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The Jane Fonda Workout

In April 1982 the film star Jane Fonda launched her first workout video - encouraging millions of women to "go for the burn". Hear why she felt such a compulsion to exercise.

In April 1982 the film star Jane Fonda launched her first workout video - encouraging millions of women to "go for the burn". Hear how the idea of home workouts took off, and why she felt such a compulsion to exercise.

Photo: Jane Fonda on the red carpet for the Annual Academy Awards 2013. Credit: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images

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Mon 3 Apr 2017 07:50GMT
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