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I remember when I was about 4 or 5 I would get out my little chair and do the workouts with my mom when she put on his show in the mornings. Remember his dog? I looked forward to the workouts with my mom those early mornings and can now really appreciate having an exercise mentality ingrained in me as such a young age.
Also, who's to say that his healthy lifestyle didn't prolong his life considering his genes and pre-disposition for who knows what? AND, this man did it all without the use of enhancement drugs like Arnold, Stallone and VanDamme, etc.
I don't believe that this great man had any illusions about living forever. His fitness lifestyle was more about quality of life rather than length of life. Most of us would consider ourselves to be physical marvels if we are able to do in our 70s, what Jack LaLanne was able to do in his 90s.
I do Norwegian genealogical research. Even as far back as the 1820s I have found ancestors that lived to their 100s.
I had 2 great aunts and a great uncle who ate butter and bacon and other fatty meat their whole lives and didn't exercize other than regular housework and garden work. One aunt died at 100, one aunt and uncle died at 101, and they were all sharp as a tack mentally until their deaths. (My grandfather, their brother, died very young of cancer which we attribute to agricultural chemicals he used.)
How long and how well you live is probably more influenced by genetics and environment than on a "fitness" routine.
I do Norwegian genealogical research. Even as far back as the 1820s I have found ancestors that lived to their 100s.
I had 2 great aunts and a great uncle who ate butter and bacon and other fatty meat their whole lives and didn't exercize other than regular housework and garden work. One aunt died at 100, one aunt and uncle died at 101, and they were all sharp as a tack mentally until their deaths. (My grandfather, their brother, died very young of cancer which we attribute to agricultural chemicals he used.)
How long and how well you live is probably more influenced by genetics and environment than on a "fitness" routine.
I would say stress can be a factor to longevity as well. Regardless, it seems like you're trying to knock the guy for living healthy lifestyle. He caught pneumonia and at that age, you're probably more vulnerable to it more than ever regardless of how healthy you are. Also, 96 is STILL DAMN GOOD, you and TK act as if he died at 50. If he never caught it, I am positive the guy would have lived a heck of a lot longer. Also, I am more than happy to hear of your relatives living a very long and good life.
I got to meet him when he came to my high school my senior year. The man was amazing in all ways. Great speaker, incredibly fit. I was really, really impressed by him.
All that health and exercise...and he still died. Makes it all seem pretty pointless, doesn't it?
The disease of death is pretty well one hundred percent contagious and fatal. He lived a good long life in relatively good health unlike the majority of us.
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