Coaches criticized him, saying that athletes who lifted weights who lifted weights would become so muscle-bound, they would be unable to raise their arms. Newspapers called him a charlatan and a crackpot. Even physicians attacked him, claiming that the Jack LaLanne regimen caused everything from impotence to hemorrhoids. Still, Jack knew he was right. He was living proof of the power of a healthy lifestyle, and he wasn't going to quit.
Truth is truth.
Jack decided that if people wouldn't come to him, he would go to them. He put on a tight T-shirt to accentuate his chiseled physique and went to high schools at lunchtime. He endured the insults of the students. They called him muscle-bound and challenged him to comb his hair or touch his toes. Knowing he was a vegetarian, they offered him hamburgers.