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Watch 100 years of fitness trends in just 100 seconds

If you love the 100 Years of Beauty series, we have a surprise for you.

 

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Posted on Mar 26, 2015   Updated on May 29, 2021, 5:29 am CDT

BY TARA MASTROENI

If you love the 100 Years of Beauty series, we have a surprise for you. This new video by the Benenden Health YouTube channel, covers 100 Years of Fitness Trends in just 100 seconds. The different ideas on what constitutes “fitness” are fascinating. As an added bonus, the outfits are pretty great, too.

Stretching was popular in the 1910s

If only working out were this easy now.

The 1960s were all about a children’s toy

Talk about an effective party trick.

Zumba rules today

We’re really surprised they didn’t pick Crossfit, to be honest.

Here’s the full video.

Screengrab via Benenden Health/YouTube

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*First Published: Mar 26, 2015, 3:16 pm CDT