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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A young strongman grappling with a pec-deck. Yuri Kuk, one of the founders of the gym told the Associated Press "We wanted people to have an active leisure time, not just play cards on the beach."
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Many of the weights are hunks of Soviet machinery dating back to the Cold War days when Kuk says scrap metal "was just lying about."
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Today the weights are chained down to prevent theft.
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Men pummelling stacks of tires. The gym is free, and never closes.