Jim Thorpe playing college football. Member of both the Pro Football Hall of Fame and College Football Hall of Fame, baseball all-star, the first president of the NFL, 2x Olympic gold medalist, the most versatile modern-day athlete, a man with a town named after him, professional actor, and Akapamata (“caregiver”). Jim Thorpe was an amazing...Read More

It’s hard to believe that we have covered so much history of fitness culture- we started this series from the dawn of human existence, and look at where we are now! Let’s talk about fitness from 2010- the present day! We’ve learned a lot over the years as fitness enthusiasts. Fitness culture in the present...Read More

It’s hard to believe, but we are already talking about fitness trends in the early 2000’s! Although this might seem like it was yesterday, we hate to break it to you, but this was over 20 years ago! So what were the fitness fads in the early 2000’s? Let’s take a look! In the early...Read More

Our little fitness history lesson today is brought to you by neon tracksuits, spandex, roller blades, and grunge music- that’s right, we are talking about the 1990’s! Many of us fondly remember the 90’s, and rightfully so. The culture was one of a kind- MTV took over our TVs with new and exciting pop and...Read More

I’m sure a  lot of you remember the 1980’s. In an era of big hair and even bigger dreams, the 80’s was also a decade of equally big fitness trends that took over the Baby Boomer generation!  The 80’s saw more fitness trends than perhaps any other decade (and cooler ones, if we are being...Read More

While we might remember the 70’s solely for its cultural revolutions, there was a lot going on in the fitness world too!  The 1970’s saw great strides forward in the popularity of exercise, especially amongst women! For the first time in the US women were being accepted as athletes, and more women than ever were...Read More

Let’s talk about fitness in the 1960’s! President John F. Kennedy, inaugurated January 20th, 1961, continued what Eisenhower started in the 1950’s, leading the White House and the American people into a different era of fitness in the United States. Kennedy spoke openly about the need for American citizens to improve their fitness levels, quoted...Read More

The 1950’s were an important time in the history of fitness, especially within the United States. As we talked about last week, World War II’s record breaking draft brought attention to the plummeting levels of fitness that plagued the US. And this time, the government decided to do something about it.   The Cold War era...Read More

Reviewing the effects of war we don’t often consider, it becomes evident that war often brings about changes in how we view the overall health and fitness level in societies as a whole. And the events surrounding World War II in the United States were no different. Today we are going to discuss how WWII...Read More

Welcome back to our series on the history of fitness. Last week we talked about a time in America of great excess and celebration. Today however, we are going to discuss a much darker time in United States History, The Great Depression.  In October of 1929, the stock market crashed. This ushered in what would...Read More