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They Thought That Athletes That Worked Out With My System Wouldn't Be Able To Throw A Ball Because They'd Be Too Muscle Bound. Those Are The Misconceptions I Had To Go Through For About 40 Years.

On One Of My Birthdays I Did 1,000 Chin-ups And 1,000 Push-ups. For My 70th Birthday I Towed 70 Boats With 70 People In It, My Feet And Hands Tied-my Hands Were In Handcuffs, My Feet Were Tied Together-and I Towed These Boats A Mile-and-a-half In Long Beach Harbor. For My 93rd Birthday I'm Going To Tow My Wife Across The Bathtub.

People Thought I Was A Charlatan And A Nut. The Doctors Were Against Me -- They Said That Working Out With Weights Would Give People Heart Attacks And They Would Lose Their Sex Drive.

You Only Live Once, Why Be Miserable? Fat People Are Miserable -- You Are Carrying 50 Lbs On Your Shoulders All Day, You Get A Disease Called "pooped-out Itis". Don't Tell Me That They Are Happy With The Way They Look And Feel. I Have To Be Honest, That Is All I Have.

When I First Started Out, I Was Considered A Crackpot. The Doctors Used To Say, "don't Go To That Jack Lalanne, You'll Get Hemorrhoids, You Won't Get An Erection, You Women Will Look Like Men, You Athletes Will Get Muscle-bound -- This Is What I Had To Go Through.