ABSTRACT
Also known as Francois Henri LaLanne, the “Godfather of fitness.” His career in the field spans more than seventy years. At the time of writing ninety-two, LaLanne claims to have begun exercising and eating a healthy diet at the age of fifteen, at which time he considered himself to be a weak, sugarholic junk-food junkie. Suffering from bulimia and headaches, LaLanne decided to get healthy after his father’s early death, which was caused in part by poor nutrition (Gentle 2000). LaLanne claims that he was inspired by Paul Bragg, a pioneer nutritionist, who promised him that if he exercised and ate a proper diet, he could regain his health. Highly impressed by Bragg’s advice and theories, he cut out sweets and began to exercise. This strict regime helped make him, as he claims, into one of the world’s healthiest and finest built men. His muscular development at 5 foot 7 inches, 175 pounds was symmetrical, making him look good from any angle, with especially welldeveloped abdominals. After seven years of vegetarianism, he slowly reintroduced meat protein to his diet but continued to stay low on carbohydrates, making sure his meals contained all the required vitamins and minerals, through plenty of fruits and vegetables (Gentle 2000).
