Jan 25

Do you remember the 1980s fitness show “The 20 Minute Workout”?

Written by Beauty Match. Posted in Anti Aging Lotion, Fit over 35

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*** I’ve dug out some vintage fitness videos for this post! I cannot believe these are still available!!!***

I still cannot believe that show was a Canadian production and not an American idea.

As a teenager, I just LOVED THAT SHOW SO MUCH!!! There is no doubt that there is a lot of Jane Fonda and Olivia Newton-John’s “Let’s Get Physical” (the video was blasting on MTV and Much Music in 1981) influence, but if you were a teenage girl in Canada in the early 80s (and if you were a boy), you made sure you didn’t miss that show!

According to Wikipedia:

“20 Minute Workout was created by Ron Harris in 1983, produced by Tantra Entertainment in association with the Canadian animation company Nelvana Limited, and broadcast locally on Citytv; in the United States, it was syndicated by Orion Pictures (Now part of MGM Television).”

The “20 Minute Workout” was my introduction to exercise … I wanted to be one of those pretty gym girls.

I still have no clue why my mind has been so preoccupied with exercises I used to do as a kid and a teenager, but I have to say that The “20 Minute Workout” has been on my mind quite a lot lately and I decided on a cold Saturday night to see if the videos were on You Tube … and they were!!!

The concept was quite simple for “The 20 Minute Workout”:

1) Pretty girls with SUPER fit bodies

2) Lots of make-up

3) Big hair and is some cases bad 1980s perms
4) VERY skin-tight aerobic wear

5) A LOT of very sexy moves (now this might be considered a stripper workout)

6) LOTS of cleavage

7) Great music

#8) Fantastic camera shots and camera angles

9) Hope for stay-at-home-moms

10) Entertainment for stay-at-home dads and adolescent boys

If you are a Canadian reader, you might remember this classic fitness show and if you are an American reader or one of my international readers, this might be a side of Canada you might never have been able to image!

One last thing, after watching about one hour of old footage from “20 Minute Workout”, I can tell you that if most people who have “losing weight” as part of their list of resolutions for 2009, did do “20 Minute Workout” for 90 days without missing a day, they would see the pounds start to melt!

Here’s a flash back of Jane Fonda’s Complete Workout:

Jane Fonda’s Abs Workout:

Here’s Olivia Newton-John’s “Let’s Get Physical” (this is a remix – Olivia’s has got even MORE attitude on this video):

Enjoy a few of my favourite videos from “20 Minute Workout”:

Work that body ladies!

Three pretty girls help you get in the best shape of your life:

This video has been retouched a bit … the creator removed the voices of the instructor to give dominance to Cory Heart’s “I Wear my Sunglasses at Night” song: