Fitness guru Jack LaLanne received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his 88th birthday.
LaLanne, who hosted his self-titled exercise show for 34 years, accepted the honor Thursday in front of the Roosevelt Hotel on Hollywood Boulevard, across from Mann's Chinese Theater.
"I want to thank each and every one of you from the bottom of my athletic heart," LaLanne said. He did fingertip push-ups and then told the crowd he hoped to live to be 150 years old.
Throughout his career, LaLanne, whose star is No. 2,204 on the Walk of Fame, preached exercise regimens and balanced nutrition as a way to keep healthy.
He opened his first health studio in 1936 in Oakland and became a national daytime TV fixture by the '50s, advocating a red meat-free diet, calorie counting and weight training.