Bodybuilders and Jack LaLane

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I came across this photo of Jack LaLane yesterday.  It was in a photo series called Bodybuilders Through the Ages posted by the Smithsonian.com.

If you look closely at the photo you’ll notice that Mr. LaLane is wearing a handcuff on his right wrist.  Oh,  and that island you see in the background, that’s Alcatraz.  In 1955, at the age of 41 and while handcuffed, Jack LaLane swam from Alcatraz island to Fisherman’s Wharf.  Mr. LaLane did it again when he was 60!  While most folks would think that swimming from Alcatraz Island to Fisherman’s Wharf was a crazy stunt [at any age], to Jack LaLane it was just another way to celebrate a birthday.