Lets Get Physical

The exercise LP records below were discovered while cleaning out the home of an old friend who recently passed away. His wife, who he dearly loved and I never met, died years before. She was apparently into staying fit and exercised at home --using her record player of course.

The LP's span several decades (1960's-1980's) and are roughly in historical order.


1. Gloria is a proper lady with a nun-like collar. She exercises with her six daughters ...in the highest possible fidelity.

2. Debby is sassy in her living room. Love the hi-fi furniture behind her.





3. Family exercise time with Bonnie. The children are now all in therapy.





4. The scene of Jazz and beat poets: all of whom wore black turtlenecks, smoked unfiltered cigarettes and of course, exercised.





5. When Good Housekeeping put their seal of approval on an exercise record, it looked like this.





6. Tune in, turn on and drop out with this pink yoga delight.





7. This image I actually recall seeing when I was a kid; enter the era of the leg warmer with Jane Fonda.





8. My mom loved this woman's aerobic dancing. Jacki's shorts ride a little high, but she's really happy.





9. This one gets the grand prize, detailed shots of Joanie enjoying her fitness are below.











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