These Vintage Work-Out Photos Will Make You Thankful For Modern Gyms

Getting A Pump At Work

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Here is a picture of Vice-President Calvin Coolidge and Speaker of the House Fredrick Gillett exercising in the congressional gym in 1923. It looks like Frederick Gillette is working out using a machine that has little to no actual use, while Calvin Coolidge holds bowling pins up in the air. Today, people take working out a little bit more seriously and certainly wouldn’t be caught dead working out in their business suits. Instead, they spend hundreds of dollars on workout attire so they can look stylish while at the gym. Cooldige and Gillette didn’t have time for such nonsense. They were too busy running the country.

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