Now most won't relate to this but your parents and grandparents would.

On another forum someone posted: Exercise at Gym or at Home

During my pretty active excersise years, I did both. I was a gym member and had some equipment at home that I worked with. I'd say I was rather fanatic at my routines. but that is where I was.

Here is what I posted about my mom's generation.

My mom's generation, washed walls, painted walls, scrubbed floors, washed windows, hung clothes on the line, up and down stairs....those were their workouts.

Today a LOT of sitting with technology.

Not interesting for this group???

Not interesting for this group???
In Victorian England the Upper Classes rode a horse, the working classes slaved in the factory and the middle classes went on country walks. With the reintroduction of the Olympic Games in 1896 sport slowly permeated through all classes: boxing, athletics, track and field. By the 1970s I recall more and more men and women competing in sport. Unfortunately there were the pervasive drug scandals which tarnished most sports in recent years.

In Victorian England the Upper Classes rode a horse, the working classes slaved in the factory and the middle classes went on country walks. With the reintroduction of the Olympic Games in 1896 sport slowly permeated through all classes: boxing, athletics, track and field. By the 1970s I recall more and more men and women competing in sport. Unfortunately there were the pervasive drug scandals which tarnished most sports in recent years.

Oh thanks for that history lesson from life in England

Oh thanks for that history lesson from life in England
Well I can expand it into the 1980s. The Jane Fonda aerobics craze hit the UK about then, along with Arnold Schwarzenegger for the men. Little did the ingenuous know about performance-enhancing drugs at that stage, so I'm not sure he was the most positive influence on young people. We had Gold's Gyms spring up around the country, protein shakes and all kinds of health foods of dubious quality.

Ah, Jane and Arnold.. Jane and I share similar hip issues, she did a replacement too, but something tells me her's was much more successful. I actually worked in one of Jane's video companies .. she has contributed a lot to the world...

We can't forget the legendary Jack LaLanne and his contributions, the first gym I joined when I moved
to So CA was owned by LaLanne in my town. I believe I got my first massage at this gym also, what a wonderful massage therapist with the strongest hands.

Ah, Jane and Arnold.. Jane and I share similar hip issues, she did a replacement too, but something tells me her's was much more successful. I actually worked in one of Jane's video companies .. she has contributed a lot to the world...

We can't forget the legendary Jack LaLanne and his contributions, the first gym I joined when I moved
to So CA was owned by LaLanne in my town. I believe I got my first massage at this gym also, what a wonderful massage therapist with the strongest hands.
I had Reiki once. These therapies are seen as rather extravagant in England, especially in the North. I've never heard of Jack LaLanne. Joe Weider was ubiquitous though.

Think what you want to about Jane, you don't live with her support she got for thousands in my city of Santa Monica, she and Tom Hayden were able to get Rent Control as many landlords were prime gougers, some fair ones, but talk about making money for oneself...Who doesn't?????

Who helped the renters in NY?

Please keep discussion as apolitical as possible. Thanks :thumbsup: