22 Fitness Trends from the 50s and 60s That Make Us Raise …
Here, we've gathered 22 fitness trends that appear so outdated and so comical by modern-day standards that we just had to have a giggle. #1: Vibrating Belt Machines The vibrating belt has become the most oft-referenced exercise contraption …
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Too Lazy To Work Out? Machines That Exercise for You, …
Vibrating belt machines became even more popular when soldiers came home from World War II, as their wives and girlfriends put away their sturdy shoes and work dungarees and tried to look more like the bombshells of pinup magazines that kept the men company those lonely nights abroad.
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RetroFit: Good, but useless, vibrations
The photo, taken during the 1960s at a gym in Encino, depicts a row of those old vibrating-belt workout machines. Two women have the belts around their thighs, and they just stand there,...
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Vibrating belt machine
A vibrating belt machine is a device that was promoted to passively reduce body fat through the use of an oscillating or vibrating belt around the exercise subject's waist, without active exercise by the user. The device was widely promoted in the 1950s and 1960s as a way to break up abdominal fat through vibration.
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Fitness Fads by the Decade: From Vibrating Belts to the …
Modern-day versions of the vibrating belt include whole-body vibration machines (that shake the body from the ankle up, either while standing or lying down) as well as more targeted electronic abdomen stimulators. 1960s: What's with the hoopla?
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Vintage and bizarre photos of exercise machines from the …
The vibrating exercise belt was invented in the 1800s, but it didn't become popular until the 1930s and again in the 1950s. The idea was to vibrate fat so fast that it loosens and eventually burns away. Another interesting machine was the Slendo Massager.
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Belt Vibrator
Belt exercisers, like the Walton Belt Vibrator shown here, were sold in the 1960s and 1970s. Marketed as a means to get maximum exercise with minimum effort, these machines supposedly vibrated and massaged their users into an improved state of health.
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d Exercise Machines and Workout Methods from the …
Vibrating exercise belts were invented in the 1800s, but they didn't gain popularity until the 1930s and the 1950s. The idea was to vibrate the fat fast enough to loosen it, then burn it off. Another interesting machine was the Slendo Massager.
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I Worked Out On A 1950s Fat Jiggling Machine And Here's …
Since the 1920s, vibrating "slimming" belts have continually popped up as exercising fads. Most gyms used to have an exercise belt machine, though heaven knows why, because this shit sucks. More on that later. This woman from the 1960s is exercising using one of these "slimming" machines.
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Vibrating Belts: A Historical Perspective on Fitness Trends
As the fitness industry boomed in the 1920s and 1930s, vibrating belts became a common sight in gyms, health clubs, and beauty salons. The machines were operated by electric motors that caused a belt to vibrate rapidly when worn around the …
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