He has been credited with being the father of the bodybuilding and the fitness craze.
"Euraka" was presumably a satire on the physical fitness craze.
Despite torrential publicity about the fitness craze, the population is aging and seems to be expanding.
This was considered one of the influences that started the fitness craze among baby boomers, then approaching middle age.
It could even become the latest fitness craze, replacing zumba, perhaps.
The first race took place in 1976, when jogging/running first became a national fitness craze.
Their participation also brings into focus a recent phenomenon in many countries, the confluence of advanced medical research and the fitness craze.
In other words, this new youth movement is all window dressing, not the desire to sweat and burn of the fitness craze.
Step Aerobics is the latest fitness craze to sweep the country.
Another factor, industry experts say, is the fitness craze of recent years.