The format founded in a dance-studio basement by Judi Sheppard Missett, the front woman in the videos, established the style and substance of “boutique fitness,” the fastest-growing segment of today’s $26 billion fitness industry. ![]() Tempting as it may be to dismiss Jazzercise to the dustbin of fitness history, the dance-cardio program-which turns 50 this month-is more than a punch line. The caustic cue conjured grainy VHS tapes-the kind that circulate on social media for their Totally ’80s aesthetic-featuring a gyrating blonde who’s all limbs, leotard, and embarrassing exclamations like “Find that boogie body.” My instructor was calling us uncool. I’d never done Jazzercise, but I knew what she meant. ![]() “You’re not in Jazzercise, ladies,” a trim, tattooed fitness instructor chided me and the roomful of women who were attempting to work up a sweat one morning a few months ago.
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