I used to do the Jane Fonda Workout as a kid with my mom. We’d put the record on in the living room and prop its sleeve against the piano so we could see diagrams of the leg lifts and arm circles we would execute, in our leotards, with the help of Fonda’s mellifluous, encouraging cues.
So it was a bit surreal this morning when I tried Fonda’s latest fitness class and saw the 86-year-old fitness guru in my own living room, on my Meta Quest VR headset. She was in her iconic striped leotard and pink leg warmers and standing atop Machu Picchu (and looking amazing, by the way), calling out exercise commands, like, “Don’t forget to breathe,” and “Move like it matters—because it does!" over ’80s hits “Physical” and “Gloria.”
