Jun 17, 2025
Recording industry ad promoting Jane Fonda’s Workout home videos - 1986.
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Recording industry ad promoting Jane Fonda’s Workout home videos - 1986.
Wednesday Wisdom - Women's History Month Edition
To wrap up the "Wednesday Wisdom - Women's History Month Edition" series, I had to select one of my personal idols: Jane Fonda!
Jane Fonda was an incredible actress and activist. In the 1980s, she and her husband at the time, Tom Hayden (yes, of the Chicago 7), launched a political action committee called Committee for Economic Democracy (CED) to support progressive figures and causes.
Following the success of her 1981 "Jane Fonda's Workout Book," Fonda filmed and released a workout video straight to VHS. She was hoping to sell 25,000 copies of her 1982 "Jane Fonda's Workout," instead she sold millions! She had relinquished ownership of the VHS to the CED- so while the CED had a steady cashflow, Fonda didn't make a cent off her video.
The home-workout tape and sequals she released revolutionized the fitness industry and women's lives. It gave women a safe and accessible way to work out, right in their own home. It boosted the sale of VCRs and created a whole new genre of video. Fonda, herself, also opened up an exercise studio and taught classes in the mornings.
To learn more about this incredible woman, check out the heavily used source below:
The Rose Byrne dramedy has even more similarities with Jane Fonda’s aerobics era than you might think.
Jimmy and Kate Upton put their workout moves to the test in the '80s Aerobics Dance Challenge.
literally everything about this cover makes me incredibly uncomfortable.
Okay maybe I’m late to this but did y’all know Tubi has Jane Fonda workout videos?!?! The way i’m about to be snatched for summer🫦🫦🫦
12 Minutes to Lean Legs with Joanie Greggains (1985) [VHSRip]
with over 300 songs and a drooling fascination with the 1980s, Dolph Lundgren, and weirdly Aryan overtones, Zonic Zynth is my favorite YouTube composer ever
Workout Tapes — Dancin' Grannies: Mature Fitness
okay i got the first tape up for sale. i'll do more later.
i couldn't find a good aerobics font. i don't know what that would look like