Gymspiration (2023/306)

Start by being a role model to the next generation:


Of course, some of the young 'uns who find there way on to this blog are already very clearly being inspired by someone...

But let's move on to those who are giving the inspiration as a result of their own efforts: teens and older: we're going for portraits in the rest of this post rather than gym pix:

















































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