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Fitness History

The cultural history of fitness and exercise; historical reference, not personal medical advice.

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Fitness trail: History and Key Facts

A fitness trail, trim trail or parcourse consists of a path or course with outdoor exercise equipment or obstacles installed along its length for exercising the human body to promote good health.

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Elliptical trainer: History and Key Facts

An elliptical trainer or cross-trainer is a stationary exercise machine used to stair climb, walk, or run without causing excessive pressure to the joints, hence decreasing the risk of impact inj

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Bone exercise monitor: History and Key Facts

A bone exercise monitor is an instrument which is used to measure and analyze the bone strengthening qualities of physical activity and to help in prevention of osteoporosis with physical activit

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BOSU: History and Key Facts

A BOSU Balance Trainer (or BOSU ball) is a fitness training device, invented in 1999 by David Weck.

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Battling ropes: History and Key Facts

Battling ropes (also known as battle ropes or heavy ropes) are used for fitness training to increase full body strength and conditioning.

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Arc Trainer: History and Key Facts

The Arc Trainer is a stationary, non-impact exercise machine, and is a registered trademark of Cybex International, Inc.

Newly arrived NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren exercises on the International Space Station using the Advanced Resistive Exercise Device to help mitigate the potentially adverse effects of long duration stays in microgravity.

Advanced Resistive Exercise Device: History and Key Facts

The Advanced Resistive Exercise Device (ARED) is an exercise device designed by NASA to allowed for more intense workouts in zero gravity.

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National Personal Training Institute: History and Key Facts

The National Personal Training Institute is the largest and only licensed clock-hour personal training certification program in the United States that provides students with the education and phy

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Merrithew International: History and Key Facts

Merrithew International Inc.

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Girls on the Run: History and Key Facts

Girls on the Run (also referred to as Girls on the Run International), a national non-profit organization, designs programming that strengthens third- to eighth-grade girls’ social, emotional, ph

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FTM Fitness World: History and Key Facts

FTM Fitness World is a company created in 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia, US, by Neo Sandja, a transgender man.

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CrossFit: History and Key Facts

CrossFit is a branded fitness regimen that involves constantly varied functional movements performed at high intensity.

Portrait of strongman en:Eugen Sandow (1867-1925)

Eugen Sandow: History and Key Facts

Eugen Sandow (born Friedrich Wilhelm Müller, German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈmʏlɐ]; 2 April 1867 – 14 October 1925) was a German bodybuilder and showman from Prussia.

B.K.S. Iyengar

B. K. S. Iyengar: History and Key Facts

Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar (14 December 1918 – 20 August 2014) was an Indian teacher of yoga and author.

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Calisthenics: History and Key Facts

Calisthenics (American English) or callisthenics (British English) (, also known as bodyweight exercises) is a form of strength training that utilizes an individual's body weight as resistance to

Photo of Arnold Schwarzenegger before defending the title for his fifth Mr. Olympia contest in 1974.

Bodybuilding: History and Key Facts

Bodybuilding is the practice of progressive resistance exercise to build, control, and develop one's muscles via hypertrophy.

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History of physical training and fitness: History and Key Facts

Physical training has been present in some human societies throughout history.

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Pilates: History and Key Facts

Pilates (; German: [piˈlaːtəs]) is a type of mind-body exercise developed in the early 20th century by Joseph Pilates, after whom it was named.

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Aerobics: History and Key Facts

Aerobics is a form of physical exercise that combines rhythmic aerobic exercise with stretching and strength training routines with the goal of improving all elements of fitness (flexibility, mus