Health clubs gymnasiums - Forearm exercise equipment.
Health Clubs Gymnasiums
A health club (also known as a fitness club, fitness center, and commonly referred to as a gym) is a place which houses exercise equipment for the purpose of physical exercise.
The word ³Å¼½¬Ã¹¿½ (gymnasion) was used in Ancient Greece, meaning a locality for both physical and intellectual education of young men (see gymnasium (ancient Greece)).
(health club) health spa: a place of business with equipment and facilities for exercising and improving physical fitness
The word ³Å¼½¬Ã¹¿½ (gymnasion) was used in Ancient Greece, meaning a locality for both physical and intellectual education of young men (see gymnasium (ancient Greece)).
A school in Germany, Scandinavia, or central Europe that prepares pupils for university entrance
A room or building equipped for gymnastics, games, and other physical exercise
(gymnasium) secondary school: a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12
(gymnasium) athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training
Pioneer Health Centre 1935: London modernism
This is the flat entrance to the roof top, rather hobbit like. Visited as part of Open House 2009.
In 1935, two doctors opened the Pioneer Health Centre to house the 'Peckham Experiment', a unique attempt to improve public health through education, community care and preventative medicine.
Drs Scott Williamson and Innes Pearse, the founders, were responding to worryingly low levels of health and fitness among low-income inner-city families. The husband and wife team believed that social and physical environment could have a direct affect on health and sought to prove it.
Nine hundred and fifty families signed up, paying one shilling a week to relax in a club-like atmosphere where physical exercise, games and workshops were all encouraged. Among the original facilities were a nursery, gymnasium, cafeteria and kitchens (serving food grown at the Centre's farm near Bromley) and swimming pool.
The families were constantly observed by Williamson and Pearse's team of doctors and attended thorough annual medical examinations with the emphasis on a preventative, rather than a curative approach to health.
To reflect the pioneering approach to healthcare, the building was designed as an equally bold example of 20th century Modernist architecture.
Pioneer Health Centre 1935: London modernism
Visited as part of Open House 2009.
In 1935, two doctors opened the Pioneer Health Centre to house the 'Peckham Experiment', a unique attempt to improve public health through education, community care and preventative medicine.
Drs Scott Williamson and Innes Pearse, the founders, were responding to worryingly low levels of health and fitness among low-income inner-city families. The husband and wife team believed that social and physical environment could have a direct affect on health and sought to prove it.
Nine hundred and fifty families signed up, paying one shilling a week to relax in a club-like atmosphere where physical exercise, games and workshops were all encouraged. Among the original facilities were a nursery, gymnasium, cafeteria and kitchens (serving food grown at the Centre's farm near Bromley) and swimming pool.
The families were constantly observed by Williamson and Pearse's team of doctors and attended thorough annual medical examinations with the emphasis on a preventative, rather than a curative approach to health.
To reflect the pioneering approach to healthcare, the building was designed as an equally bold example of 20th century Modernist architecture.