BodyBreak with Hal Johnson and Joanne McLeod was a staple on Canadian television sets in the 1990s, jam-packed with fitness tips and recipes.But what most Canadians probably don’t know is that the show itself, which aired 65 90-second programs through ParticipACTION in 1991 and still continues on to this day in other forms, was created after Johnson faced a number of racist incidents, including TSN reneging on a job offer because it already had a Black reporter on its roster. “You think that BodyBreak was started because of fitness?
Well, it wasn’t. It was started to combat racism. That was the number one reason that we started BodyBreak, Joanne and I,” Johnson said to kick-off an over-four minute clip posted to the pair’s YouTube page.The.