaLanne ( born September 26 1914 in San Francisco, † January 23, 2011 in Morro Bay) was an American founder of the U.S. fitness movement. They called him also the Godfather of Fitness, as he had spent most of his life trying to inspire his fellow men for a healthy life.
Known through books, seminars and TV spots, his name became synonymous with the strong, healthy body.
LaLanne was born in 1914 in San Francisco, the son of French immigrants. As a child, constantly ailing, changed a vegetarian, sugar-free diet and fitness training his life completely. Years before they became fashionable, founded LaLanne 1936 in the U.S., the first modern gym - The Jack LaLanne Physical Culture Studio - in Oakland, California, from which an empire with more than 80 branches arose. Jack LaLanne developed the first fitness equipment, such as the leg extension or various cable tractors, which are still found in many gyms. For women, it is the first time the unimaginable weight training at.
With simple exercises, he was enthusiastic from the 1950s to 1970s on television shows millions of Americans for regular fitness training.
In Germany he was known primarily for the advertised in the 1990s in an infomercial Juice Tiger, and later by the named after him, also advertised on TV Jack LaLanne 's Power Juicer.
LaLanne was married twice, had two sons and a daughter.
He died on 23 January 2011 at the age of 96 at his home in Morro Bay in California from the effects of pneumonia. Until his death, LaLanne fed healthy and trained every day.