How Weight Lifting Took Over America

Since basically the beginning of time, humans have been lifting heavy objects to build muscle. The ancient Greeks lifted weights in the first gymnasiums, believing that a strong body supported a strong mind. And around the turn of the 20th century, strongmen and strongwomen became fixtures in circus acts across Europe and North America. But […]

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Jane Fonda, Yoga and ‘Pumping Iron’: How the 1970s Changed Fitness Forever

“I think of women’s fitness history as B.J. and A.J. — Before Jane and After Jane,” Ken Alan, a kinesiologist who taught aerobics in the 1970s, said in a 2020 interview. Ms. Fonda initially entered the exercise business to raise money for her husband, the progressive activist Tom Hayden, who had dreams of running for […]

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