Pioneers of home workouts

[Vee]

Does anyone know -

1. Who invented workout presales? Was it Cathe?

2. Which was the first DVD with premixes? Something tells me it this was by Cathe too.

[Usia]

Originally Posted by Vee

Does anyone know -

1. Who invented workout presales? Was it Cathe?

2. Which was the first DVD with premixes? Something tells me it this was by Cathe too.

I think it may be Anna Benson with her Firm VHS tapes. I remember paying $50 sight unseen and waiting for her new VHS workouts to be released. I remember waiting months for the release. There was no discount though for purchasing in advance.

[luvcritters]

Pre-sale was definitely The Firm.

[sugarhound]

There was a discount with the original Firms. $10.00 off the release price. I remember those well as nothing came close to them. They were worth the money.

[mtngoat]

With $25 shipping to Canada the classic Firm pre-sale tapes were $75! And worth every penny. I did them hundreds of times, I'm sure.

[Jane P.]

In a sense the Firm also invented the pre-mix when they came up with the Firm Parts tapes, which were made from mixing and matching parts of already existing Firm tapes. However they never put pre-mixes on dvds the way Cathe did.

[Vee]

Wow! My first Firm VHS tapes were lent to me by a friend. I had no idea they were so expensive. By the time I started buying they were priced more reasonably and available on DVD.

I used to love firm mixed tapes. I remember Super Cardio. I used to think Standing Legs was tough. Then I discovered Cathe.

I learnt something....presales - Anna Benson. Premixes - Cathe. Thank you.

[Jane P.]

Jane Fonda probably put the first workout onto a tape you could play at home, but before that, there were exercise LP records you could buy.

[Vee]

Originally Posted by Jane P.

Jane Fonda probably put the first workout onto a tape you could play at home, but before that, there were exercise LP records you could buy.

Jane is definitely one of the pioneers of the whole home fitness industry.