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AMAZING PICTURES SHOW HOW THE VICTORIANS EMBRACED FITNESS EQUIPMENT AND ANTICIPATED THE MODERN DAY GYMS USED BY MILLIONS OF BRITAINS. THESE MACHINES WERE DESIGNED BY SWEDISH PHYSICIAN GUSTAV ZANDER WHO ESTABLISHED THE ZANDER INSTITUTE ON RATHBONE STREET AND OXFORD STREET, LONDON. HE IS CREDITED ... Read more

AMAZING PICTURES SHOW HOW THE VICTORIANS EMBRACED FITNESS EQUIPMENT AND ANTICIPATED THE MODERN DAY GYMS USED BY MILLIONS OF BRITAINS. THESE MACHINES WERE DESIGNED BY SWEDISH PHYSICIAN GUSTAV ZANDER WHO ESTABLISHED THE ZANDER INSTITUTE ON RATHBONE STREET AND OXFORD STREET, LONDON. HE IS CREDITED WITH INSPIRING THE 'STAIRMASTER AND AB - CRUNCHING EQUIPMENT. HE INVENTED MORE THAN 70 DIFFERENT STRNGTH BUILDING MACHINES AND WROTE THE GROUND BREAKING BOOK MECHANICAL EXERCISE: A MEANS OF A CURE, IN 1893. DETAILS OF HIS IMPACT HAVE EMERGED IN A US MAGAZINE, CABINET MAGAZINE.