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Exercise

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  • Sports snacking : active bodies crave carbohydrate for energy. But how do you get the most from meals and snack on the right foods at the right time?
  • A man and wife and their two children and dog climbing up a grassy knoll as exercise in the fresh air. Colour lithograph by Hulls.
  • Don't waste your time or money on ROT! : Here's what I'm ready to do: I'll prove in just 7 days YOU can have a body like mine / Charles Atlas.
  • Hopîtal Royal de Bicêtre, Paris: patients exercising in the grounds. Engraving by Letitia Byrne, 1829, after T. Nash.
  • Earl's Court House, London: the gardens with several women, walking, skipping, playing badminton, etc. Coloured lithograph by G. E. Madeley after himself.
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Catalogue

    • Ephemera

    Mobilistics cod liver 'oiling' the joints : fitness for the over 50s / YMCA ; Seven Seas.

    | Date: [1993]
    • Ephemera
    • Online

    A healthy eating guide : cholesterol / Tesco Stores Ltd.

    Tesco (Firm) | Date: [1994?]
    • Ephemera

    Take on a challenge : swim for Sport Relief 21-23 March 2014.

    | Date: 2014
    • Books

    Exercises illustrated : ancient way to keep fit / compiled by Zong Wu, Li Mao ; translated by Song Luzeng, Liu Beijian, Liu Zhenkai.

    Wu, Zong. | Date: 1990
    • Ephemera

    The Rosedale PowerWeb : the sequel to the mediweb... / Rosedale Research Ltd.

    | Date: [1992]
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