The 1980’s Fitness Craze, What Happened?
Remember the 1980’s fitness craze? Celebrities making Aerobics Videos, endorsing weight loss products and equipment. The fledgling music video industry showing hot people with cut physiques having fun just being active. Health Spas and Gyms fighting it out with fading Discos to be the place to meet “That special someone.” What Happened? Twenty years after the close of the decade we are a nation of lard-butts. One third of Americans are obese, not just slightly overweight, but with life threatening corpulence. Thank the USDA. In the early ’80’s the USDA wanted to update the “Basic Four Food Groups” with something … Continue reading →