As the Original Fitness Nut Jack LaLanne Approaches 96, He Says He’s Still ‘A Nut’.

How awesome is Jack LaLanne? 96 years old, still fit, still exercising….

(Sept. 23) — When you’re turning 96 and still as fit as a fiddle, people are invariably going to ask your secret.

Ask fitness pioneer Jack LaLanne his secret for a long life, and you’ll get a variety of answers.

One day, he might say, “I can’t die. It’s bad for business.” On another, he’ll say, “I can’t afford to die. It’s too expensive.”

Maybe it’s fruitless to ask health secrets from a man who celebrated his 70th birthday by swimming 1.5 miles while towing 70 boats with 70 people from the Queensway Bay Bridge in the Long Beach Harbor to the Queen Mary — handcuffed and shackled — because to LaLanne, there is no secret: He’s been exercising and eating right since he was 15.

Jack LaLanne Says He’s Still A ‘Nut’ At 96

Deborah Denker

As he approaches his 96th birthday, Jack LaLanne still exercises every day. However, he no longer celebrates his birthday by towing boats with his teeth or doing 1,000 chin-ups.

Now, 81 years later, LaLanne is still exercising every day, and so is Elaine, his 85-year-old wife.