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  • A man looks at messages on his phone beneath a large billboard featuring an ecstatic young woman, on the exterior of a soon-to-open fitness club opposite Liverpool Station in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 26th February 2021, in London, England.
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  • Three Londoners look at messages beneath a large billboard featuring an ecstatic young woman, on the exterior of a soon-to-open fitness club opposite Liverpool Station in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 26th February 2021, in London, England.
    fitness_billboard03-26-02-2021.jpg
  • Three Londoners look at messages beneath a large billboard featuring an ecstatic young woman, on the exterior of a soon-to-open fitness club opposite Liverpool Station in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 26th February 2021, in London, England.
    fitness_billboard02-26-02-2021.jpg
  • With a background of city architecture and pedestrians, a gym member exercises at lunchtime in the window of a health and fitness business at Liverpool Street in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 26th January 2023, in London, England.
    capsule_window-03-26-01-2023.jpg
  • With a background of city architecture and pedestrians, gym members exercise at lunchtime in the window of a health and fitness business at Liverpool Street in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 26th January 2023, in London, England.
    city_gym-03-26-01-2023.jpg
  • With a background of city architecture and pedestrians, gym members exercise at lunchtime in the window of a health and fitness business at Liverpool Street in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 26th January 2023, in London, England.
    city_gym-06-26-01-2023.jpg
  • With a background of city architecture and pedestrians, gym members exercise at lunchtime in the window of a health and fitness business at Liverpool Street in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 26th January 2023, in London, England.
    city_gym-04-26-01-2023.jpg
  • With a background of city architecture and pedestrians, a gym member exercises at lunchtime in the window of a health and fitness business at Liverpool Street in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 26th January 2023, in London, England.
    capsule_window-04-26-01-2023.jpg
  • With a background of city architecture and pedestrians, gym members exercise at lunchtime in the window of a health and fitness business at Liverpool Street in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 26th January 2023, in London, England.
    city_gym-07-26-01-2023.jpg
  • With a background of city architecture and pedestrians, gym members exercise at lunchtime in the window of a health and fitness business at Liverpool Street in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 26th January 2023, in London, England.
    city_gym-05-26-01-2023.jpg
  • RAF Flight Lieutenant Jez Griggs, exerts his last, tough repetition of sit-ups to reach his target during his annual basic fitness test. Griggs is a member of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, and each member has to pass fitness exams like this in order to maintain their military pilots' licence. Held in the gym at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, it forms part of the team's Spring training month. The fatigued pilot is straining to sit upright once more while an RAF instructor shouts encouragement while holding down his feet at the ankles to ensure the sit-ups are performed perfectly. The picture is blurred to show movement during the exercise and the man's face is red with effort. Another instructor is seen in the background holding down another pilot's feet and the floor of the gymnasium is marked for indoor sport. .
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  • The silhouette sign of a running man in a public park in south London tells fitness fanatics the benefits of healthy exercise.
    running_man02-01-02-2010.jpg
  • A man wearing a face covering on his chin and with a cigarette in his mouth, walks beneath a large billboard featuring an ecstatic young woman, on the exterior of a soon-to-open fitness club opposite Liverpool Station in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 24th February 2021, in London, England. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    city_mural03-24-02-2021.jpg
  • A man wearing a face covering walks beneath a large billboard featuring an ecstatic young woman, on the exterior of a soon-to-open fitness club opposite Liverpool Station in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 24th February 2021, in London, England.(Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    city_mural09-24-02-2021.jpg
  • Seen through a window, a lady stretches to echo an image of a man hanging from bars, outside a Fitness First gym, on 1st September 2016, in south London, England UK.
    city_people-04-01-09-2016.jpg
  • The face of a customer who is working out at a fitness business is seen through the screen of a closed gym during the second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic, on 26th October 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_city06-26-10-2020.jpg
  • Businesswoman walks past a poster ad for City of London Fitness First gyms.
    city_people03-17-04-2015.jpg
  • The face of a customer who is working out at a fitness business is seen through the screen of a closed gym during the second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic, on 26th October 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_city04-26-10-2020.jpg
  • The face of a customer who is working out at a fitness business is seen through the screen of a closed gym during the second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic, on 26th October 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_city03-26-10-2020.jpg
  • The face of a customer who is working out at a fitness business is seen through the screen of a closed gym during the second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic, on 26th October 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_city02-26-10-2020.jpg
  • The face of a customer who is working out at a fitness business is seen through the screen of a closed gym during the second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic, on 26th October 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_city08-26-10-2020.jpg
  • Hidden behind their newspaper, an anonymous city worker exercises their body while simultaneously works their mind while on a gym bike. Spinning feet on pedals and slightly blurring of the pages, the person has their fitness regime fulfilled while reading all the latest in world finance from the Financial Times (FT) broadsheet.
    gym_bike01-16-03-1993.jpg
  • The face of a customer who is working out at a fitness business is seen through the screen of a closed gym during the second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic, on 26th October 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_city05-26-10-2020.jpg
  • The face of a customer who is working out at a fitness business is seen through the screen of a closed gym during the second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic, on 26th October 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_city07-26-10-2020.jpg
  • A carer pushes a woman past a London bus adorned with an ad for health and fitness, on Oxford Street, during the third lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic, on 29th March 2021, in London, England.
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  • Out-of-work chef Phil, exercises alone in a snowy landscape at the empty open-air gym in Brockwell Park, south London during the third lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic. Furloughed since last October and feeling the need to escape his nearby flat, he regularly visits this outdoor facility which is usually busy with south London fitness enthusiasts, on 8th February 2021, in London, England.
    gym_snow12-08-02-2021.jpg
  • Out-of-work chef Phil, exercises alone in a snowy landscape at the empty open-air gym in Brockwell Park, south London during the third lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic. Furloughed since last October and feeling the need to escape his nearby flat, he regularly visits this outdoor facility which is usually busy with south London fitness enthusiasts, on 8th February 2021, in London, England.
    gym_snow13-08-02-2021.jpg
  • Out-of-work chef Phil, exercises alone in a snowy landscape at the empty open-air gym in Brockwell Park, south London during the third lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic. Furloughed since last October and feeling the need to escape his nearby flat, he regularly visits this outdoor facility which is usually busy with south London fitness enthusiasts, on 8th February 2021, in London, England.
    gym_snow10-08-02-2021.jpg
  • Out-of-work chef Phil, exercises alone in a snowy landscape at the empty open-air gym in Brockwell Park, south London during the third lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic. Furloughed since last October and feeling the need to escape his nearby flat, he regularly visits this outdoor facility which is usually busy with south London fitness enthusiasts, on 8th February 2021, in London, England.
    gym_snow06-08-02-2021.jpg
  • Out-of-work chef Phil, exercises alone in a snowy landscape at the empty open-air gym in Brockwell Park, south London during the third lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic. Furloughed since last October and feeling the need to escape his nearby flat, he regularly visits this outdoor facility which is usually busy with south London fitness enthusiasts, on 8th February 2021, in London, England.
    gym_snow05-08-02-2021.jpg
  • Out-of-work chef Phil, exercises alone in a snowy landscape at the empty open-air gym in Brockwell Park, south London during the third lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic. Furloughed since last October and feeling the need to escape his nearby flat, he regularly visits this outdoor facility which is usually busy with south London fitness enthusiasts, on 8th February 2021, in London, England.
    gym_snow02-08-02-2021.jpg
  • Out-of-work chef Phil, exercises alone in a snowy landscape at the empty open-air gym in Brockwell Park, south London during the third lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic. Furloughed since last October and feeling the need to escape his nearby flat, he regularly visits this outdoor facility which is usually busy with south London fitness enthusiasts, on 8th February 2021, in London, England.
    gym_snow01-08-02-2021.jpg
  • A No Contract sign in the window of a new PureGym, on 2nd March 2017, in Camberwell, London borough of Southwark, England. PureGym Limited is a chain of no frills fitness clubs in the United Kingdom. The chain is based in Leeds and has gyms across the UK. It is Britain's largest gym chain by membership with about 450,000 members currently signed up and has plans to open 300 gyms by 2020.
    no_contract-07-02-03-2017.jpg
  • A No Contract sign in the window of a new PureGym, on 2nd March 2017, in Camberwell, London borough of Southwark, England. PureGym Limited is a chain of no frills fitness clubs in the United Kingdom. The chain is based in Leeds and has gyms across the UK. It is Britain's largest gym chain by membership with about 450,000 members currently signed up and has plans to open 300 gyms by 2020.
    no_contract-06-02-03-2017.jpg
  • Members of the Horizon Fitness womens' road racing cycling team warm-up on their Turbo rollers before competition.
    womens_cycling7-14-June-2011.jpg
  • Manager of Horizon Fitness womens' road racing cycling team prepares drinks bottles for his cyclists in Woking.
    womens_cycling28-14-June-2011.jpg
  • A member of the Horizon Fitness womens' road racing cycling team waits to re-join the Woking street race after bike repairs/
    womens_cycling19-14-June-2011.jpg
  • A member of the Horizon Fitness womens' road racing cycling team waits to re-join the Woking street race after bike repairs/
    womens_cycling18-14-June-2011.jpg
  • A member of the Horizon Fitness womens' road racing cycling team waits to re-join the Woking street race after bike repairs/
    womens_cycling17-14-June-2011.jpg
  • Members of the Horizon Fitness womens' road racing cycling team warm-up on their Turbo rollers before competition.
    womens_cycling1-14-June-2011.jpg
  • On the day that the UK government eased Covid restrictions to allow non-essential businesses such as shops, pubs, bars, gyms and hairdressers to re-open, shoppers cross regent Street next to a bus displaying a large ad for a fitness and health app with Courtney Black, on 12th April 2021, in London, England.
    coronavirus_re-opening44-12-04-2021.jpg
  • On the day that the UK government eased Covid restrictions to allow non-essential businesses such as shops, pubs, bars, gyms and hairdressers to re-open, shoppers cross regent Street next to a bus displaying a large ad for a fitness and health app with Courtney Black, on 12th April 2021, in London, England.
    coronavirus_re-opening43-12-04-2021.jpg
  • On the day that the UK government eased Covid restrictions to allow non-essential businesses such as shops, pubs, bars, gyms and hairdressers to re-open, shoppers cross regent Street next to a bus displaying a large ad for a fitness and health app with Courtney Black, on 12th April 2021, in London, England.
    coronavirus_re-opening42-12-04-2021.jpg
  • Out-of-work chef Phil, exercises alone in a snowy landscape at the empty open-air gym in Brockwell Park, south London during the third lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic. Furloughed since last October and feeling the need to escape his nearby flat, he regularly visits this outdoor facility which is usually busy with south London fitness enthusiasts, on 8th February 2021, in London, England.
    gym_snow18-08-02-2021.jpg
  • Out-of-work chef Phil, exercises alone in a snowy landscape at the empty open-air gym in Brockwell Park, south London during the third lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic. Furloughed since last October and feeling the need to escape his nearby flat, he regularly visits this outdoor facility which is usually busy with south London fitness enthusiasts, on 8th February 2021, in London, England.
    gym_snow17-08-02-2021.jpg
  • Out-of-work chef Phil, exercises alone in a snowy landscape at the empty open-air gym in Brockwell Park, south London during the third lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic. Furloughed since last October and feeling the need to escape his nearby flat, he regularly visits this outdoor facility which is usually busy with south London fitness enthusiasts, on 8th February 2021, in London, England.
    gym_snow16-08-02-2021.jpg
  • Out-of-work chef Phil, exercises alone in a snowy landscape at the empty open-air gym in Brockwell Park, south London during the third lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic. Furloughed since last October and feeling the need to escape his nearby flat, he regularly visits this outdoor facility which is usually busy with south London fitness enthusiasts, on 8th February 2021, in London, England.
    gym_snow15-08-02-2021.jpg
  • Out-of-work chef Phil, exercises alone in a snowy landscape at the empty open-air gym in Brockwell Park, south London during the third lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic. Furloughed since last October and feeling the need to escape his nearby flat, he regularly visits this outdoor facility which is usually busy with south London fitness enthusiasts, on 8th February 2021, in London, England.
    gym_snow14-08-02-2021.jpg
  • Out-of-work chef Phil, exercises alone in a snowy landscape at the empty open-air gym in Brockwell Park, south London during the third lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic. Furloughed since last October and feeling the need to escape his nearby flat, he regularly visits this outdoor facility which is usually busy with south London fitness enthusiasts, on 8th February 2021, in London, England.
    gym_snow11-08-02-2021.jpg
  • Out-of-work chef Phil, exercises alone in a snowy landscape at the empty open-air gym in Brockwell Park, south London during the third lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic. Furloughed since last October and feeling the need to escape his nearby flat, he regularly visits this outdoor facility which is usually busy with south London fitness enthusiasts, on 8th February 2021, in London, England.
    gym_snow09-08-02-2021.jpg
  • Out-of-work chef Phil, exercises alone in a snowy landscape at the empty open-air gym in Brockwell Park, south London during the third lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic. Furloughed since last October and feeling the need to escape his nearby flat, he regularly visits this outdoor facility which is usually busy with south London fitness enthusiasts, on 8th February 2021, in London, England.
    gym_snow08-08-02-2021.jpg
  • Out-of-work chef Phil, exercises alone in a snowy landscape at the empty open-air gym in Brockwell Park, south London during the third lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic. Furloughed since last October and feeling the need to escape his nearby flat, he regularly visits this outdoor facility which is usually busy with south London fitness enthusiasts, on 8th February 2021, in London, England.
    gym_snow04-08-02-2021.jpg
  • Members of the Horizon Fitness womens' road racing cycling team warm-up on their Turbo rollers before competition.
    womens_cycling9-14-June-2011.jpg
  • Members of the Horizon Fitness womens' road racing cycling team warm-up on their Turbo rollers before competition.
    womens_cycling5-14-June-2011.jpg
  • Members of the Horizon Fitness womens' road racing cycling team warm-up on their Turbo rollers before competition.
    womens_cycling4-14-June-2011.jpg
  • Members of the Horizon Fitness womens' road racing cycling team relax after the competition in Woking streets.
    womens_cycling30-14-June-2011.jpg
  • Members of the Horizon Fitness womens' road racing cycling team warm-up on their Turbo rollers before competition.
    womens_cycling3-14-June-2011.jpg
  • Members of the Horizon Fitness womens' road racing cycling team relax after the competition in Woking streets.
    womens_cycling29-14-June-2011.jpg
  • Manager of Horizon Fitness womens' road racing cycling team prepares drinks bottles for his cyclists in Woking.
    womens_cycling27-14-June-2011.jpg
  • Members of the Horizon Fitness womens' road racing cycling team warm-up on their Turbo rollers before competition.
    womens_cycling2-14-June-2011.jpg
  • A member of the Horizon Fitness womens' road racing cycling team waits to re-join the Woking street race after bike repairs/
    womens_cycling16-14-June-2011.jpg
  • A member of the Horizon Fitness womens' road racing cycling team awaits the next competition in Woking.
    womens_cycling13-14-June-2011.jpg
  • A member of the Horizon Fitness womens' road racing cycling team awaits the next competition in Woking.
    womens_cycling12-14-June-2011.jpg
  • Members of the Horizon Fitness womens' road racing cycling team warm-up on their Turbo rollers before competition.
    womens_cycling11-14-June-2011.jpg
  • Members of the Horizon Fitness womens' road racing cycling team warm-up on their Turbo rollers before competition.
    womens_cycling10-14-June-2011.jpg
  • Stopping work for a moment to pose for a portrait on the sea wall at Lowestoft, Suffolk, England, a team of the resort's lifeguards show their youth, fitness and bodies beautiful, displaying themselves in the sun of a fine summer day. There is only one female member but some are standing on the wall while others are seated in deck chairs, a ladder seat or on the hot sand near three sexy girls are are sunning themselves near a railing. Wearing bikinis one is not asleep but eyeing-up some of the alpha-male specimens  on show wearing only red shorts. Meanwhile, holidaymakers walk past with ice-creams. It is a bright scene and obviously a busy time for these safety experts when tourists forever get themselves into danger in the sea and surf. Currents here make for a hazardous experience for those unable to swim out of trouble.
    male_admirer02-12-07-1993.jpg
  • Stopping work for a moment to pose for a portrait on the sea wall at Lowestoft, Suffolk, England, a team of the resort's lifeguards show their youth, fitness and bodies beautiful, displaying themselves in the sun of a fine summer day. There is only one female member but some are standing on the wall while others are seated in deck chairs, a ladder seat or on the hot sand near three sexy girls are are sunning themselves near a railing. Wearing bikinis one is not asleep but eyeing-up some of the alpha-male specimens  on show wearing only red shorts. Meanwhile, holidaymakers walk past with ice-creams. It is a bright scene and obviously a busy time for these safety experts when tourists forever get themselves into danger in the sea and surf. Currents here make for a hazardous experience for those unable to swim out of trouble.
    england_beach04-15-12-2007 .jpg
  • Out-of-work chef Phil, exercises alone in a snowy landscape at the empty open-air gym in Brockwell Park, south London during the third lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic. Furloughed since last October and feeling the need to escape his nearby flat, he regularly visits this outdoor facility which is usually busy with south London fitness enthusiasts, on 8th February 2021, in London, England.
    gym_snow07-08-02-2021.jpg
  • Out-of-work chef Phil, exercises alone in a snowy landscape at the empty open-air gym in Brockwell Park, south London during the third lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic. Furloughed since last October and feeling the need to escape his nearby flat, he regularly visits this outdoor facility which is usually busy with south London fitness enthusiasts, on 8th February 2021, in London, England.
    gym_snow03-08-02-2021.jpg
  • Members of the Horizon Fitness womens' road racing cycling team warm-up on their Turbo rollers before competition.
    womens_cycling8-14-June-2011.jpg
  • Members of the Horizon Fitness womens' road racing cycling team warm-up on their Turbo rollers before competition.
    womens_cycling6-14-June-2011.jpg
  • A very muscular, fit and upright man walks alongside a stooping elderly gentleman on Tottenham Court Road, on 3rd August 2017, in London, England.
    young_old_men-01-03-08-2017.jpg
  • A very muscular, fit and upright man walks alongside a stooping elderly gentleman on Tottenham Court Road, on 3rd August 2017, in London, England.
    young_old_men-02-03-08-2017.jpg
  • A middle-aged man on the right, jogs with a younger exercise partner while they run laps around Ruskin Park in the south London borough of Lambeth, on 23rd January 2023, in London, England.
    park_runners-02-23-01-2023.jpg
  • A young Nepali boy is straining in his last sit-ups during a recruitment test for the Gurkha Regiment, part of a tough endurance series to find physically perfect specimens for British army infantry training. He has to perform 25 straight-kneed sit-ups at a 45° slant both within 60 seconds to pass. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. The Gurkhas have been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
    gurkha_training0416-01_1997.jpg
  • Early morning regular swimmer swims solitary lengths at Brockwell (Brixton) Lido before crowds arrive
    brockwell_lido01-25-08-1995.jpg
  • Early morning regular swimmer swims solitary lengths at Brockwell (Brixton) Lido before crowds arrive
    lido_swimmer01-25-08-1995.jpg
  • With a grimace on her pained face, a female Officer Cadet at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst splashes through a water obstacle during  an endurance race. Recruits are running a 5 mile steeplechase around the Academy grounds to assess individual stamina and accumulate team points. Sandhurst is an institution which has bred staff officers since 1800. Today it trains future officers for the demands of leadership and military understanding of military understanding. Students are tested for their command instincts, intellect, strength of character and physical endurance often under great psychological pressure - the demands asked of them in modern warfare. Failure in this test might not necessarily mean dismissal though perseverance or refusal to give up won't harm their prospects.
    sandhurst_cadet04-12-1996.jpg
  • Four friends gather every morning in the summer at Brockwell (Brixton) Lido. This is a favourite place in the capital for varied groups of people  to meet, swim or just hang out like these London taxi drivers who regularly meet for exercise sessions, accumulating sun tans during long periods in the sunshine. Bare except for their costumes, they stretch and yawn, read a newspaper and lean against a railing all the while swapping anecdotes and complaining grumpily about the state of the world near a brick wall that retains heat. Brockwell Lido in Herne Hill SE24 was originally built in 1937 at a time of coastal and city pool-building but went into decline when bathers preferred to holiday in warmer Spain. Its revival happened when local entrepreneurs re-opened the business and it now enjoys a reputation for some of the best urban swims in the UK.
    lido02-08-25-1995.jpg.jpg
  • Breathing through her mouth, a lady wearing a bikini costume lifts her head supported with her hands to start another sit-up repetition during a morning exercise session at Brockwell Lido, Brixton South London. With other bathers also lying in sun on the warm poolside pavement, some white and another Rastafarian with dreadlocks, it's a largely mixed crowd ethnically. Brockwell Lido in Herne Hill SE24 was originally built in 1937 at a time of coastal and city pool-building but went into decline when bathers preferred to holiday in warmer Spain. Its revival happened when local entrepreneurs re-opened the business and it now enjoys a reputation for some of the best urban swims in the UK.
    lido01-08-25-1995.jpg
  • A young Nepali boy is undergoing a recruitment test for the Gurkha Regiment called the Doko race, part of a tough endurance series to find physically perfect specimens for British army infantry training. He has to carry 30kg of river stones in a traditional Himalayan doko (basket) for 3km up foothills within 37 minutes to pass.  60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. Nepal has been supplying youths for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
    gurkha_recruitment08-16-01-1997.jpg
  • A few miles from the finish line, this long-distance runner has stopped in agony to lean against the walls beneath Tower Bridge during th London Marathon, England. Pushing against the solid wall and stretching his cramped leg muscles, he grimaces in pain as other runners speed past on their way completing their personal race. Pushed to his limits, this man needs to continue a few more Kilometres to claim his medal and to claim victory. But he still has to overcome the pain of an overworked body. When glycogen runs low, the body must then burn stored fat for energy, which does not burn as readily. When this happens, the runner will experience dramatic fatigue. This is called "hitting the wall".
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  • At first light, an early morning jogger runs past Tower Bridge on the South bank of the River Thames in London
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  • Grinning from ear to ear, young volunteers throw themselves over a fallen tree during a strenuous activity on a Raleigh International expedition in the rainforests of Brunei, Borneo, one of the remotest and most dangerous habitats on the planet. It has been a life-changing experience for them and their new-found friends from all over the world who will have had to raise several thousands of sponsored Pounds for the privilege of spending two months away from a dull, comfortable life at home, rather than building community projects like bridges or schools. Raleigh International is a charity that provides adventurous and challenging expeditions for people from all backgrounds, nationalities and ages, especially young people. Over the last 23 years, 30,000 people have been involved in more than 250 expeditions to over 40 countries.
    raleigh_climbers09-28-1992.jpg
  • A young Nepali boy is undergoing a recruitment test for the Gurkha Regiment called the Doko race, part of a tough endurance series to find physically perfect specimens for British army infantry training. He has to carry 30kg of river stones in a traditional Himalayan doko (basket) for 3km up foothills within 37 minutes to pass.  60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. The Gurkhas have been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
    gurkha_training0116-01_1997.jpg
  • Amateur running club athletes warm-up with group aerobics before a 10k race in Dulwich Park, South London.
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  • Amateur running club athletes warm-up with group aerobics before a 10k race in Dulwich Park, South London.
    charter_run06-03-10-2010.jpg
  • A group of country walkers stride along grassy footpath, on 21st October 2018, near Hollingbourne, Kent, England.
    kent_walk-08-21-10-2018.jpg
  • An aerial cityscape of Londoners and traffic on Upper Thames Street (upstream from London Bridge) in the City of London - the capital's financial district, on 11th October 2018, in London, England.
    city_people-03-11-10-2018.jpg
  • Male lunchtime jogger runs over Blackfriars Bridge.
    blackfriars_bridge01-18-02-2015.jpg
  • A runner passes-by a pool of bright reflective light in the heart of the financial City of London.
    city_landscape03-30-01-2013.jpg
  • Young Nepali boys watch how to perform sit-ups in Himalayas, hoping to be recruited for the Gurkha Regiment in the British army. This is part of a tough endurance series to find physically perfect specimens for British army infantry training. They will need to perform 25 straight-kneed sit-ups at a 45° slant both within 60 seconds to pass. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. The Gurkhas have been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
    gurkhas02-16-01-1997.jpg
  • Dragging a baby's buggy as family members go out for a walk on open snowbound countryside in North Somerset.
    snow_walk14-26-12-2010.jpg
  • Dragging a baby's buggy as family members go out for a walk on open snowbound countryside in North Somerset.
    snow_walk13-26-12-2010.jpg
  • A male jogger exercises in a wide landscape of late winter light of south London's Ruskin Park.
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  • Teenage Nepali boys await the start of a recruitment test for the Gurkha Regiment called the Doko race, part of a tough endurance series to find physically perfect specimens for British army infantry training. They have to carry 30kg of river stones in a traditional Himalayan doko (basket) for 3km up foothills within 37 minutes to pass. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. Nepal has been supplying youths for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
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  • On the edge of an old Soviet parade ground, peeling murals show the physical style of Russian marching techniques seen in this army boot camp in the former East German peninsular called Halbinsel Wustrow near Rostock. For the benefit of recruits or as a reminder of Soviet discipline, the picture shows soldiers marching in that unmistakable goose-stepping style reminiscent of the Nazi era, with high forward kicks and a strenuous arm movement to the chest as seen in iconic May Day celebrations in Red Square. Wustrow was once a WW2 German anti-aircraft artillery position then housed civilian refugees before the eventual Soviet occupation of the former DDR during the Cold War, up until 1990 and the fall of communism and the Berlin Wall. The camp was ransacked and all its assets stripped before its desertion that summer and is a reminder of a fallen ideology
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  • An early morning swimmer bathes in the unheated pool of the Grade II listed  Brockwell (Brixton) Lido in Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, 25th August 1995, in London, England. The Lido is an oasis for city dwellers to escape, if only for an hour from the pressures of fast urban life. Brockwell Lido is a large, open air swimming pool in Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, London. It opened in July 1937, closed in 1990 but after a local campaign was re-opened in 1994. Brockwell Lido was designed by HA Rowbotham and TL Smithson of the London County Council's Parks Department to replace Brockwell Park bathing pond. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
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  • Three country walking women admire the beauty of a field of flax, on 21st October 2018, in Hollingbourne, Kent, England.
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  • An aerial view of a lady runner stretching on the steps of Fishmongers Hall Wharf in the City of London, on 10th October 2018, in London, England.
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