"The crusade is never off my mind — the exercise I do, the food I eat, the thought I think — all this and how I can help make my profession better-respected. To me, this one thing — physical culture and nutrition — is the salvation of America."

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“At 21 years of age Jack developed the first models of exercise equipment, and these are standards in gyms today.”

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