The Fitness Boom

As the world of sport and fitness are closely related , boom fitness it was not until the 1970s that popular culture was willing to accept fitness as enthusiastically accepted sports. Gym had not reached its full importance to improve health , boom fitness and popular opinion compared the ability to work and manual labor . In the 1940s and 1950s , few have voluntarily participated in fitness . Among those who were Jack LaLanne , Victor Tanny , Joseph Gold , Joseph Weider and The Abbye and " plump" Stockton. These pioneers Fitness , among others, have called people to the beach in Santa Monica , California , Original Muscle Beach. Visitors came to see their feats of strength and acrobatic displays . More viewers become participants , and these people initially in the periphery , became part of the dominant culture .
 Jack LaLanne , boom fitness Vic Tanny , boom fitness Joe Gold and sports channels all started with weight training as their main objective. Due to the influence of ToPage 602 Abbye "plump " Stockton , women were introduced to the musculature and strength that comes with bodybuilding. They are no longer reserved for only the "strong men" , they bodybuilding has caused a change in the mentality of all those who have visited Muscle Beach boom fitness .

From the seeds planted in Santa Monica came to Venice Beach , home of bodybuilding legends Arnold Schwarzenegger, boom fitness Frank Zane, and much, much more . Venice Beach in the 1970s brought an explosion of fitness worldwide . Not only must become mainstream bodybuilding , but fitness popular opinion has changed drastically. Americans in the 1970s would do anything to improve their health and fitness boom fitness.

Sports and athletics have increased in the 1970s as well. Women have become more and more interest in participating in sports activities , boom fitness but very little funding was available for the development of athletic women .
 Landmark legislation was passed in 1972. Part of a series of amendments to education, " Title IX , boom fitness " legislated gender equity in athletics. Not only women were more active and in better physical shape , there is now a law requiring equal funding and equal opportunities for female athletes . September 21, 1973 , tennis star Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in the first winner -take-all " Battle of the Sexes " tennis match. The hype surrounding this event and even more encouraging results expected women to get involved in sports and fitness . In 1977 , a record 87.5 million American adults older age of eighteen were to be involved in some type of sports activity boom fitness.

The fitness industry has continued to grow in the 1980s . Gym owners adapted their facilities to attract new customers and open gyms around the United States and around the world. A healthy lifestyle was more a part of popular culture. He was not trained to be athletic, boom fitness strong and healthy. With the development of new technologies , health and fitness could make their way into homes . Fitness bands is available from the 1980 and continue encouraging the gym or health center may not be accessible . Innovators such as Jane Fonda and Richard Simmons have made exercise programs to a new population. Joe Weider became a major force in bringing health , boom fitness fitness, bodybuilding and as close as the mailbox through your magazines and brochures. Because Pioneers like Weider Fitness , boom fitness gold, Fonda, and Simmons , fitness continues to play an important role in modern society . The importance of being healthy and physically fit has made and continues to make an impact.