"I was the worst, most sickly kid of all – 30 pounds underweight. The girls used to beat me up. Actually I was a mean kid, early on because I had no self-esteem."

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

“God gives us the power to act for ourselves, but let me tell you something. At five in the morning I have never heard this . Hello Jack, this is Jesus. I will work out today.”

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