Long before fitness influencers, viral workouts like 12-3-30, and, of course, the ultra-expensive Peloton came to define modern fitness as we know it, things looked a whole lot different around the gym. Enter Jazzercise, bodybuilding, and all things '80s.
From bro tanks to leotards and legwarmers, here are 15 new photos of what gym and fitness classes looked like in the 1980s.
1
Susan Strong
“Susan Sarandon, reminding you to keep that resolution, in a gym, 1980s.”
2
Runnin’ Up That Treadmill
“The incomparable Kate Bush early 80s.”
3
Game. Set. Match.
“Dad and uncle making tennis as masculine as possible in the ‘80s.”
4
Flexing
“My mom in the gym, 1980 something.”
5
Legwarmer Lunges
“Teri Garr 1983.”
6
Walk It Out
“My Dad was a fitness guru in the 80s. He wrote 45 books on walking and fitness and he had a workout tape.”
7
Leg Day
“Fitness figure for female weightlifting Rachel Mclish (1955-) working out legs in the gym, 1980s.”
8
Reps on Reps
“In the 1980s, bodybuilding - for both sexes - became a craze.”
9
Pump It Up!
“An average gym goer after his chest workout at Gold's Gym, California, 1980.”
10
Leotard Ladies
“Me and all my spandex glory
11
Fonda Favorites
Jane Fonda gets down and dirty during one of her workout tapes.
12
We Are The Champions
Aerobic athletes bust a move during the 1988 National Aerobics Championships.
13
Hands Up!
Jazzercize founder Judi Sheppard Missett teaches a class, 1986.
14
Burn, Baby Burn
Women break a sweat during a Jazzercize video.
15
Beachside Benchpress
“Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone - workout session in Venice Beach. 1980s.”
