People thought I was a charlatan and a nut, [he remembered]. The doctors were against me - they said that working out with weights would give people heart attacks and they would lose their sex drive. (Jack LaLanne)

People thought I was a charlatan and a nut, [he remembered]. The doctors were against me - they said that working out with weights would give people heart attacks and they would lose their sex drive.

Jack LaLanne

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