Fitness pioneer and juicer enthusiast Jack LaLanne died yesterday at the age of 96. A two-time member of
Slate
‘s ”
80 Over 80
” list, LaLanne began broadcasting fitness programs in 1951 and stayed on the air for decades. Last week, as part of
Slate
‘s
special fitness issue
, Emily Yoffe
tried out some of his vintage 60s workouts
.
While she found the routines “barely more strenuous than brewing a pot of tea,” Yoffe also highlights LaLanne’s “winning, evangelical confidence” in his female viewers. “He spoke directly to these women, and he wanted their lives to be better,” she writes.
LaLanne seems to have loved the ladies till the very last: In an interview last September with ESPN , he attributed his health and longevity to a lifelong devotion to “clean thoughts and dirty girls.”
Also in Slate, Emily Yoffe scissor-kicks to
Jack LaLanne’s vintage fitness videos
and writes that he was
ahead of his time not only physically
but psychologically, and the Trending News Channel
honors LaLanne’s life with a video montage
.