los angeles -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- legendary fitness pioneer jack lalanne saved millions of lives by teaching people to eat right and exercise regularly , arnold schwarzenegger said in his eulogy for lalanne on tuesday . lalanne , who died last week at the age of 96 , opened the first american health club in oakland , california , in 1936 , musclemag publisher robert kennedy said . `` this was the start of the fitness revolution we know today , '' kennedy said . lalanne , who spent decades talking about the benefits of exercise , designed the world 's first leg-extension machine , along with several other pieces of equipment now standard in the fitness industry . `` it does n't matter where you go , there is a health club and it all started with jack lalanne , '' schwarzenegger , the bodybuilder , actor and former california governor , said . other fitness celebrities , including denise austin , lou ferrigno and richard simmons , eulogized the man who inspired their careers . `` i really never cared much for him when i was a kid , because he was everything i was n't , '' simmons said . `` he was fit . he ate healthy . he had self-esteem . he had a great little body and i was n't ready to accept his message . '' but when lalanne appeared on the `` richard simmons show '' in 1980 , they became friends , he said . `` i 'm here to pay tribute to a legend , to someone who influenced me and made me a better person , '' simmons said . lalanne 's memorial service at forest lawn cemetery in hollywood hills on tuesday afternoon was filled with laughter about lalanne 's evangelical energy in promoting fitness . iraqi forensic teams have described how they wept as they began to excavate 12 graves , believed to be the final resting place of as many as 1,700 soldiers killed in cold blood by isis last summer . the teams began the gruesome task of uncovering the bodies of the young army recruits of camp speicher , slaughtered by the sunni isis militants as they surged across northern iraq for the ` crime ' of being shi'ite . the deaths showed iraqis that islamic state fighters , who have also attacked ethnic and religious minorities as well as fellow sunni muslims opposing them , were a threatening new kind of foe . scroll down for videos . distraught : a soldier prays at the site where hundreds of his fellow fighters are thought to have been buried . discovery : the graves were found last wednesday on the late saddam hussein 's presidential compound . heartbreaking : the highest estimate for the number of recruits killed in the speicher massacre is about 1,700 . `` jack is now in heaven and , of course , that 's going to be very annoying for a lot of people up there , '' schwarzenegger said . `` it 's not going to be pretty because we know what 's going to happen . '' residents of heaven have a new wake-up call at 6 a.m. and they are doing `` thousand of push ups and stretching exercises , '' schwarzenegger said . `` the people are in a state of shock because they were promised if they were good , they could rest in peace , '' he said . `` there will be no resting . '' for almost 10 months , their devastated families have been left wondering what became of their sons and brothers who had been marched through tikrit , once saddam hussein 's stronghold of support . the only clues they had were videos posted by the jihadists on social media sites , showing them being machine gunned down in their hundreds . but now it seems their final resting place may have at last been discovered , after ` dozens ' of id cards belonging to the army cadets were found at the late dictator 's presidential compound last wednesday . today , the first of the 12 mass graves on the banks of the tigris river began to give up their terrible secrets , days after islamic state 's fighters were driven from the city by iraqi forces and shi'ite paramilitaries . those who began digging up the corpses today described the scene as ` heartbreaking ' . he joked that lalanne is french for `` do some push ups , you lazy bastards . '' people doubted what lalanne was promoting in his early years , he said . they warned `` you could get heart problems , become a narcissist , turn gay , or it could reduce your sex drive , '' schwarzenegger said . `` how do they explain the fact that charlie sheen works out every day , '' he said . `` so that 's nonsense . '' lalanne swam the san francisco bay in handcuffs when he was 41 . he set a record of 1,033 push ups in 30 minutes the next year . at age 70 , he swam the long beach harbor as he towed 70 boats with 70 people in them . schwarzenegger said he first met lalanne soon after he moved to venice beach , california , as a young bodybuilder . the two worked out together and he soon `` regretted that . '' `` i got so pumped up , i could n't move anymore , '' he said . `` i said , ` this guy is a machine , he 's the real machine , ' '' he said . '' ` this guy 's a monster , he just keeps going and going and going with the exercising . ' '' khalid al-atbi , an iraqi health official working with the forensic team sent to tikrit , said : ` it was a heartbreaking scene . we could n't prevent ourselves from breaking down in tears . ` what savage barbarian could kill 1,700 persons in cold blood ? ' horror : images like this one of the soldiers being led through tikrit shocked iraq and the world . lalanne was laid to rest with a weight he was holding in his left hand when he died , said his son , dan lalanne . mourning : a soldier prays where the blood of iraqi soldiers fell at camp speicher . final resting place : initial investigations reveal these are the bodies of the young cadets , a worker has said . closure : some of the people who lost loved ones in the massacre have expressed relief at the discovery . mr al-atbi added : ` we dug up the first mass grave site today . ` until now we found at least 20 bodies . initial indications show indisputably that they were from the speicher victims . ' but despite the horrifying scenes uncovered in the compound , families - who often grow angry at iraq 's political class for failing to provide them proper answers - have expressed releif their loved ones have been found . ` the only positive thing is the victory in tikrit , ' said ali hamad , whose cousin kamal went missing at speicher . ` we are happy . at least the families will soon know the fate of their sons and cousins , ' he said . anger : families have often grow angry at iraq 's political class for failing to provide them proper answers . pictured : a solider prays at the site today . relief : ` at least the families will soon know the fate of their sons and cousins , ' said one relative .
warning : graphic content . graves were identified last week after ` dozens ' of id cards found nearby . cards belonged to army recruits massacred by isis in cold blood last june . forensic teams have already dug up 20 bodies and expect to find far more . ` we could n't prevent ourselves from breaking down in tears , ' says worker .
'm here to pay tribute to a legend , to someone who influenced me and made me a better person , '' simmons said . lalanne 's memorial service at forest lawn cemetery in hollywood hills on tuesday afternoon was filled with laughter about lalanne 's evangelical energy in promoting fitness . iraqi forensic teams have described how they wept as they began to excavate 12 graves , believed to be the final resting place of as many as 1,700 soldiers killed in cold blood by isis last summer . the teams began the gruesome task of uncovering the bodies of the young army recruits of camp speicher , slaughtered by the sunni isis militants as they surged across northern iraq for the ` crime ' of being shi'ite . the deaths showed iraqis that islamic state fighters , who have also attacked ethnic and religious minorities as well as fellow sunni muslims opposing them , were a threatening new kind of foe . scroll down for videos . distraught : a soldier prays at the site where hundreds of his fellow fighters are thought to have been buried . discovery : the graves were found last wednesday on the late saddam hussein 's presidential compound . heartbreaking : the highest estimate for the number of recruits killed in the speicher massacre is about 1,700 . `` jack is now in heaven and , of course , that 's going to be very annoying for a lot of people up there , '' schwarzenegger said . `` it 's not going to be pretty because we know what 's going to happen . '' residents of heaven have a new wake-up call at 6 a.m. and they are doing `` thousand of push ups and stretching exercises , '' schwarzenegger said . `` the people are in a state of shock because they were promised if they were good , they could rest in peace , '' he said . `` there will be no resting . '' for almost 10 months , their devastated families have been left wondering what became of their sons and brothers who had been marched through tikrit , once saddam hussein 's stronghold of support . the only clues they had were videos posted by the jihadists on social media sites , showing them being machine gunned down in their hundreds . but now it seems their final resting place may have at last been discovered , after ` dozens ' of id cards belonging to the army cadets were found at the late dictator 's presidential compound last wednesday . today , the first of the 12 mass graves on the banks of the tigris river began to give up their terrible secrets , days after islamic state 's fighters were driven from the city by iraqi forces and shi'ite paramilitaries . those who began digging up the corpses today described the scene as ` heartbreaking ' . he joked that lalanne is french for `` do some push ups , you lazy bastards . persons in cold blood ? ' horror : images like this one of the soldiers being led through tikrit shocked iraq and the world . lalanne was laid to rest with a weight he was holding in his left hand when he died , said his son , dan lalanne . mourning : a soldier prays where the blood of iraqi soldiers fell at camp speicher . final resting place : initial investigations reveal these are the bodies of the young cadets , a worker has said . closure : some of the people who lost loved ones in the massacre have expressed relief at the discovery . mr al-atbi added : ` we dug up the first mass grave site today . ` until now we found at least 20 bodies . initial indications show indisputably that they were from the speicher victims . ' but despite the horrifying scenes uncovered in the compound , families - who often grow angry at iraq 's political class for failing to provide them proper answers - have expressed releif their loved ones have been found . ` the only positive thing is the victory in tikrit , ' said ali hamad , whose cousin kamal went missing at speicher . ` we are happy . at least the families will soon know the fate of their sons and cousins , ' he said . anger : families have often grow angry at iraq 's political class for failing to provide them proper answers . pictured : a solider prays at the site today . relief : ` at least the families will soon know the fate of their sons and cousins , ' said one relative .
los angeles -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- legendary fitness pioneer jack lalanne saved millions of lives by teaching people to eat right and exercise regularly , arnold schwarzenegger said in his eulogy for lalanne on tuesday . lalanne , who died last week at the age of 96 , opened the first american health club in oakland , california , in 1936 , musclemag publisher robert kennedy said . `` this was the start of the fitness revolution we know today , '' kennedy said . lalanne , who spent decades talking about the benefits of exercise , designed the world 's first leg-extension machine , along with several other pieces of equipment now standard in the fitness industry . `` it does n't matter where you go , 'm here to pay tribute to a legend , to someone who influenced me and made me a better person , '' simmons said . lalanne 's memorial service at forest lawn cemetery in hollywood hills on tuesday afternoon was filled with laughter about lalanne 's evangelical energy in promoting fitness . iraqi forensic teams have described how they wept as they began to excavate 12 graves , believed to be the final resting place of as many as 1,700 soldiers killed in cold blood by isis last summer . the teams began the gruesome task of uncovering the bodies of the young army recruits of camp speicher , slaughtered by the sunni isis militants as they surged across northern iraq for the ` crime ' of being shi'ite . the deaths showed iraqis that islamic state fighters , who have also attacked ethnic and religious minorities as well as fellow sunni muslims opposing them , were a threatening new kind of foe . scroll down for videos . distraught : a soldier prays at the site where hundreds of his fellow fighters are thought to have been buried . discovery : the graves were found last wednesday on the late saddam hussein 's presidential compound . heartbreaking : the highest estimate for the number of recruits killed in the speicher massacre is about 1,700 . `` jack is now in heaven and , of course , that 's going to be very annoying for a lot of people up there , '' schwarzenegger said . `` it 's not going to be pretty because we know what 's going to happen . '' residents of heaven have a new wake-up call at 6 a.m. and they are doing `` thousand of push ups and stretching exercises , '' schwarzenegger said . `` the people are in a state of shock because they were promised if they were good , they could rest in peace , '' he said . `` there will be no resting . '' for almost 10 months , their devastated families have been left wondering what became of their sons and brothers who had been marched through tikrit , once saddam hussein 's stronghold of support . the only clues they had were videos posted by the jihadists on social media sites , showing them being machine gunned down in their hundreds . but now it seems their final resting place may have at last been discovered , after ` dozens ' of id cards belonging to the army cadets were found at the late dictator 's presidential compound last wednesday . today , the first of the 12 mass graves on the banks of the tigris river began to give up their terrible secrets , days after islamic state 's fighters were driven from the city by iraqi forces and shi'ite paramilitaries . those who began digging up the corpses today described the scene as ` heartbreaking ' . he joked that lalanne is french for `` do some push ups , you lazy bastards . persons in cold blood ? ' horror : images like this one of the soldiers being led through tikrit shocked iraq and the world . lalanne was laid to rest with a weight he was holding in his left hand when he died , said his son , dan lalanne . mourning : a soldier prays where the blood of iraqi soldiers fell at camp speicher . final resting place : initial investigations reveal these are the bodies of the young cadets , a worker has said . closure : some of the people who lost loved ones in the massacre have expressed relief at the discovery . mr al-atbi added : ` we dug up the first mass grave site today . ` until now we found at least 20 bodies . initial indications show indisputably that they were from the speicher victims . ' but despite the horrifying scenes uncovered in the compound , families - who often grow angry at iraq 's political class for failing to provide them proper answers - have expressed releif their loved ones have been found . ` the only positive thing is the victory in tikrit , ' said ali hamad , whose cousin kamal went missing at speicher . ` we are happy . at least the families will soon know the fate of their sons and cousins , ' he said . anger : families have often grow angry at iraq 's political class for failing to provide them proper answers . pictured : a solider prays at the site today . relief : ` at least the families will soon know the fate of their sons and cousins , ' said one relative .
los angeles -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- legendary fitness pioneer jack lalanne saved millions teaching right regularly, arnold schwarzenegger said tuesday lalanne, who died 96 opened the first american health club oakland 1936 musclemag publisher robert kennedy `` this the start the fitness revolution we know, '' kennedy said. lalanne, who spent decades talking the benefits exercise, designed the world 's first leg-extension machine along several other pieces now standard `` it does n't where, there a health club and all started jack lalanne, '' schwarzenegger, the bodybuilder, actor. other fitness celebrities, including denise austin lou ferrigno richard simmons eulogized the man inspired their careers `` i really never cared much him when, because everything n't, '' simmons. `` he fit. he ate healthy. he had self-esteem. he had a great little body i n't ready accept his message. '' but when lalanne appeared `` richard simmons 1980, they became, `` i 'm here pay a legend, to someone influenced '' simmons said. lalanne 's memorial service forest lawn cemetery hollywood hills tuesday afternoon was filled laughter about lalanne 's evangelical energy in promoting fitness. iraqi forensic teams described wept began 12 graves, believed cold blood isis last the teams began the gruesome task the young army recruits of camp speicher, slaughtered the sunni isis militants as surged northern iraq for the ` crime ' being shi'ite the deaths showed iraqis that islamic state fighters, who also attacked as fellow sunni muslims opposing a threatening new kind foe. scroll videos. distraught : a soldier prays hundreds his fellow fighters thought buried. discovery : the graves were last wednesday on the late saddam hussein 's presidential compound. heartbreaking : the highest estimate recruits killed the speicher massacre about. `` jack is now in heaven, of that 's going very annoying up, '' schwarzenegger. `` it 's going pretty because know 's. '' residents heaven at and doing `` thousand push ups stretching, schwarzenegger. `` the people in because were promised if good, could rest, ''. `` there will no resting. '' for almost 10 months, their devastated families left wondering became brothers marched tikrit, once saddam hussein 's stronghold support. the only clues they videos posted the jihadists, showing being machine down their hundreds. but now their final resting place may at discovered, after ` dozens ' id cards belonging the army cadets the late dictator 's presidential compound last wednesday today, first the 12 mass graves on the banks the tigris river began give up their terrible secrets, days islamic state 's fighters iraqi forces those began digging the corpses today described ` heartbreaking he joked lalanne french `` do some push ups, you lazy '' people doubted what lalanne promoting in his early years, he. they warned `` you could heart problems, become turn gay it reduce, '' schwarzenegger. `` how explain charlie sheen works out every, ''. `` so that 's nonsense. '' lalanne swam the san francisco bay handcuffs when 41. he set 1,033 push ups the year. at age 70, he swam the long beach harbor as towed 70 boats with 70 people them schwarzenegger said first lalanne soon moved venice beach, as. the two worked together he soon `` regretted. '' `` i got so pumped, could n't move anymore '' he `` i said, this guy a machine, 's the real machine ' '' he '' ` this guy 's a monster, just keeps with the exercising. ' '' khalid al-atbi, an iraqi health official working the forensic team sent tikrit, : ` it a heartbreaking scene. we could n't prevent ourselves breaking in. ` what savage barbarian could kill 1,700 persons? ' horror : images like the soldiers led through tikrit shocked iraq and the world. lalanne was laid with a weight he was holding when, said, dan lalanne mourning : a soldier prays where the blood iraqi soldiers fell at camp speicher. final resting : initial investigations reveal these the bodies the young cadets, a worker has closure : some lost expressed relief the discovery. mr al-atbi added : ` we dug the first mass grave site today. ` until found at least 20 bodies. initial indications show indisputably they from the speicher victims. ' but despite the horrifying scenes uncovered the compound, families - often grow angry iraq 's political class for provide proper answers expressed releif their loved ones have found. ` the only positive thing the victory tikrit, ' ali hamad, whose cousin kamal went missing at speicher. ` we happy. at least the families will soon the fate cousins, ' he anger : families have often grow angry iraq 's political class provide proper answers. pictured : a solider prays today. relief : ` at least the families will soon the fate cousins, ' said one relative
`` it 's not going to be pretty because we know what 's going to happen . '' residents of heaven have a new wake-up call at 6 a.m. and they are doing `` thousand of push ups and stretching exercises , '' schwarzenegger said . `` the people are in a state of shock because they were promised if they were good , they could rest in peace , '' he said . `` there will be no resting . '' for almost 10 months , their devastated families have been left wondering what became of their sons and brothers who had been marched through tikrit , once saddam hussein 's stronghold of support . the only clues they had were videos posted by the jihadists on social media sites , showing them being machine gunned down in their hundreds . but now it seems their final resting place may have at last been discovered , after ` dozens ' of id cards belonging to the army cadets were found at the late dictator 's presidential compound last wednesday . today , the first of the 12 mass graves on the banks of the tigris river began to give up their terrible secrets , days after islamic state 's fighters were driven from the city by iraqi forces and shi'ite paramilitaries . those who began digging up the corpses today described the scene as ` heartbreaking ' . he joked that lalanne is french for `` do some push ups , you lazy bastards . persons in cold blood ? ' horror : images like this one of the soldiers being led through tikrit shocked iraq and the world . lalanne was laid to rest with a weight he was holding in his left hand when he died , said his son , dan lalanne . mourning : a soldier prays where the blood of iraqi soldiers fell at camp speicher . final resting place : initial investigations reveal these are the bodies of the young cadets , a worker has said . closure : some of the people who lost loved ones in the massacre have expressed relief at the discovery . mr al-atbi added : ` we dug up the first mass grave site today . ` until now we found at least 20 bodies . initial indications show indisputably that they were from the speicher victims . ' but despite the horrifying scenes uncovered in the compound , families - who often grow angry at iraq 's political class for failing to provide them proper answers - have expressed releif their loved ones have been found . ` the only positive thing is the victory in tikrit , ' said ali hamad , whose cousin kamal went missing at speicher . ` we are happy . at least the families will soon know the fate of their sons and cousins , ' he said . anger : families have often grow angry at iraq 's political class for failing to provide them proper answers . pictured : a solider prays at the site today . relief : ` at least the families will soon know the fate of their sons and cousins , ' said one relative .
 The article discusses how residents of Heaven, Iraq are still in shock after discovering the final resting place of their sons and brothers who were marched through Tikrit, once Saddam Hussein's stronghold. The residents had been promised that if they were good, they could rest in peace, but instead, they found out that their loved ones were brutally murdered and buried in mass graves. The article describes the horror and grief of the families as they try to come to terms with what happened to their loved ones.