tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201222618566180765.post1102139221037467084..comments2024-03-08T02:28:22.720-08:00Comments on Dojo Rat: Jack Lalanne and "The Nature Boys"Dojo Rathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12057645566330892415noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201222618566180765.post-47033220053611175572011-01-26T08:39:17.681-08:002011-01-26T08:39:17.681-08:00Well, I see your point Sean.
But to make it into T...Well, I see your point Sean.<br />But to make it into TV in the 60's, you had to be pretty acceptable to middle America.<br />Now, "The Nature Boys" on the other hand, definately NOT mainstream. But That ushered in naturopathic medicine, meditation and the like.<br />You are right about all the Myths, especially regarding exercise and womens pregnancy, etc...Dojo Rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12057645566330892415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201222618566180765.post-41994242736032514332011-01-26T04:36:07.568-08:002011-01-26T04:36:07.568-08:00I wouldn't say LaLanne was mainstream, at leas...I wouldn't say LaLanne was mainstream, at least not in the early days.<br /><br />Remember when he was starting out, smoking was considered a healthy activity and non-smokers were the "kooks". <br /><br />In his early days, LaLanne had to compete with so many old wives' tales, such as: exercise would make people musclebound; your muscles would get too big and you wouldn't be able to move; exercise will kill your sex drive; exercise would make you stupid; too much exercise will make it hard for women to give birth; muscle will turn to fat if you don't keep exercising; weightlifters are all homosexuals; exercise and sports turns women into lesbians.<br /><br />There were many more. Most of those examples I've heard from Jack LaLanne himself in several interviews.<br /><br />To me, Jack LaLanne is a hero not because he was mainstream, but because he made physical fitness mainstream.Sean C. Ledighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02047613071520466178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201222618566180765.post-18760516661459366802011-01-25T20:38:09.278-08:002011-01-25T20:38:09.278-08:00Ahhh...
Yes, go to the link (highlited) for the fu...Ahhh...<br />Yes, go to the link (highlited) for the full story...Dojo Rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12057645566330892415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201222618566180765.post-85625207677658398872011-01-25T11:54:48.177-08:002011-01-25T11:54:48.177-08:00So eden ahbez named that song after these guys?So eden ahbez named that song after these guys?stazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04316328263113071172noreply@blogger.com