Jack LaLanne maintained a high level of fitness throughout his life, exercising regularly from the 1930s, and continued his rigorous daily workouts until his death at age 96, defying the stereotype of aging as a period of misery and decline.

“we need to abolish that decrepit stereotype and create a new narrative perhaps modeled after the old school Fitness Guru Jack LaLanne who kept doing his usual rigorous daily workout right up until his death at age 96. unlike most very long-lived individuals he didn't just get there by accident or luck he built and maintained a high level of Fitness throughout his life beginning in the 1930s when very few people exercised regularly and fitness centers did not yet exist as he got older he set out very deliberately to defy The Stereotype of Aging as a period of misery and decline he did the work and he succeeded”