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Today, working out and exercising has become a way of life. Pictures from the gym, from races and fun-runs, of personal trainers and exercise retreats now fill the timelines and ne ...
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But the way in which we exercise also reflects the development of technology. The gyms of today have developed from a prototype designed by Doctor Gustaf Zander more than 150 years ago. This is an exhibition about his medico-mechanical gymnastic apparatus with which visitors to his gym – smartly dressed in suits and corsets – improved their bodies with exercises such as arm-twisting, thigh-chopping and the vibrating horse-rider.
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Hej!
Kommer svett&korsett utställningen tillbaka till Tekniska museet? I så fall när?
Staffi, October 26, 2017
svenne, February 20, 2019
Lotta Oudhuis, December 10, 2019
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