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An Old Gym

Posted on Thursday, April 8th, 2021 by John Wood
An old gym… If I had to guess, I’d say this was in France in the early 1900’s. The Swedish bars, medicine ball, climbing bars (along the ceiling), and the apparatus on the right (essentially a Roman Chair) would provide plenty to work on.
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The Roubaix Athletic Club, 1906

Posted on Thursday, January 25th, 2018 by John Wood
A look at the Roubaix Athletic club in Northern France, circa 1906. This club had an excellent assortment of globe dumbbells and an equally excellent assortment of strongman posters on the walls — look closely, you’ll find The Rasso Trio, Apollon, Sampson and Cyclops, John Grunn Marx and Batta. A number of famous “names” trained there, including Jules Parent, Athleta, Noel Le Gaulois, Pierre Bonnes, Batta, Charles Poire, Felix Bernard and Constant le Bouche.