Fitness Collection (page 4)

WWI - What a Pleasure to be a Soldier! Two cheeky (and rather rotund) Geman privates mimic their commanding officer and his hands-on-hips pose - with considerable comic effect!

Reduced facsimile of a Chart of Physical Exercises (supplied with Cassells Physical Educator). Date: circa 1910s

Advert for Terrys exerciser for men 1933
Be 21 again this way. You can be as full of vigour to-day as you were at 21. Rut and routine need never grip you. Mornings can find you fresh. Get the urge of the Terry Sculling Exerciser

36 Area Sports Meeting at Woodford Wells, Essex - Long Jump competition

London Fire Brigade running race in Dulwich
London firefighters running a race in Dulwich, South London

London Fire Brigade - Tug of War Team
London Fire Brigade - Tug of War winning team (F District) group photo

MFB Athletic Association meeting poster
Metropolitan Fire Brigade Amateur Athletic Association Annual Athletic Meeting poster for 7 June 1902

LCC-MFB Recruitment strength test
There were many applications to join the MFB and there were about 99% rejections. A stern standard of physical fitness was laid down by the LCC and the Brigade

LCC-LFB - Junior firemen training scheme
The Junior Firemen was created in the latter days of the London County Council. Boys aged 16 to 17 were eligible to join the scheme

NFS (London Region) assault course training exercises, WW2
With a dramatic reduction in enemy attacks on London after the Blitz (1940-41) firefighters had to be kept gainfully employed and a high level of fitness and preparedness maintained

NFS (London Region) fire brigade display at Lambeth, WW2
During 1942 and 1943, 23 air raids occurred over the London Region, but they were light in character. The firefighters of the NFS needed to be kept in a state of constant readiness

Pentonville Prison 1895

Abplanalp exercise regime advertisement
Advertisement for Abplanalp, a Swiss system of exercise and weight loss, showing a before and after photograph of a man whose waistline has improved considerably in the space of just two months

Scissors and Pendulum - Exercise regime for 1927
Images illustrating two exercises, the Scissors and the Pendulum designed to keep the figure neat and trim for 1920s ladies. Date: 1927

The Seal - Exercise regime for 1927
A recommended exercise for the 1920s lady, the Seal improves the general circulation, strengthens the abdomen and corrects that very common fault called sway back. Date: 1927

12th Deutsches Turnfest at Leipzig
12th Deutsches Turnfest (German Gymnastics Festival) at Leipzig - 12th-16th July, 1913. Adorning the festival garland Date: 1913

New York chefs exercising
Hotel Commodore, New York. A group of chefs on the roof, Chef Leoni and his cooks exercising 1920

Recruiting his health 1917
The healthy manpower was simply not there, and in 1917 only 36% of men examined were suitable for full military duties. 1917

PE Class 1927
Physical education in school, 1927 Date: 1927

Bernarr McFadden
BERNARR MCFADDEN - American fitness guru, the father of physical culture, healthy- minded discourager of impure habits. Date: 1868 - 1955

CHILDREN BEING CRABS
Two children lie on their backs and make crabs. Date: 1930s

Lovers chat using a string telephone
A courting couple chat over the telephone, while cupid listens in. The dapper gentleman attributes his robust health to the taking of Enos fruit salt

Keep Fit Classes on holiday
Girls exercising under the guidance of a fully trained instructor at the French coastal resort of Trouville, France, where a well-equipped gymnasium has been built on the beach by the local

The Gymnasium at Chios Town, Chios, Greece Date: circa 1910s

Girl Exercising
Keep young and beautiful : A smart little girl demonstrates how a few minutes stretching your arms and legs each day is a good form of exercise. Child, children Date: 1930s

Leapfrog Girls 1940S
Two Australian girls playing leapfrog. Under an Australian National Health scheme, children from deprived areas were taught how to enjoy exercise and stay healthy. Date: 1940s

Service Fitness Class
A Fitness for Service womens class attended twice a week during lunch hours. Fitness classes, keep fit Date: late 1930s

Keep Fit Squat
An exercise designed to slim legs and ankles, improve posture and add spring to your step. Date: late 1930s

Keep Fit / Side Stretch
A side stretch, performed in the open air for added health benefit. Date: 1930s

Government Medical Inspectors Office
Emigration - The Government Medical Inspectors Office. As the text describes: No passenger ship is allowed to proceed until a medical practitioner appointed by the emigration office of the port shall

Elderly couple on a country walk
An elderly couple going for a country walk down a sloping track

Kavala - Gynastic Examinations
The Gymnastic examinations at Kavala, Greece, the second largest city in northern Greece, the principal seaport of eastern Macedonia and the capital of Kavala prefecture

German beach holiday 1936
Climbing frames on the beach and a family on holiday in Warnemunde, Germany in 1936

The Turnfest - Bern - July 1906
Swiss-wide Gymnastics Festival which takes place every six years - founded in the early 19th century (24th April 1832 in Aaru) and continues to this day

Exercising with skittles
Girls exercising with skittles in Australia

London Central YMCA Gymnasium
The London Central YMCA Gymnasium with a wide variety of athletic training and gymnastic apparatus

Ladies Ball Practice
Female athletes exercise by throwing large balls into the air, whilst outdoors in winter snow

Strong Man, E. Sandow
EUGEN SANDOW American exponent of physical fitness, showing off his arm muscles

Lady Athlete Exercises
This female athlete exercising is a paragon of health and fitness

Gym Class / Primary School
Physical Exercise - children attend gym class at Danesfield County Primary School, Buckinghamshire

Keep Fit Leapfrog / 1940
Leapfrogging for health & fitness

Chinese Schoolboys
Chinese schoolboys performing physical exercise. This glimpse of modern China is significant of much.. a Yellow Peril or a Yellow Blessing

Titanic / Girl in Gym
A girl on an exercise bike in the gymnasium of the Titanic

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