GENX & WHAT WE LOST – LET'S GET PHYSICAL
This month Inkfluence of Art celebrates the generation that grew up outside, danced in living rooms, roller-skated through neighborhoods, and followed the energetic voices of television fitness legends who inspired millions to move.
Generation X was raised during a cultural explosion of music videos, aerobics, public fitness campaigns, motivational television, bodybuilding icons, and feel-good exercise culture.
The era encouraged people to move their bodies, believe in themselves, socialize in person, and enjoy public life.
From Richard Simmons to Jane Fonda, Olivia Newton-John to BodyBreak, these programs became more than entertainment — they became emotional landmarks for an entire generation.
This campaign reflects on the energy, optimism, creativity, and personal freedom many people remember from the era while also asking thoughtful questions about how modern society shapes people today.
Throughout the month, Inkfluence of Art will feature retro workout videos, artist spotlights, historical fitness culture, community discussions, wellness reflections, humor, and movement-based art activities.
The purpose is simple:
To reconnect with movement.
To reconnect with joy.
To reconnect with each other.
This is not about going backward.
It is about remembering what made people feel alive.
Welcome to:
GENX & WHAT WE LOST – LET'S GET PHYSICAL
Presented by Inkfluence of Art.
WEEK 2 – JANE FONDA WEEK
“The Workout Revolution”
Jane Fonda transformed home exercise culture with workout tapes that became a worldwide phenomenon.
Her programs helped normalize exercise routines for women in everyday households and became one of the biggest VHS movements in entertainment history.
DAY 1 – The VHS Fitness Boom - https://youtu.be/deKHYCsjseg?si=8hfxy4yNr8QTV5lV
Jane Fonda's Workout, also known as Workout Starring Jane Fonda, is a 1982 exercise video by actress Jane Fonda, based on an exercise routine developed by Leni Cazden and refined by Cazden and Fonda at Workout, their exercise studio in Beverly Hills. The video release by Karl Home Video and RCA Video Productions was aimed primarily at women as a way to exercise at home. The video was part of a series of exercise products: Jane Fonda's Workout Book was released in November 1981, and both Jane Fonda's Workout video tape and Jane Fonda's Workout Record, published as a double-LP vinyl album, appeared in late April 1982. The VHS tape became a bestseller, and Fonda released further videos throughout the 1980s and into 1995. The video also increased the sales of VCRs. Cite: Jane Fonda's Workout - Wikipedia