In her post, Serena Warner comments on the true roots of fitness and credits Jack LaLanne as the founder of “fitness.” His workouts were streamed across the television and helped instigate later workouts like Jazzercise and Zumba. I find it interesting to reflect on the dynamic, and ever-changing definition of “work out” and “fitness.” Fitness fads, like juice diets and Crossfit, are common across the United States, as well as the rest of the world, and it’s interesting looking at how great of an effect these fads have had.
Attached below is the link to this article:
http://blogs.uoregon.edu/serenaww14gateway/