Friday 16 May 2008

The Origins Of Cybex Space


Gustav Zander (1835–1920) was a Swedish physician who invented a therapeutic method of exercise carried out by means of special apparatus. Zander began his work in the 1860s and established the Zander Institute in London, before coming to New York.

His hope was that his equipment, which employed gradual muscle resistance, would supplement normal gymnasiums that excluded women, older people, and 'weakly' people of either sex.

(via Everlasting Blort)

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