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Jack LaLanne’s Hand Stand

Posted on Tuesday, April 13th, 2021 by John Wood

Jack Lalanne was always a big proponent of hand balancing. Here’s Jack holding a perfect hand stand while Happy, the white German Shepherd, looks on (and does a balance of his own!)

Jimmie Payne

Posted on Friday, April 20th, 2018 by John Wood

Jimmie Payne was one of Jack LaLanne’s good friends and training partners at the original Muscle Beach scene in Santa Monica, California. Payne’s background in hand balancing served him well, first as a lifting champion, then as a physique title holder (He competed in the Pro Mr. America four times) and finally as a stage athlete. He and his lovely partner Cindy Layne performed across the country as “Payne and Layne.”

He was no slouch in ‘normal’ lifts either, accomplishing a straight-arm pullover with 160 pounds, deadlifting 500 pounds for 8 reps and a standing press with a pair of 115-pound dumbbells.

Body Moderne – January, 1947

Posted on Sunday, December 10th, 2017 by John Wood

At look at the cover of the January, 1947 issue of Body Moderne Magazine featuring Jack LaLanne while Bernice Buchanan looks on. Body Moderne was a pretty unique magazine put out by excellent bodybuilder and muscle control star Walt Baptiste and his wife Magana. Body Moderne only ran for eight issues but was ahead of its time and quite different than the usual muscle mag fare of the day.

Jack LaLanne

Posted on Tuesday, September 20th, 2016 by John Wood

Jack LaLanne once did 1033 pushups in one hour, swam from Alcatraz Island to Fisherman’s Wharf while handcuffed and towing a fleet of boats, and starred in the longest running fitness show in the history of television. Here’s Jack as a young man working on his one-arm chins.

Jack LaLanne: January 1942 Strength and Health Coverman

Posted on Friday, October 7th, 2011 by John Wood

Strength and Health 1942, Jack LaLanne

Before he was selling juicers, breaking records for pushups, and urging the world to do calisthenics on their living room rugs, Jack LaLanne was featured on the cover of Strength and Health Magazine several times — four, to be exact. This is his earliest cover, January, 1942, and Jack is looking pretty impressive.