By Madhuri Dey

San Francisco, Sep 24 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Jack LaLanne is still fit and will be celebrating his ninety-fifth birthday. Jack LaLanne is famous as a fitness freak who has performed all throughout his life showing off different feats. Now, on his ninety fifth birthday his nephew, Chris LaLanne, also a fitness freak, will try and perform a feat that his uncle had done almost fifty years ago. Chris wants this feat to be a tribute to his uncle’s ninety fifth birthday.

Chris, who is now 34, will attempt to break his uncle’s record of thousand push-ups and 1000 pull-ups, which Jack had completed in a record time of just one hour and twenty two minutes. This feat was achieved by Jack LaLanne when he had just turned 45 in 1959.

Chris intends to showcase his performance this Saturday, September 26, at the LaLanne Fitness, Howard Street, San Francisco, at around 8:30 P.M. Cross Fit is supposed to power this feat.

Jack LaLanne is hailed as the fitness Godfather in America. San Francisco was his birth place and he still lives there and works out in his fitness center for at least two hours each day. He was born on September 26, 1914, and he still lives on fresh and fit. He had once said, “I can’t afford to die. It would ruin my image.”

Jack is famously known for all the fitness records and also the records for endurance that he has made. All through his records have never been equaled but have many a times been challenged.

Chris has invited any and everybody to come and watch the tribute and he termed it as, “the most challenging workout of my life!” People have also been invited to workout alongside Chris so that it would encourage the challenger, and see him through to a successful feat.