Elaine LaLanne (née Doyle, born March 19, 1926), also known as Lala LaLanne, is American fitness and nutrition guru and author. She is nicknamed the First Lady of Fitness.[1][2]
Life and career
Elaine Doyle was born in
Minneapolis, Minnesota on March 19, 1926.[3][4] She was married to fellow fitness guru
Jack LaLanne until his death in 2011.[2] Elaine has stated that prior to meeting Jack at the age of 27, she "never exercised" and had lived on a diet of "chocolate doughnuts, candy, soda, frankfurters and ice cream for years".[5] She was inducted into the
National Fitness Hall of Fame in 2017.[6] As of October 2023, aged 97, LaLanne was still exercising every day in her home gym.[4]
Bibliography
Fitness After Fifty (1986, revised version 1989)
Dynastride! Elaine LaLanne's Complete Walking Program for Fitness After 50 (1988)
Eating Right for a New You: Peak Nutrition for Fitness After Fifty (1992)
Total Juicing: Over 125 Healthful and Delicious Ways to Use Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Juices and Pulp (1992)
If You Want to Live, Move!: Putting the Boom Back Into Boomers (2019)
Pride & Discipline: The Legacy of Jack LaLanne (2022)