We Are the Champions!

[EDIT: My gifs aren't working - you can probably figure out who I'm talking about in the video]

Ok, Aerobics seriously needs to come back, because it was seriously sexy, and seriously fun. I base most of this statement on a video that has quickly become one of my favorite YouTube clips of all time:

1988 Crystal Light National Aerobic Championship Opening (or rather, an edited version of the opening). Just watch.

I feel cheated. The 80's got Aerobics and we get CrossFit? CrossFitters are hot, but have you ever watched a CrossFit Games? Me neither. I've seen it on at the gym and it's a bunch of muscle queens doing pull-ups and muscle-ups. Where's the jazzy opening number? Where are the unitards?? Where's the catchy theme song??? Where's the fun?!

To give you some background, this video is from the National Aerobic Championship, hosted by, naturally, Alan Thicke. Judging by some cursory research on the internet, it appears Aerobics had reached its zenith at this very moment in time. It's like Richard Simmons, Olivia Newton-John from Physical, and Jane Fonda had a three way and gave birth to this awesome video. 

Aerobic guys are sexy. These men can get it. 

Take for instance, this man:  

Never before have I seen someone so gracefully combine the triple high kick (although his first one is rather weak) with the double-swan. Bicep curl. I think I'm in love. 

I'd like to think that if I had been a young man in the 80's, I would be this guy: 

I just love the pep is his step and the California-kissed hair. 

I'd like to give a final shout-out to the editor of this video, it's tight. Lord knows I love me a video cut to the music. The freeze frames are icing on top. Brava.