[78-L] 78s for radio exercise programs

[DKing]

Sounds about right, especially the part about claiming they did, lol.

And I seem to remember reading that before and during WWII they
found that many inductees were not in the physical shape needed for
the military.  So the Daily Dozen may have been used by adults at
the time, but not so much by their children.

- Dave King


> On May 5, 2020, at 9:53 AM, Donna Halper <dlh at donnahalper.com.invalid> wrote:
> 
> 
> On 5/5/2020 12:45 PM, DKing wrote:
>> Hello Donna,
>> 
>> What prompted this exercise craze?  Was it the shift from
>> factory & farm work to office work?
> 
> Yes, that seems like a factor. Another was the end of the War-- folks 
> got familiar with the Daily Dozen during the war years, since they were 
> originally aimed at making the military more fit. But then the troops 
> came home and brought the exercises with them. So, more non-military 
> folks became familiar with doing them (or claiming they did them!!!).
> 
> 
> -- 
> Donna L. Halper, PhD
> Associate Professor of Communication & Media Studies
> Lesley University, Cambridge MA
> 
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