Nicknamed the Godfather of fitness, Jack LaLanne is one of the most influential fitness experts of the last century. It all started in 1930 after listening to a speech by nutritionist Paul Bragg. He went from being a sugar fiend of a teenager to eliminating all foods containing white flour and sugar from his diet. Decades ahead of his time he opened a health food bakery at the age of 18 and his own gym at 21.

While initially thought of as an eccentric for advocating weight training he stifled critics with his amazing feats of fitness. At age 42 he set a world record of 1,033 push-ups in 23 minutes on the television show You Asked For It. At age 60 he swam for the second time from Alcatraz Island to Fisherman’s Wharf while handcuffed and he upped the ante by towing a 1,000-pound boat across the distance. He is still going strong at age 95 and advocating the same fitness knowledge that he presented on his television show from the early fifties. Jack LaLanne is a living fitness legend. Don’t miss his incredible bodyweight mastery and priceless fitness wisdom in the videos below.