Category: MID-CENTURY FITNESS

• What were women encouraged to eat years ago? (hint, SO much more than they are today…)

  

  “People who love to eat are always the best people.” ~ Julia Child I’ve been on many a diet in my life and non have been sustainable for more than a few weeks. You may be able to relate to reading a new diet book in the evening and feeling a sense of excitement at…

  Justine

  July 8, 2022

  FIT, MID-CENTURY FITNESS

  books, diet, eating well, pleasure, self-care, vintage cookbooks, women and exercise

• staying authentic • fitness or, why I took a break from Instagram

  

  Why I took a break from Instagram.

  Justine

  July 2, 2022

  FIT, MID-CENTURY FITNESS

  authenticity, ballet, barre, group fitness, Instagram, women and exercise

• The Original Fitfluencer: Gayelord Hauser

  

  Long before lifestyle blogs and Instagram influencers, a charismatic man named Gayelord Hauser* charmed audiences from New York to Paris with his lectures and books on health and beauty. We rarely speak of him today but he flourished in mid-century America, mingling with movie stars and royalty, dispensing advice to women on how to improve…

  Justine

  June 12, 2022

  FIT, GLOW, MID-CENTURY FITNESS, READ

  beauty, fitness, gayelord hauser, history of exercise, MID-CENTURY FITNESS, women and exercise