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==Commercialization== Aerobic exercise has long been a popular approach to achieving weight loss and physical fitness, often taking a commercial form. * In the 1970s, Judi Sheppard Missett helped create the market for commercial aerobics with her [[Jazzercise]] program,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/jazzercise-after-45-years-its-still-here-and-its-still-evolving/2014/07/08/237a060c-02bd-11e4-b8ff-89afd3fad6bd_story.html|title=Jazzercise: After 45 years, it's still here, and it's still evolving| vauthors = Hallett V |date=July 8, 2014|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=July 8, 2014}}</ref> at the same time as [[Jacki Sorensen]] was expanding her system of aerobic dancing.<ref name=McCormack1981>{{cite news | vauthors = McCormack P |date=October 16, 1981 |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/10/16/Womans-World-Aerobic-Dancing-hips-hips-away/6595372052800/ |title=Womans' World: Aerobic Dancing: 'hips, hips' away! |newspaper=United Press International |access-date=September 17, 2020}}</ref> * In the 1980s, [[Richard Simmons]] hosted an aerobic exercise show on television, and followed [[Jane Fonda]]'s lead by releasing a series of exercise videos.<ref>{{Cite web |orig-date=November 13, 2009 |title=This Day in History: April 24: 1982: Jane Fonda's First Workout Video Released |url=https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jane-fondas-first-workout-video-released |access-date=March 7, 2023 |website=History Channel}}</ref> * In the 1990s, [[Billy Blanks]]'s [[Tae Bo]] helped popularize cardio-boxing workouts that incorporated martial arts movements.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-08-10 |title=Billy Blanks Is Fit, Fired Up, and Still Swinging at 65 |url=https://www.menshealth.com/fitness/a37040694/billy-blanks-tae-bo-interview/ |access-date=2023-03-07 |website=Men's Health |language=en-us}}</ref> [[Reebok]] shoes popularized [[step aerobics]] with their Reebok Step device and training program.<ref name=Hartford2>{{cite web |url=https://sgbonline.com/step-reeboks-rise-to-success-with-angel-martinez/ |title=Step Reebok's Rise To Success… With Angel Martinez |date=September 23, 2019 | vauthors = Hartford T |website=SGB Online |access-date=September 20, 2020}}</ref>
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