Dr. Gustav Zander’s institute in Stockholm, founded in 1865, could be called the worlds first gym.
It was equipped with twenty-seven custom built machines that Zanders patients exercised on.
Another set of weights and levers compensated for the body or limb weight of the user.
For those with paralyses or extreme weakness, motorized machines kept the affected muscles from atrophying.
His revolutionary ideas are once again receiving the attention and respect they merited.
