FFIT is a project that aims to create an archive documenting trends in physical fitness in the United States throughout the 20th century. Led by Josh Behnken, Diane Hamptin, and Marc V. Chad, FFIT will compile media and articles about fitness fads and trends organized by decade. The purpose is to provide detailed knowledge about the history of fitness to scholars, writers and the general public.

1. FFIT
Fitness Fads + their Idiosyncratic Trends
“Jumping Jacks to Jazzercise”
Team:
Primary Investigator - Josh Behnken
Captain of Data Compilation – Diane Hamptin
General of Crowdsourcing/Website Manager – Marc V. Chad

2. Our Purpose
• To provide scholars, novelists and the general
public with hyper specific knowledge
concerning trends in physical fitness within
the United States throughout the twentieth
century

3. A Phenomenal Fitness Archive
• Separated in decades, FFIT compiles articles
and media relating to trends during that
period of time. Example: timeline instead of
letters below