Hello, I am looking for sites that describe in detail the actual exercises used by the ancient Greeks and Romans (as well as anyone else) in their physical culture. How were the halteres used? Did they do pushups/pressups? How did a gladiator get strong?
Ancient exercise
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Posts: 9 (10/19/04 11:31:26) |
I have found a Ltin text from the 6th century
by Galen. Its from the De Sanitate Tuenda I made a one page article out of it on my site Its the closest thing to a exercise manual i have found www.historical-pankration.com/galen.html Mike www.Historical-pankration.com |
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dsunlin |
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Posts: 15 (10/27/04 12:57:45) |
Wowie! Thanks.
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