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Rejuvenaging with Dr. Ron Kaiser

Ageless Inspiration with Elaine LaLanne: 99 Years of Wisdom, Wellness, and Legacy

Rejuvenaging with Dr. Ron Kaiser

Dr. Ron Kaiser

Rejuvenate, Age, Aging, Fitness & Nutrition, Mental, Self-help, Gym, Doctor, Health, Fitness, Emotional Health

5.0 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

In this extraordinary episode of REJUVENAGING with Dr. Ron Kaiser, Dr. Ron welcomes a truly inspiring guest—Elaine LaLanne, fitness icon and wife of the legendary Jack LaLanne—just days before her 99th birthday. Elaine shares her remarkable journey from Minneapolis to becoming a health and wellness trailblazer alongside Jack, offering personal insights on how she transformed her life through fitness, healthy eating, and positive thinking. Her philosophy mirrors Dr. Ron’s own belief in the mind-body connection and the importance of enthusiasm for aging well.

Elaine recounts her early days in TV and radio, meeting Jack LaLanne, and how his passion for health changed her life forever. She talks about Jack’s revolutionary role in popularizing fitness, developing exercise equipment, and creating nutrition products long before they became mainstream. Together, they not only built a movement but a lifelong partnership grounded in discipline, positivity, and vision. Elaine also shares wisdom from her recent book Pride & Discipline, and discusses her upcoming projects including a documentary and film about Jack’s life produced by Mark Wahlberg.

Listeners will be captivated by Elaine’s energy, wit, and timeless advice. She introduces her "ARCH" philosophy—Attitude, Resistance, Consistency, and Harmony—as a framework for living a vibrant life at any age. With humor, grace, and clarity, Elaine LaLanne proves that it’s never too late to embrace wellness and purpose. This is a can’t-miss episode that celebrates resilience, aging with joy, and the enduring legacy of two fitness pioneers.


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0:00.0

I've read about you and the mind and how you're helping people with positive thinking.

0:07.0

And that's what Jack and I believed that everything starts between your ears, the mind.

0:15.0

What wiggles your finger?

0:17.0

You have to think about wiggling your fingers.

0:20.0

And you have to, everything everything starts if you make up your mind

0:25.2

if you want to put your shoe on the morning what do you do you make up your mind to put your shoe on

0:29.7

so this is so important the work that you are doing and then people to exercise, encouraging people to think clearly.

0:45.8

Welcome to Rejuvenaging with Dr. Ron Kaiser. This is a podcast designed to help you lead your

0:52.1

life enthusiastically, today, tomorrow, and every other day.

0:57.0

I am your host, Ron Kaiser, positive health psychologist, also keynote and TEDx speaker and author of

1:05.0

rejuvenaging the art and science of growing older with enthusiasm.

1:10.0

I'm also Chief Immersion Officer at Better Age, the company that is helping improve the health

1:16.6

and wellness of older adults throughout the world.

1:20.6

And as listeners to the podcast know, my goal is to always bring you guests who lead their own lives with enthusiasm and have

1:30.4

different ways of helping us to become better versions of ourselves. And we really have an unusual guest

1:41.0

in the very best sense of the word today.

1:45.5

It's a guest who I both respect and am jealous about it.

1:50.5

I think I do pretty well for an old guy.

1:53.9

And our guest today, Elaine Lelaine is two days from the day we record is going to be celebrating her 99th birthday.

2:05.6

Now the name Elaine may ring a bell with you if you grew up in my time and even later.

2:11.6

Jack La Lane was really the person who popularized fitness

2:19.5

and helped people to really make fitness a part of their lives.

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