Do any of you remember Jack LaLane? He’s gotta be about 112 years old by now, but he’s still kicking butt and taking names.

I remember when I was a little kid seeing my mom watch him on tv and do workouts to lose weight. Holy crap, I think I remember him pulling a tractor with his teeth, he was and still is awesome. He was the picture of mod hipster in his stereotypical 60’s fitness jumpsuit. I’m in awe of his fitness level at his age.

He’s a tribute to what hard work, great attitude and dedication can accomplish. At this time it’s hard not to compare him to Michael Jackson and his mask, oxygen chamber and claims that he’s live to be 150 years old. Please son’t misunderstand, I’m not putting Michael down……his life and his struggles are human tragedies.

My point is just this …..taking a passive interest as opposed to an active interest in our own personal health doesn’t always yield the results we’d like. The old school, tried and true methods of days gone by sometimes outperform the latest, greatest miracle breakthroughs that are on the cutting edge.

Thank God for jack LaLane and men and women that put thesmselves out there in order to benefit all the rest of us.

Don’t mis-understand, I think technology is a blast. Science is always a blast with the dreams it enables us to have. I just don’t want to be guilty of tossing aside something that’s been proven to work for almost a century just because it’s not “hip” at the moment.

If you’re overweight, obese or even borderline obese and are wanting to burn fat and lose inches while you build muscle, nothing beats old school principles.

As always, there are no short cuts, it takes dedication and hard work. You have to embrace the right kind of fitness training exercises, but most importantly, you need a little Jack LaLane attitude in you.

I’ve worked out before with little or no results and it wasn’t until I changed my workout attitude that my fitness level started turning around.

I give credit to P90X training DVD’s for reducing my body fat, but in all fairness I have to give some props to Jack LaLane and my early childhood memories of him amazing all of us with his feats of strength.

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