Retro fitness

Those 1920s machines were insane

Denise Austin revealed her toned bathing suit body in First For Women magazine last week. And on Monday the 61-year-old workout guru presented on Instagram a video with her mini me daughter Katie.

Maybe it's just me, but when I think about women's fitness in the 1940s, I tend to imagine this: And not so much this:

She usually looks impeccably glam and on trend. But former Girls Aloud star Kimberly Walsh decided to go back in time to recreate Olivia Newton-John's trademark Lycra, legwarmers and mullet look she made famous in her 1981 hit Physical.

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Body of Steel video was made up of; Abs of Steel, Buns of Steel 3, Arms & Abs of Steel and Legs of Steel.

Just a little peak into the absurdities of the fitness industry's past! "How the Waist was Won" 1982 "More Jazzercise" 1982 "Miss Piggy's Aerobic Workout" 1982 "Go for it!" 1982 "Aerobics for the Family" 1982 "Fitness in Motion and Relaxation" 1982 "Erotic Aerobics" 1982 "It's time to

In honor of RW’s 50th anniversary, we look at some intriguing styles of the past five decades.

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