They are only remotely similar to the equipment.
Today photos, including a selfie from the gym – business as usual. And the man who ever visited the gym, can always find a familiar device in another picture, no matter what country it was made. However, such versatility of the equipment is also a product of technology. First the trainers were so intricate that they are easy to confuse with machines of torture.
The guy with the boots on the high lace-up stretch the muscles of the arms, simultaneously developing the back muscles.
Well-dressed young man uses a machine that simulates riding a bike.
On this elegant machine, you can increase your heart rate and provide a rush of blood to the lungs.
The prototypes of those machines, which we use today in the gym, become machines of Dr. Gustaf Zander (Zander Gustaf), which he developed over 150 years ago. Zander was born in Stockholm in 1835. In 1857, when he worked as a physical education teacher at a local school, he realized that he just physically can’t pay equal attention to all his numerous pupils. That’s why he decided to build a device out of wood, belts, springs and weights to the pupils themselves have developed their muscles by performing strength exercises.
This unit is ideal for developing muscles in the arms, shoulders and back.
For those who can’t – or decided not – to ride a horse, this unit will help you to feel the same feeling as a rider.
Girl in a dress and corset shows you how to increase the mobility of the shoulder joint.
Xander gave instructions to everyone on how long it should hold manipulation of his invention is about the same today personal trainer is for each personal exercise program at the gym. The first simulators were working solely on mechanical force. Later, after 10 years, the device was added to steam engines, and even 20 years later, in 1890, they were replaced by electric motors.
Increase blood flow to tired or cold feet with a foot massage.
You have panic attacks or anxiety? This vibrating device makes miracles!
With this wonderful apparatus of the visitors of the Institute sander can measure changes in your body.
The first Institute Zander (Zander Institute) was opened in Stockholm in 1986. This place was both for women and men who want to develop their muscles or to restore the physical shape after various injuries. The premises were divided into two sealed apart sections that women were not shy men. However, women at that time were not really prepared to enter the gym – they were doing, being trapped in a corset, dressed in a long dress with numerous skirts, while the men have not removed their ironed suits and belts.
Just lean back and feel the benefits of massage of the lower abdomen.
How the butcher makes the meatballs so machines sander will make our bodies the bodies of the athletes.
Stretch the side muscles, to remove the saggy side.
Despite some inconveniences, Institutions Xander attained international popularity. In 1911, the world has opened more than 300 Institutions Xander. Even on the “Titanic” was a separate room with machines sander. How these trainers looked like in the beginning of its long journey to perfection, you can see in the photos, taken by photographer Okand in 1892. Now these images are in the Technical Museum of Stockholm.
Come and get your pack abs!
The idea of this apparatus is to hold your torso still while the saddle is in motion. Today this function is performed by ball for fitness.
Machine for training the biceps. You can do without removing the suit.
Another measuring apparatus capable of measuring the contours of you torso.
This clever apparatus is designed to strengthen the abdominal muscles.
This unit is designed to correct your posture.
It may look like a velvet-covered dining table, but this unit allows you to adjust the muscles that support the spine.
Is this not a torture device? But no, it is simply adjusting your chest.
