Jane Fonda's Workout Book

Jane Fonda's Workout Book is a nonfiction book about exercise written by actress Jane Fonda. It was published in 1981 and made the top five on the New York Times nonfiction hardback bestseller list.[1] A workout video was made from the book: Jane Fonda's Workout.[2] It was also adapted into an album.

First edition
IllustratorSteve Schapiro (photographer)
PublishedSimon & Schuster 1981
Pages254
ISBN0671432176

About the book

This book is a presentation of an exercise program for women, the first by a celebrity.[3] The exercise program is based on a dancer's warm-up and provides detailed instructions for a beginner's routine and an advanced routine.[4]

Success

  • This book was later made into the exercise video Jane Fonda's Workout, with a 30-minute beginners' class and a 60-minute advanced session.[5]
  • An album Jane Fonda's Workout Record was issued in 1982 (cassette copies were billed as Jane Fonda's Workout Tape), it reached the top 40 in both the UK & US, peaking at #7 and # 15 respectively.
  • The book was at No. 1 on the bestseller list for over six months, and spent over 16 months in the top five in 1983.[6]

Album

Track Listing

Single Composer
Can You Feel It Jackie Jackson/Michael Jackson
In Your Letter Gary Richrath
Stomp! George Johnson / Louis Johnson / Rod Temperton
Brige Over Troubled Water Paul Simon
Night (Feel Like Getting Down) Billy Ocean
Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes Jimmy Buffett
Harbor Nights Boz Scaggs

Charting History

Chart (1982) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart (OCC) 7
'U.S.' Billboard 200 15

Other books by this author

Other books by Jane Fonda include:[7]

  • Being a Teen: Everything Teen Girls and Boys should know about Relationships, Sex, Love, Health, Identity and More
  • My Life So Far
  • Jane Fonda: Cooking for Healthy Living
  • Jane Fonda's New Pregnancy Workout and Total Birth Program
  • Jane Fonda's New Workout Book
  • Jane Fonda's New Workout and Weightloss Program
  • Women Coming of Age
  • Jane Fonda's Year of Fitness, Health and Nutrition
  • Jane Fonda's Health and Fitness Diary

References

  1. AHEARN, KERRY (1983). "Review of One Way To Spell Man: Essays With a Western Bias". Western American Literature. 18 (1): 52–53. ISSN 0043-3462. JSTOR 43018777.
  2. "Workout (Video 1982) Plot Summary". IMDB. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  3. Morse, Margaret (1987). "Artemis Aging: Exercise and the Female Body on Video". Discourse. 10 (1): 23. ISSN 1522-5321. JSTOR 41389096.
  4. "Jane Fonda's Workout Book". Kirkus. Retrieved 22 Sep 2019.
  5. "Workout (Video 1982)". IMDB. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  6. Garner, Dwight (2008-02-24). "Inside the List". New York Times. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  7. "Author: Jane Fonda". Worldcat.org. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
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