Before revision: Origins 276x276px|Sascha Schneider, Growing Strength, 1904, oil on canvas The physical culture movement in the United States during the 19th century owed its origins to several cultural trends.Shelly McKenzie, Getting Physical: The Rise of Fitness Culture in America (University Press of Kansas; 2013) In the United States, German immigrants after 1848 introduced a physical culture system based on gymnastics that became popular especially in colleges.
After revision: Origins The physical culture movement in the United States during the 19th century owed its origins to several cultural trends.Shelly McKenzie, Getting Physical: The Rise of Fitness Culture in America (University Press of Kansas; 2013) In the United States, German immigrants after 1848 introduced a physical culture system based on gymnastics that became popular especially in colleges.