An outdoor gym on the Dnipro River has locals flocking to pump upcycled Soviet steel.
Mad Max Vibes At Kyiv's Scrap-Metal Gym
An outdoor gym on the Dnipro River has locals flocking to pump upcycled Soviet steel.
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The rugged machines give the gym a distinctive Mad Max vibe.
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The Kachalka gym has around 200 makeshift exercise machines spread through the trees of Venetsiansky Island on the Dnipro River.
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A man pumping iron in the alfresco gym. In 1965, a new metro line across the Dnipro allowed access to the island, which soon became a popular picnic spot.
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An 83-year-old showing the youngsters how it's done. The gym began with a single chin-up bar in the the late 1960s.