Aerobic Exercise - Commercial Success

Commercial Success

Aerobic exercise has long been a popular approach to achieving weight loss and physical fitness, often taking a commercial form.

  • In the 1970s Judi Sheppard Missett helped create the market for commercial aerobics with her Jazzercise program
  • In the 1980s Richard Simmons hosted an aerobic exercise show on television, and also released a series of exercise videos
  • In the 1990s Billy Blanks's Tae Bo helped popularize cardio-boxing workouts that incorporated martial arts movements

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