More on this story...: "The idea of buying fancy fitness equipment and smugly installing it in a corner at home may not be just the modern-day craze some would expect.
A leather-bound book written in 1861, found in the archives of London's Wellcome Library, describes a portable gymnasium for the discerning Victorian.
The manual shows women in full, puffy petticoats and tight-fitting bodices attempting activities such as leg extensions, downward traction, jumping exercises and chest expansions."
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