Jack LaLanne Leads Others to Fitness
Jack the Giant: Few have made an impact on fitness clubs and the fitness world quite like 95-year-old Jack LaLanne, this year's Lifetime Achievement Award winner.
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LaLanne’s Notable Feats
Over the years, Jack LaLanne has performed a number of extraordinary feats, including:
1954, Age 40: Swam the length of the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge under water with 140 pounds of equipment, including two air tanks
1955, Age 41: Swam handcuffed from Alcatraz Island to Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco
1957, Age 43: Swam the Golden Gate Channel towing a 2,500-pound cabin cruiser
1959, Age 45: Completed 1,000 push-ups and 1,000 chin-ups in 1 hour, 22 minutes
1974, Age 60: Swam handcuffed and shackled from Alcatraz Island to Fisherman’s Wharf towing a 1,000-pound boat
1975, Age 61: Swam the length of the Golden Gate Bridge handcuffed and shackled towing a 1,000-pound boat
1976, Age 62: Commemorating the Spirit of ’76, swam one mile in Long Beach Harbor (CA) handcuffed and shackled while towing 13 boats containing 76 people
1979, Age 65: Towed 65 boats filled with 6,500 pounds while handcuffed and shackled in Ashinoko Lake, near Tokyo, Japan
1980, Age 66: Towed 10 boats filled with 77 people for more than one mile in North Miami, FL
1984, Age 70: Towed 70 boats with 70 people while handcuffed and shackled 1 ½ miles from the Queen’s Way Bridge in Long Beach Harbor to the Queen Mary
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