1980s: The Rise of Celebrity Fitness
This is the era where group fitness classes really start to evolve and become more mainstream. Health clubs and YMCAs become more popular, and with them, so does the demand for group exercise classes.
Who created group exercise?
Now let's fast forward a few millennia to Jane Fonda, the founder of the modern group fitness movement. As a Hollywood actress, she used exercise to warm up.
What exercise was popular in the 70s?
1970s: Jazzercise\n\n Jazzercise, a frighteningly perky mix of jazz, ballet, kickboxing and Pilates, burst onto the scene in the '70s, beginning the craze of choreographed exercises set to music. Thank you, Jazzercise. Without you, we'd never have Zumba.
How did people exercise in the 1960s?
Fitness fanatics increased dramatically during the 1980's, for reasons no one is certain. Workouts were developed of all styles and types in order to achieve that much-wanted buff bod that everyone seemed to strive for at the time. Much of these workouts were considered to be 'fads' and died off rather quickly (phew!).