The 80s saw markets being flooded with a plethora of aerobics videos. In the 80s aerobics beat all other forms of exercise becoming the most popular and plebian means of loosing weight. 80s aerobics trends included the best of Hollywood celebrities clad in shinny skin fit slacks and tights performing what seemed liked a dance form but was called aerobics instead. Aerobics stands for “to use oxygen” and in the 80s aerobics was considered one of the best ways to tone up your body by burning fat as a result of using more and more of the oxygen in your body. The 80s aerobics style basically used rhythmic exercise combined with stretching to build the overall fitness of the body.

Aerobics as a regular mode of exercise was first developed by Dr. Kenneth Cooper who worked with the United States Air Force. He was devout exercise enthusiast and was puzzled at the fact that many people with immense muscular strength were unable to perform well at various physical tasks like swimming, running and bicycling.

This led him to develop a new style of exercise which helped burn calories by consuming the body’s oxygen. In the 80s aerobics thus gained a lot of prominence due to Dr. Cooper’s book with the same title. Dr. Cooper’s book (named Aerobics) had a ground breaking impact as it focused mainly on the body’s ability to consume oxygen and measure performance in terms of the same. The book released at a perfect time and ever since the 80s aerobics has become suddenly popular as a result of growing need for exercise due to the prevalence of weakness and inactivity in the general population.

Ever since the 80s aerobics kept gaining popularity day by day. Today it is considered as one of the best forms of exercise. As a result of its popularity since the 80s aerobics has evolved and in recent times many variations of this exercise form are available in the market in DVDs, CDs, and online videos besides being taught at various aerobics classes. Most popular variations of the 80s aerobics form are freestyle aerobics, step aerobics, water aerobics, yoga aerobics and sport aerobics (also known as aerobics gymnastics or competitive aerobics). Each style is different from the other except the fact that all forms aim at using up all the oxygen of the body in order to burn calories thereby increasing the body’s ability to consume oxygen.