Exercise Collection

England, Northumberland, Sycamore Gap, Northumberland National Park. Sycamore Gap, a famous landmark along Hadrians Wall in the Hadrians Wall World Heritage Site

Graceful Line Of Beach Dancers
Long Beach, California: March 16, 1934. Dancers trained by Lillian Newman staging an outdoor tableux on the beach

Group of swimmers on Bognor beach, August 1920
Photographic Collection West Sussex Record Office, Ref No: PH 25961/1

A day in the life of Arkle. 21st November 1965

Runners, marathon, New York, New York State, United States of America, North America

Runners, marathon, New York, New York State, United States of America, North America

Hogarth / False Perspectiv
An exercise in false perspective. Date: early 19th century

Nun on a skateboard, holding her arms out for balance. Date: circa 1970s

Practicing synchronised swimming. Aerial view of swimmers training before a junior-league synchronised swimming competition. Photographed at Trud swimming pool, Moscow, Russia

Skeleton playing rugby. Computer enhanced X- ray of a skeleton running with a rugby ball

HMS Montrose
Type 23 frigate HMS Montrose is pictured at speed in the Mediterranean Sea during Exercise Cougar 12

ballerina's back 2
Young beautiful ballerina is posing in studio. Alexander Yakovlev

Czech Republic - 10th All Sokol Rally in Prague 1938
A rally to promoting public exercise as a way to stimulate national self importance (through organised gymnastic and athletic demonstrations - usually mass-participation)

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) young bear rolling around in the snow, on newly formed pack ice during autumn freeze up, Beaufort Sea, off Arctic coast, Alaska

RFA Diligence During a Counter Piracy Boarding Exercise
RFA Diligence is the target in a boarding training exercise conducted by teams from HMS Somerset and RFA Fort Victoria

HMS Montrose, a Type 23 Frigate, performed a series of tight turns, during Marstrike 05

Female jockeys riding gentlemen like horses
Two women jockeys with riding crops, spur on their steeds - not horses, but top-hatted and tailed gentlemen who wear bridles in their mouths

Crieff Hydropathic - Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland
Crieff Hydro is a hotel in Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland which opened in 1868 as the Crieff Hydropathic Establishment

RAF Chinook Helicopter
Chinook helicopter from18 (B) Squadron practising desert operations as the sun sets during Exercise Vortex Warrior.18 (B) Sqn are based at Royal Air Force Odiham

Hercules C130K
A Royal Air Force C130K Hercules takes off from the Californian desert during Exercise Crown Pinnacle in the USA

The Womens League of Health & Beauty exercise classes, 1938
Health and beauty-a morning exercise class at Harrington Road, London, as conducted by Helen Stack(cousin of Prunella Stack)for the Womens League of Health and Beauty

Athletic young man in shorts with ball lying on a stone floor

Nun Swivels Hula Hoop On Hips
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: October 18, 1958. Benedictine Sisters at the Christ King Convent in Oklahoma City try their hand at the hula hoop craze that is sweeping the country

LCC-LFB Fire display at Brigade HQ Southwark
The London Fire Brigade encouraged, for very many years, a good public image by opening its doors to the public to special fire brigade displays

British Mark IV tank with Canadian soldiers, WW1
A British Mark IV tank on a training exercise, with a large number of Canadian soldiers sitting on top of it, on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: February 1918

North Wales, Snowdonia. A man and woman stop to look at their map whilst hiking in Snowdonia. (MR)

Physical education, netball
Four girls playing netball, one tall girl takes a shot, the others await the rebound. Did she score?...we ll never know

Running of the bulls (Encierro), San Fermin festival, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain, Europe

Chuck Wagon Race, Calgary Stampede, Alberta, Canada

The Gymnasium - Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Devon
circa 1910s

DORE: LONDON: 1872. Newgate - Exercise Yard. Wood engraving after Gustave Dore from London: A Pilgrimage, 1872

Blitz in London -- AFS firefighter on ladder, WW2
Blitz in London -- an AFS firefighter on a ladder with hose attached, in a training exercise at HQ

NFS firefighters at assault course training camp, WW2
With a dramatic reduction in enemy attacks on London after the Blitz (1940-41) firemen and firewomen had to be kept gainfully employed and a high level of fitness and preparedness maintained

Czech Republic - Sokol Rally in Prague 1929
A rally to promoting public exercise as a way to stimulate national self importance (through organised gymnastic and athletic demonstrations - usually mass-participation)

Yugoslavia - Sokol Rally in Belgrade
A rally to promoting public exercise as a way to stimulate national self importance (through organised gymnastic and athletic demonstrations - usually mass-participation)

Czech Republic - 6th All Sokol Rally in Prague
A rally to promoting public exercise as a way to stimulate national self importance (through organised gymnastic and athletic demonstrations - usually mass-participation)

If Unhealthy, be healthy: If Healthy by Healthier
An energetic man starts the day in his dressing gown by diving off the mantelpiece of his living room

The Bystander masthead by Laurie Taylor, 1930
An athletic woman in a swimsuit and bathing cap, sprints along a beach accompanied by two elegant greyhounds, the canine icon of the art deco period

Edwardian Walkers
WALKING Six young Edwardian men in shirtsleeves, two with walking canes, out for a walk in the countryside

Hastings mersey class lifeboat Sealink Endeavour
The ALB, seconds after launch

A climber on the classic extreme route Raven Wall on the cliffs at Bosigran, near St. Just, West Penwith, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Driving Siberian huskies, Karelia, Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

Ballet dancers exercising at the French Academie de Musique et de Danse. (2 of 2)

Childrens Exercise Drill at Cleevedon Toddlers Home, South
Staff take young children through an exercise drill at the Cleevedon Toddlers Home, South Norwood, run by the Reformatory and Rescue Union (later known as the Childrens Aid Society)

Cumbria Ramblers
Three ramblers stop to admire the view of the Newlands Valley, Cumbria, England, with the peaks of Hindscarth and Robinson Fell towering impressively above the valley. Date: 1930s

Climber i on Sgurr Alasdair on the Cuillin Ridge Isle of Skye Scotland
Ashley Cooper / SpecialistStock

Wales, Gwynedd, Bala. White water kayaking on the Tryweryn River at the National Whitewater Centre

The long sandy beach beside the Ackergill Links at Sinclairs Bay

Mountain bikers stop on their circuit of Mont Blanc to look at Western Europes highest mountain

Gun transport exercise, Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire
An emergency gun transport exercise taking place at Wentworth Woodhouse, Lord Fitzwilliams residence at Rotherham, Yorkshire

Jared Lynch mountain biking the north end of the Whitefish Trail near Whitefish, Montana, USA (MR)

Peckham Health Centre or the Pioneer Health Centre was opened in 1935 in Peckham, south London. It was a social experiment to monitor the effects of environment on health

Point of view of singletrack riding at the Pig Farm Trails near Whitefish, Montana, USA
Point of view of single-track riding at the Pig Farm Trails near Whitefish, Montana, USA

Building prams for racing in Chichester, 1960s
Chichester Photographic Collection West Sussex Record Office, Ref No PH 2838/9

Skeleton playing football. Computer enhanced X- ray of a skeleton kicking a football

Running injuries, conceptual artwork

Surf riding at Muizenburg on the Cape Coast
A contrast to the grey days at home: surf-riding at Muizenburg, the Queen of Cape Coast Watering Places. A universal summer pastime of the South African coastal resorts, surf-riding

Morning Tai chi, Shanghai, China, Asia

Early morning female runner, Bondi beach, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

City skyline, Houston, Texas, United States of America (U.S.A.), North America

Kite surfing at Santa Maria on the island of Sal (Salt), Cape Verde Islands, Atlantic Ocean, Africa

Ballet dancers exercising at the French Academie de Musique et de Danse. (1 of 2)

Jogger running on the waterfront in Coal Harbour, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, North America

Exercise Machine
Two young women, toning up and staying slim with the aid of their new fangled rowing exercise machines!

Plan Pentonville Prison
A plan of the floor layout of Pentonville, a model prison built in London in 1843, with corridors of cells radiating out from a central point & exercise yards

Ballerina at class
Young beautiful ballet dancer is posing in studio. Alexander Yakovlev

Millwall FC. J. Lansdale, goalkeeper. DM17284
Millwall FC. J.Lansdale, goalkeeper. DM17284

Diana Moran, keep fit expert, recruited 12 South London commuters at Waterloo Station on Tuesday, January 11th 1983, to film her first fitness class for BBC Breakfast Time Television Show

Pat Taffe on Arkle. March 1966

Woman police officer in self-defence exercise
Woman police officer (Moya Wood-Heath) taking part in a self-defence demonstration exercise at an outdoor event, watched by spectators. Date: circa early 1970s

Nun on a bicycle in a playground. Date: circa 1970s

First Tracks on Evans Heaven on sunny powder morning at Whitefish Mountain Resort, Montana, USA (MR)

Young man in a suit and without shirt lying on a couch

Young man in a suit and without shirt kneeling on a couch

A pause for more pleasure, 1951
Players Navy Cut large rectangular counter-card featuring a reproduction of Van Jones painting depicting a lady in a coastal scene holding a lit cigarette with a red bicycle next to her

Sonny Liston, World Heavyweight Champion, visits the training camp of British boxer, Billy Walker, at the Blue House Farm, Pitsea, Essex. 4th September 1963

Muscle man John Grimek flexing his muscles with Marquis the Chimpanzee at the London Palladium

Advert for Terrys exerciser for men 1939
Christmas gift ideas from Herbert Terry exercisers, including steelstrand expander, golfer pocket wrist exerciser, spring grip dumbbells

Origami cycle
bicycle folded out of paper, origami style

Fetch! Weimaraner carrying long log through woods

AFS regional training exercise, journey through London
AFS regional training exercise in Norfolk, 10-11 September 1955. Showing vehicles in London, passing Marble Arch en route for their destination

LCC-LFB horse drawn 75ft turntable ladder (TL)
Shand Mason (Blackfriars) supplied the London Fire Brigade with this hand operated 75 foot turntable ladder on a four wheel horse drawn carriage

Whatever the pleasure: Cycling, 1955
layers Navy Cut rectangular covered counter-card featuring an illustration of a young man and lady taking a break from a bike ride to sit and smoke on a bench around a tree

Czech Republic - 9th All Sokol Rally in Prague 1932
9th All Sokol Rally in Prague 1932

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"Embrace the Power of Exercise: From Runners to Marathons and Everything In Between. " a universal language that transcends boundaries, bringing people together in pursuit of a healthier lifestyle. Whether it's witnessing runners conquering marathons or admiring the artistry of Hogarth's False Perspective, exercise takes on many forms and captivates our senses. In Crieff Hydropathic, nestled in the picturesque Perthshire region of Scotland, individuals find solace in rejuvenating their bodies through various fitness activities. Meanwhile, aboard HMS Montrose, a Type 23 Frigate during Marstrike 05 exercises, sailors showcase their agility by performing tight turns with precision and skill. Who says exercise can't be playful? Even a skeleton finds joy in playing rugby while synchronised swimmers perfect their routines with grace and elegance. The RAF Chinook Helicopter soars above us as we marvel at its strength and endurance. Nature itself embraces exercise as we witness a young polar bear rolling around in freshly formed snow - pure bliss. And who could forget the unexpected sight of a nun effortlessly gliding on a skateboard? From ballerinas showcasing their sculpted backs to British Mark IV tanks manned by brave Canadian soldiers during World War I – exercise has been an integral part of human history. It strengthens not only our bodies but also our spirits. As DORE depicted Newgate's Exercise Yard back in 1872 through his wood engraving after Gustave Dore from London, we realize that exercise has always played an essential role throughout time. It connects generations and reminds us that staying active is crucial for both physical and mental well-being. So let us embrace the power - whether it be running like marathoners or finding inspiration from historical engravings - because when we move our bodies, we unlock endless possibilities for growth and transformation.