Saturday, January 03, 2009

Working out in Rio



IMG_1536, originally uploaded by dallicetylee.

Not interested in working out with air conditioning? Prefer a sea breeze? Perhaps you just want the general public to see your muscles?! This is the gym for you...

Dotted around the city, along the beach walks and in the parks you will see these ``outdoor gyms``. Essentially steel bars with formed concrete knobs on the ends, of various sizes. Very convenient indeed!

It almost goes without saying that Brazilians are very comfortable showing skin... no matter what size or shape they are. Admirable. Possibly more admirable if they stopped trying to squeeze themselves into the speedos they wore as children though.

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