Prancercise
{{Short description|Holistic fitness method}}
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Prancercise is a holistic fitness method based on "a springy, rhythmic way of moving forward" created by Joanna Rohrback.{{cite web
| title=Prancercise - a fitness revolution
| year=2013
| url=http://prancercise.com
|accessdate=2013-06-14 }}{{cite web
| title=Prancercise: New Exercise Inspired By Trotting Horses Becomes Viral Sensation
| year=2013
| url=http://www.hngn.com/articles/4114/20130531/prancercise-new-exercise-inspired-trotting-horses-becomes-viral-sensation-video.htm
|accessdate=2013-06-14 }}{{cite news|url=https://newsfeed.time.com/2013/05/31/prancercize-horse-exercise/|title=Introducing Prancercise: The Horse-Inspired Exercise Trend|publisher=Time|access-date=November 13, 2013|date=2013-05-31}} It has been compared to the low-impact aerobics popularized by 1980s workout videos.{{cite news
| title="Prancercise" takes Web by storm, but is the exercise effective?
| year=2013
| url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/prancercise-takes-web-by-storm-but-is-the-exercise-effective/
|accessdate=2013-06-14
| work=CBS News}}
Many parodies, which have accumulated hundreds of thousands of views,{{cite web |year=2013 |title=Prancercise Parody: Everybody PRANCE Now! |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J56l47Nvehs |website=YouTube}}{{cite web |year=2013 |title=Unicorn Prancercising |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suau3znYlgo |website=YouTube}} were created in reaction to a Prancercise video Rohrback uploaded to YouTube.
History
File:Prancercise Fitness Workout by Joanna Rohrback.jpg
Joanna Rohrback graduated from Florida Atlantic University with a bachelor's degree in Health Services in 1978.{{cite web
| title=Coaching, Prancercise LLC
| year=2013
| url=http://prancercise.com/wellness/ }}{{cite web
| title= The Prancercise Lady Copes With the Dark Side of Internet Fame
| year=2013
| url=http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/2013-07-18/news/the-prancercise-reg-lady-copes-with-the-dark-side-of-internet-fame/full/}} Around 1989 she became a "committed exercise devotee", regularly working out on the Boardwalk in Hollywood Beach, Florida.{{cite web
| title= Coral Springs woman gallops into spotlight with 'Prancercise' video
| year=2013
| url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2013-05-30/health/fl-prancercise-viral-video-20130530_1_youtube-channel-gangnam-style-bucket-list/| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602000503/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2013-05-30/health/fl-prancercise-viral-video-20130530_1_youtube-channel-gangnam-style-bucket-list| url-status=dead| archive-date=June 2, 2013}} One morning, Rohrback began "nearly dancing" while power walking, which she cites as the inspiration for prancercise.Joanna Rohrback, Prancercise: The Art of Physical and Spiritual Excellence, (2012), p.5 Later that year, she created the first video to feature the routine entitled “Funky Punky’s Prancercise Program.”{{cite web |last=Tolentino |first=Jia |date=June 4, 2013 |title=Interview with Joanna Rohrback, the Prancercise Guru |url=http://thehairpin.com/2013/06/interview-with-joanna-rohrback-the-prancercise-guru |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230827134412/https://www.thehairpin.com/2013/06/interview-with-joanna-rohrback-the-prancercise-guru/ |archive-date=August 27, 2023 |website=The Hairpin}}{{cite web
| title= Legal, Prancercise LLC
| year=2013
| url=http://prancercise.com/legal/
| title= 'Prancercise' Creator on Her 'Wacky' Workout and Being Too Famous to Prancercise
| website=The Daily Beast
| year=2013
| url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/30/prancercise-creator-on-her-wacky-workout-and-being-too-famous-to-prancercise.html
}} She coined the term to elicit the “strength and beauty of a horse.”{{cite news
| title= Prance like a horse to stay fit
| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-06-06/fitness/39787715_1_workout-routine-prancercise
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203053332/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-06-06/fitness/39787715_1_workout-routine-prancercise
| url-status=dead
| archive-date=2013-12-03
| work= The Times of India
| date=2013-06-06
| title=What Is Prancercise? How Effective Is Prancercise?
| year=2013
| url=http://www.mideastclinics.com/healthNews/17387/RC2/What-Is-Prancercise%3F-How-Effective-Is-Prancercise%3F.html#.UpvGk8RDt8E
}}
In 1994, Rohrback wrote a book about prancercise but couldn't find a publisher. Then, Rohrback became her mother's live-in caregiver. In 2004, after her mother died, Joanna also began to suffer from severe health complications.{{cite web |year=2013 |title=Prancercise, a celebration of self-expression |url=http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/sep/23/prancercise-a-celebration-of-self-expression/}} She was unable to Prancercise for almost nine years.{{cite web
| title=Coral Springs woman gallops into spotlight with 'Prancercise' video
| year=2013
| url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2013-05-30/health/fl-prancercise-viral-video-20130530_1_youtube-channel-gangnam-style-bucket-list| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602000503/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2013-05-30/health/fl-prancercise-viral-video-20130530_1_youtube-channel-gangnam-style-bucket-list| url-status=dead| archive-date=June 2, 2013}}
By her 60th birthday, Joanna Rohrback was able to prancercise once again.{{cite web
| title=Prancercise, a celebration of self-expression
| year=2013
| url=http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/sep/23/prancercise-a-celebration-of-self-expression/}} On Thanksgiving Day 2012, Rohrback successfully completed a 5k entirely in Prancercise.{{cite web
| title=32nd Annual Tamarac Turkey Trot 5k Race Results
| year=2012
| url=http://www.splitsecondtiming.com/results/2012/tamrun2012.html}} In December of that year she self-published her manuscript titled, “Prancercise: The Art of Physical and Spiritual Excellence.”{{cite web |year=2013 |title=You Can Prance If You Want To |url=http://www.skybluewindow.org/indianapolis/you-can-prance-if-you-want-to/Content?oid=2179247}}{{cite book
| title= Amazon.com - Prancercise: The Art of Physical and Spiritual Excellence
| isbn=978-1595946904
| last1=Rohrback
| first1=Joanna
| date=December 2012
| publisher=WingSpan
}}{{Better source needed|date=May 2021}} Christmas Day of the same year, she uploaded a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-50GjySwew YouTube video] featuring her fitness routine.Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211209/o-50GjySwew Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130529143349/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-50GjySwew&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-50GjySwew| title = Original - Prancercise: A Fitness Workout | website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}{{Better source needed|date=May 2021}} The video went viral with over 10 million views and has attracted international attention.{{cite web
| title=Forget Zumba and Sh'Bam, pony up for the latest fitness fad, Prancercise
| year=2013
| url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/opinion/forget-zumba-and-shbam-pony-up-for-the-latest-fitness-fad-prancercise/story-fnihsr9v-1226664638571}}{{cite web
| title=Prancercise Website Introduces a New Horse Exercise for Humans
| year=2013
| url=http://topnews.net.nz/content/228027-prancercise-website-introduces-new-horse-exercise-humans}}
In popular culture
Prancercise has also been the subject of negative attention, much of it mocking the regimen.{{cite web
| title='Prancercise' May Be the Weirdest Workout You'll Ever See
| author=Sam Laird
| website=Mashable
| year=2013
| url=http://mashable.com/2013/05/31/prancercise
| accessdate=2011-09-05 }} "Much of the attention has been negative, full of snark and mocking Rohrback's unique workout regimen."{{cite web
|title = Pracercise: Yes, Prancercise
|author = Photoshop Disasters
|year = 2013
|url = http://www.psdisasters.com/2013/06/pracercise-yes-prancercise.html
|accessdate = 2013-06-25
|url-status = dead
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130619053519/http://www.psdisasters.com/2013/06/pracercise-yes-prancercise.html
|archivedate = 2013-06-19
}}
In May 2013, Joanna Rohrback demonstrated Prancercise to Al Roker and Natalie Morales on The Today Show.{{cite web
| title=Do you Prancercise? Fitness sensation goes viral
| year=2013
| url=http://www.today.com/video/today/52055556
|accessdate=2011-09-05 }}
In July 2013, she starred in the official music video for John Mayer's hit single Paper Doll.{{cite web
| title=John Mayer - Paper Doll
| website=YouTube
| year=2013
| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=565tXd1UyYI}}
In September 2013, she appeared in a promotional video for Wonderful Pistachios{{cite web
| title=Wonderful Pistachios - Get Crackin' with the Prancercise lady
| website=YouTube
| year=2013
| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3lRp1vivSo}} and e-cigarette brand Bull Smoke.{{cite web
| title=Joanna Rohrback Prefers being around Bull Smoke E-Cigarettes to Dangerous Tobacco Cigarettes
| author=
| website=YouTube
| year=2013
| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVzSsFGnU6M
| accessdate=2013-12-10}} She also appeared on the Comedy Central show Tosh.0{{cite web
| title=Tosh.0 - Prancercise
| year=2013
| url=http://tosh.comedycentral.com/video-clips/o0efj7/prancercise}} with Daniel Tosh and The Steve Harvey Show.{{cite web
| title=The Steve Harvey Show - Prancercise
| year=2013
| url=http://www.steveharveytv.com/prancercise/}}
In October 2013, she appeared on The Dr. Oz show.{{cite web
| title=Dr. Oz Learns How to Prancercise
| year=2013
| url=http://www.doctoroz.com/episode/10-things-every-woman-must-know-about-heart-disease?video_id=2710789028001}}
In November 2013, she appeared on South Beach Tow.{{cite web
| title=Tow Yard Prancing Caught On Tape
| year=2013
| url=http://www.trutv.com/shows/south-beach-tow/videos/tow-yard-prancing-caught-on-tape.html}}
In December 2013, she was named the Surprise Star of the Year by the CNBC{{cite web
| title=The surprise star of 2013: The 'Prancercise' lady
| website=CNBC
| year=2013
| url=https://www.cnbc.com/2013/12/10/joanna-rohrback-reflects-on-a-year-of-prancercise.html}} and appeared in YouTube's 2013 Rewind Mashup video, which has garnered over 15 million views in less than 48 hours.{{cite web
| title=YouTube Rewind: What Does 2013 Say?
| website=YouTube
| year=2013
| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7jtC8vjXw8
|accessdate=2011-12-12 }}{{Better source needed|date=May 2021}}
In 2013 Joanna Rohrback and prancercise appeared on South Beach Tow where Joanna's car was repossessed and she taught prancercising to Tremont Towing dispatcher Dave Kosgrove who used it to help repossess a car.{{Cite web|url=https://tv.apple.com/us/episode/daves-dance-battle/umc.cmc.29t50zhf03fi87ouzryqlivhi|title=Dave's Dance Battle - South Beach Tow | Apple TV|date=26 November 2013}}
In March 2014 Joanna Rohrback appeared in the popular TV show Glee as one of the judges at Nationals.{{Cite web|date=2014-03-15|title=Poptimal.com -'Glee' Review: The end of glee club? - Poptimal.com|url=http://poptimal.com/2014/03/14/glee-review-end-glee-club/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315013124/http://poptimal.com/2014/03/14/glee-review-end-glee-club/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=2014-03-15|access-date=2021-05-18}}
In November 2017, the YouTube channel Jontron made an ironic review of the workout video.Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211209/qXivpclxftM Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20171125193406/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXivpclxftM&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXivpclxftM| title = Weird Workout Videos - JonTron | website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}
External links
- [https://www.prancercise.com Official site]