A Gym Girl But It's 1830s

[@youleczka]

Karolina's work out music is church bells in the distance. Best to get into the rythym of the exercise.

[@firstsisterJML1330]

That was my favorite part!

[@cainyourkids]

ok but church bells in the distance is always aesthetic. I live near a church and everytime they ring the bells at noon, midafternoon and early dawn, I feel like a 14th century peasant ready to welcome the returning Crusaders back to my village.

[@kjarakravik4837]

​@@cainyourkids Mine used to ring them every hour and I would feel a weird kinship with medieval peasants every time I stopped whatever I was doing to count them

[@raphaelledesma9393]

I do miss now that I live in the big city the sound of church bells. The nearest church is separated by skyscrapers and traffic so even if they ring bells I won’t hear them. Back home, the bells would ring every 6, 12, and 6 for the Angelus. Also they’d ring every Mass during the Consecration. They’d either remind me to pray or put me in an appreciative mood.

[@cainyourkids]

@@kjarakravik4837 LOL me during any of the Catholic holidays because they always ring the bell on those days - feeling like a smallpox-ridden peasant throwing animal entrails over the windows while the smell of urine and excrement permeate the air, hopefully living up to the age of 40.

[@moniqueferrecchia6979]

"Doesn't even use sleeve supports... it's just her biceps" I absolutely lost it at this one!

[@raeb5525]

Me too!

[@cynthiapharrell6250]

tho i would've swapped "wilson" to "lister" such a missed opportunity considering she actually lived at that time and was in fact scandalously masculine

[@phemyda94]

My family: What are you even going to do with the historical costumes you sew? Me:

[@meacadwell]

The correct answer is: Wear them

[@LadyVenus125]

Hahaha! Yes!

[@johnnie543]

Let em know hunty!!

[@IrenaDziewior]

Pękam ze śmiechu 😂

[@baileybrian9560]

you can skip leg day, but NEVER skip ankle day, you never know when you'll need to flash an ankle 🦶

[@yureituesday]

Trollop!

[@Lasanga95]

So true

[@llamasugar5478]

(Bonnet snatched)

[@CynAnne1]

Proud to say my ankles are as trim and firm as on the day my husband and I were wed... 😏

[@BadgerOfTheSea]

That is the act of a hussy not a lady!

[@jimjimgl3]

The background church bells calling the faithful to the gym...

[@guyver441]

The Iron Church

[@jimjimgl3]

@@guyver441 The Church of the Everlasting Pain

[@AmaltheaVimes]

Lord's gym

[@Tzedakah263]

Hallowed by thy gains

[@jimjimgl3]

@@Tzedakah263 Hallowed be thy gams....

[@rahularora301]

Really taking advantage of the industrial revolution with those machines

[@YourCapyFrenBigly_3DPipes1999]

Could you imagine telling people from the 1800s in the future there'd be something called exercise and people would do it deliberately? Now I too want the history of exercise!

[@MB-fe8jy]

@YourCapybaraAmigo_17yrsago It was a huge part of life for the Greeks in the Classical era, men would go to the Gymnasium every day to socialize and exercise, it was a big center of everyday life especially in Athens. For women we don't have many records of them exercising in Athens but we do know they held their own Olympics (they weren't allowed to go to the real Olympics) and Spartan women were known for being very fit as they exercised regularly! I think after the Golden Age of Greece a lot of these traditional ways of life were lost but they did pick it back up at some point! In the Victorian era from what I know they usually considered exercise as walking, swimming, cycling, tennis, riding ect. but I think I did see something about men exercising somewhere but I'm not quite sure where.

[@juliawidmaier5334]

​@@MB-fe8jythanks for this response. There are some pictures around the early 1900s of early bodybuilding, pre-steroids. Apparently it was practiced in many parts of the world and some places called it "physical culture"

[@timopper5488]

I say that those moving contraptions are more frivolity than fitness. Imagine if her pastor caught her doing this!!

[@iainatrolli1036]

@@MB-fe8jydont forget that women in sparta were greatly encouraged to exercise in and get educated in sparta because they were taught that it would produce better offspring (not a very feminist intent but the outcome was pretty alright compared to athens)

[@SouthernCyclops]

Using any machine that works out your legs in that skirt is really funny to watch.

[@TheNefastor]

This needs to be a GIF 😀

[@liznotslow]

My grandma was born in 1931 in Minnesota, USA. She loved sports, but was only allowed to play basketball on a half court. Back then they thought a lady’s hoohaw would fall out if they ran too much. And apparently you can’t run on a half court. 😂 She would always laugh when she told me about it. She played basketball, softball and bowling. She was a neat lady.

[@catf4865]

My hoohaw just fell out from laughing at this.

[@phenomadology23]

My great grandma (born ~1915) came over to MN from Finland as a young woman. We have a photo of her on a swim team in Finland, but once she was in the US, that was too physical for women ... unlike raising kids out on the farm before electricity, lol

[@peggyjones3282]

My mom mentioned that the other day. She's in her 70's. She said they could only play on a half court because they thought a full court would be too much and damage the girls. This was the 60's.

[@HaHaHaLMFAOtv]

not the heehaw, but the womb can 😬

[@darkmage4648]

Fall out?? XD omfg this is hilarious

[@SouthernGothicYT]

"I need a drink" *sips tea lmao I love it

[@auldthymer]

THAT made me laugh so loud I spooked the horses!

[@holtsdh]

I cried 😂😂😂

[@greatauntlizbethg9137]

Well gulped it really, but yes, very appropriate

[@Iflie]

Those sleeves could hide many sins but in the Netherlands some local dress was extra tight on the arms to show off a woman's big biceps, girls with the big arms were admired. Of course this directly related to all the hard work being a woman was in those days and all the butter churning and dough kneading and laundry beating you had to do so a woman with strong arms was a good prospect.

[@magdalenabiaa1326]

Yeah, like a horse 😂

[@Iflie]

@@magdalenabiaa1326 LOL, well I think there was not a real requirement for the teeth.

[@hungariangiraffe6361]

"Those sleeves could hide many sins" 😆 is that an existing expression? I'm not a native English speaker and I haven't heard it before but I'm curious.

[@Iflie]

@@hungariangiraffe6361 Haha, not that I know of but I'm dutch.

[@hungariangiraffe6361]

@@Iflie now we must start using it as a synonim for huge, enormous, or gigantic.

[@moreInkOre]

Karolinas "thousand mile stare while working out in 1830" is what I needed today! 😆✨

[@brooke_reiverrose2949]

Also can we admire the fact that apparently they have a full gym installed at a park?

[@deliriouscheeto]

Not really a full gym, but yep, we have these

[@Hiraeth_Nightshade]

Where I live those are really common, also the exercising parks for the elderly.

[@juliawidmaier5334]

Really wish we had these where I live 😢

[@C.G.Hassack]

Yeah, that's what I was thinking, then I remembered that I don't get out to the city much - I don't get out anywhere much, and for all I know such gyms might be fairly common

[@maxwellstefan8868]

These are pretty common in Germany where my family lives, mostly it seems old people use them. I guess it's just a European thing

[@AlexandraXera]

"Girl just skip leg day no one sees them anyway" I'm wheezing 😂

[@prettypic444]

Historical renactors using exercise equipment in full costume is really becoming one of my favorite genres

[@TinaSalamander]

Are there others? Link us up!

[@laurenconrad1799]

My dad often joked about the doorstop novels I read. He called them tomes. Now I can say, no dad. It's exercise material. 😆

[@aprillen]

Never mind The Pickwick Papers, try all the volumes of Heaven Official's Blessing or the Malazan Book of the Fallen... 😂

[@АллаПанина-ъ5м]

I use my collection of The Sandman books instead of weights. Not the entire series thought, that would be too heavy

[@Wee_Catalyst]

“She doesn’t even wear sleeve inserts it’s just her biceps” 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@nalataamethyst2258]

The fusion of my two universes, thank you Karolina Never skip leg day if you want to run away from Lord Hunter

[@Heroesflorian]

*run after Lord Hunter, you mean?

[@nalataamethyst2258]

@@Heroesflorian Depends if he's marriage material or not - we wouldn't want to jump hastily into matrimony, only to realize our spouse is living frugally... Or worse, poorer than we thought 😱

[@amywonderly1802]

This is my favorite video you have ever made. Hilarious!!!!😂😂😂 "Did you sketch it? Did you sketch the whole thing?" Did you get this part?"

[@stacytompkins9274]

Had me laughing so hard!

[@annafirnen4815]

The outtatakes with you hitting poses to the church bell had me in stitches 😂

[@imtired3784]

She's not like other wenches 🎉

[@NeneChan203]

the bells ringing in the background with Karolina swinging her legs killed me

[@Tadicuslegion78]

*Somewhere in New England 1830* "My god man, you mean to say your new bride shattered your pelvis on your Honeymoon?" "Theophilius, the clothes are a lie! She's huge! A giant, muscular, Amazonian monster who kept demanding something called Snu Snu. Those aren't puffy clothes, those are her muscles bulging out!"

[@BlueIdiotPie]

ok but this has awakened the need to overcome my gym phobia by working out in period dress thank you meme mom for that life hack

[@Alicia-zf3nq]

I should join you in your attempt. People can't make fun of my lack of skills at the gym if they're too amused by my silly outfit

[@odobenus]

ohh now i'm interested in the history of exercise for women

[@alessam3186]

I highly recommend Let's Get Physical by Danielle Friedman!

[@maryhamric]

As a lifter and a history nut, you have made my perfect smash up video. Thank you!! 💗💗💗💗💗💗

[@breathoffresherin9066]

“Try lifting wool skirts, covered in wet mud” made me cackle like a mad witch 😂. It’s funny because it’s true, wet wool do be Hella heavy

[@roxiepoe9586]

I have learned to set any liquid aside when I am about to watch you. This is the only way to avoid the snort-laugh-spray when you again surprise and delight me. :)

[@jennyrobinson9190]

The church bells in the background are killing me 😂😂. And the mini pull-up

[@Alicia-zf3nq]

I lost it at the bloopers of you struggling to do those exercises. Always nice to see some historical representation of people like me 😂

[@redcoatgaming4141]

ok the timing of the bells and the exercises is perfect

[@kaoskronostyche9939]

Very nice to see you again, Madam Zebrowska. Nice to see a new skit; very droll. Fabulous bonnet and great cape. Nice dress, too. The fancy tea cup for re-hydration was a great detail. Thank you. Best wishes.

[@anthonymcarensen6914]

I love how Karolina committed to the bit at 0:35 but for got that the bit actually required her to do a pull up.

[@andreweber7801]

“I need a drink” got me harder than it had any right to

[@xyznightwing]

"Skip leg day, no one sees them anyway" 😂😂😂 as a Muslim I approve ❤

[@SewingBoxDesigns]

Every day is leg day, when one walks everywhere.😄

[@kasiagrabowskaaaa]

Haha that’s exactly how I feel when using these outdoor gyms in Poland 😂

[@leanneshawler]

Loved the smothered laughter of your camera person! This was fun!

[@laurenconrad1799]

Those 1830s puffy sleeves are stunning. 😆

[@vegxnvxmpire]

I ABSOLUTEY ADORE THAT DRESS OMG

[@smashshka]

2:15 the muttered kurwa is very historicaly accurate

[@TheCyotee]

I’m so glad Karolina had the luxury of HD technicolor, sound, editing software and Spotify Premium music to herself in the 1830s. Werk it ma’m!

[@skeinofadifferentcolor2090]

Working out in a corset must have been torture!! Karolina has entered the chat.

[@YourCapyFrenBigly_3DPipes1999]

Ok but...... Is it ok for ladies to sweat??? I hear it can cause health problems.... Should we check with Father Smirnish about this???

[@CynAnne1]

Darling Amigo, ladies *don't* 'sweat'...we *do,* however, 'glow from exertion' at various times. 😏

[@YourCapyFrenBigly_3DPipes1999]

@@CynAnne1 that's TRUE. Ty for this clarification Oh dear "sweat"! Such a savage word. My goodness we're not HORSES! (we don't WORK for a living oh my! *hearty laughter* ) /fanning intensifies/

[@LadyVenus125]

Yes, I think so, I asked Father Smirnish. Last Monday at church, Father Smirnish told me about Lady Robinson. He told me she literally had to run to church because she was late spinning yarn. He said sweating was unhealthy because it makes your legs sore and your face red, which can cause hysteria! Sweating is really unhealthy for women due to this.

[@YourCapyFrenBigly_3DPipes1999]

@@LadyVenus125 💀💀 I'm so glad you asked him! Now I know I should be very ginger about imitating these moves as interesting as they look. If anyone knows he should know. Clerical leaders naturally know everything there is to know about the world and women's biology. Especially unmarried ones.

[@semoremo9548]

The panting, the staring directly into camera, the trying not to laugh, the TEA CUP, the lil dancey dance... cinematic masterpiece.

[@marklindsey4112]

That was hilarious. It's something to be grateful for that you have the nerve to do such things in public. Also, I now know people will wonder why I'm laughing every time I pass the gym equipment in the local park near me.

[@Danka42]

Going to the gym in a long dress and a bonnet is now on my bucket list.

[@iyanmanzano]

I would definitely check my watch for the date if I came across you in the excerise park. 🤣🤣🤣

[@Cathy-R]

Yasss Workout ❤, I bet no one can challenge her when it comes to Leg day.

[@Hypatia52]

Gosh, that's a rockin' park! In order to get access to that kind of equipment, it's $30/month. And I would adore having a bag to belt that looked like my sworn enemy! A delightful instructional video, Karolina.

[@kikaburra]

Is this double hat situation historically legit? that's so cool I love it!

[@hannahbradshaw2186]

Yes the lacey one is a cap which women (mainly married women, or working women to keep the hair clean but these wouldn't be as delicate) would wear indoors and then the big brimmed hat is a bonnet for outdoors.

[@itsnihliz]

2:34 your sister is so precious lol

[@Arnabiett]

Just what I needed to get my waist snatched AF this year! 1000 thanks to meh lady Zebrowska❤ Happy Friday the 13th circa 2023 😉

[@AskingSpot]

The one chin-up was very impressive! You are so fabulously creative and funny 😄

[@juliawidmaier5334]

I was sooooo impressed, I can't even do one

[@AskingSpot]

Same here…never could either 😁

[@andreav83]

Oh, Karolina. You're hilarious. This is the laugh I really needed this week 🙂

[@shawnw.4440]

I L.O.V.E these 'but it's yyyy' videos! You have such a warped sense of humor. They're hilarious.

[@hanae7385]

Karolina is so nice traveling back to 1830 to make us this video

[@jsaysyay]

the church bells bit at the end vaporized me lmao

[@rosevinetube]

See you at the Halloween Ball. I’ve been swinging my broom to get in shape! 🧹🍂🧹🍂🧹

[@aqowamancows8213]

2:09 accidentally emoted on the peasants

[@mooglepoo]

I LOVE THIS VIDEO SO MUCH!!! I had a special interest in 1830s fashion when I was drawing Cosette from Les Miserables a lot, and seeing you wear this fashion just filled me with so much delight. The "did you sketch it" gag had me screaming!!!

[@Lawarch]

I'm gonna tell my kids that this was the first KZbin video

[@dc2london]

Love your humour and creativity. And how fabulous is that outdoor, public gym!

[@elliewuzzup7689]

The graffiti in the background really tied this together! 😂 (Id like to imagine its 1830s graffiti saying something historically relevant)

[@TimothyCHenderson]

Interesting things happen out in the forested parks of Poland.

[@sarahmwalsh]

The perfectly-timed bell clanging along with each rep was a very nice touch.

[@Pawlakov1]

2:16 we all know what you wanted to say here...

[@LordJo2794]

love the work, as always. you make me chuckle so much X3

[@tkwok8037]

“Doesn’t even use sleeve supports, its just her biceps” 😂 This video slayed!

[@kailefipne]

I don't know why this showed up in my recommended videos, but I liked it, and now I want to watch more of this channel. Apparently the algorithm knows me better than I know myself.

[@old_fashioned_agnes]

The church bells started ringing at a perfect time!

[@victorianmelodrama]

This workout looks fun, but I wonder about the 17 layered petticoats she'll have to wash afterwards.

[@CFilmer]

0:23 sis skipped church for leg day

[@josheydubs]

The gym is her church

[@Emilaria]

The deadpan staring at the camera is hilarious

[@britischenadligen3760]

Gosia in the background is sending me 😂😂

[@Perebynis]

LOL at the ending. Thanks, Karolina! 😂

[@peglamphier4745]

Oh Karolina you never fail to delight the senses and bewitch the mind.

[@LGsBarbieGirl411]

It's the direct eye contact with the camera that's really selling it for me. XD 💕

[@srlee203]

The bell tolling is ~everything~

[@GoddessLaurel]

I’m intrigued to see an outdoor playground style gym. I’ve never seen a place like this before.

[@joannanowak9213]

Outdoor gyms concept is quite popular here. We have them in city parks, on some squares, often combined with playground for children. So you can train while watching your child 😀 For instance in Warsaw there are >100 gyms like that.

[@magdam8290]

They are also common in the smaller cities or villages. In rural areas, it's frequent to have outdoor gyms next to soccer fields or school's playground.

[@ally2482]

bro the bell going off whilst ur on that running swing and the teacup as ur water bottle - im crying this is so funny you popped off once again karolina

[@YourCapyFrenBigly_3DPipes1999]

How do you find such athleisure sets gurl?!? I want one! Where can I find such day-ready gym wear???

[@thatbooknerdoverthere7899]

The bells exercises had me laughing every time 😂

[@Stefan_Kawalec]

That's the kind of shenanigans the Internet was invented for.

[@ThoughtCemetery]

God I love the vintage community

[@oldspiritart]

Now wouldn’t it have been more pleasant to have spent this time at your writing desk instead? Goodness, looks exhausting 😮

[@friedmiller9534]

I thought it would be just her doing chores 😂😂 getting water from the creek and back is a damn workout

[@laurewinkelmans9501]

I always love how innovative you are in combining these modern trends with historical concepts. Your wit is unmatched.

[@Teajay21]

These short videos absolutely make my dsy

[@farziafardus9752]

Love how you were vibing with the bell truly the best song of the year it was.

[@thatotherted3555]

The teacup 🍵

[@saliadee2564]

I always learn so much from this channel. Thank you for the extreme authenticity.

[@Ray_Mac]

The intensity of that run and stare with the distant churchbells is the best part imo

[@DeeDeeCatMom]

💓💓💓 fabulous outfit! Tell us more about it! And the cap!! "Did you sketch it?? " 😂😂😂

[@CamillasChoice]

omg you look so funny at that "running" leg machine you're killing meeeeee ❤🤣

[@Hulachowdown]

I wish my friends were cool enough to do this with me 😂😂😂😂.

[@jpakaferrari]

The aggressive eye contact is the most important part of all of this.

[@CynAnne1]

A perfect video once again, Karolina...enjoy your well-earned dessert tray tonight. 🍰🍮🍨

[@babaksenia2532]

Literally me

[@ann4472]

the church bell in the background was a paid actor

[@kanzibonobo8415]

This is very timely because I am going punting on Lord Bradworst’s estate next month with Mrs. Wilson and she does not use sleeve supports… those are her biceps. So I need to get a toddle-on!

[@brendabignall9926]

😂😂😂❤🫂✨ Thank you Karolina!!! You create such fun videos!!!