1979 Press Photo Jerry Kirshenbaum and Robert Sullivan

Caption: Many Americans today think the United States is in the midst of a fitness revolution, that Americans generally are slimmer, trimmer and healthier than ever before. In a three part-series by Sports Illustrated writes Jerry Kirshenbaum and Robert Sullivan, the myth of a fit America is examined and pictured. In this first part, Kirshenbaum and Sullivan show how narrowly focused this fitness 'boom' really is.

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