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The original gymnasiums going back to the turn of the 20th century when physical culture became popular. The ancient Greeks used something similar to a kettle bell a round stone with an iron handle. Kettle bells build strength better then dumb bells and bar bells.
Body building is not a sport for strength building its a physique sport that exercises are designed to build a specific physique for people to then compete based on. People are confusing this. Body building ends up harming people as the exercises cause damage to the body due to how they work the body.
When physical culture was the thing before body building of today came into being. It actually produced men who had insane levels of strength. I studied the programs of some of these people and its different then today. However they were not huge either and they did all this before drugs. In fact Charles Atlas was interesting he was a strong man who did all kinds of feats of strength and he stated he dropped the conventional weight training that is popular today because it didn't give him any strength. The method he developed is also in the martial art and yoga systems in the east. It actually generates Chi power which is the source of strength. One kundalini yoga master who was some skinny fellow would just pick up five hundred pounds with one hand like it was nothing. He stated this is the power of pranic energy. This relates to the amount of bio electric charge or Chi in the body and how it governs the level of muscle contraction that is required for such things I suspect.
Body building is not a sport for strength building its a physique sport that exercises are designed to build a specific physique for people to then compete based on. People are confusing this. Body building ends up harming people as the exercises cause damage to the body due to how they work the body.
When physical culture was the thing before body building of today came into being. It actually produced men who had insane levels of strength. I studied the programs of some of these people and its different then today. However they were not huge either and they did all this before drugs. In fact Charles Atlas was interesting he was a strong man who did all kinds of feats of strength and he stated he dropped the conventional weight training that is popular today because it didn't give him any strength. The method he developed is also in the martial art and yoga systems in the east. It actually generates Chi power which is the source of strength. One kundalini yoga master who was some skinny fellow would just pick up five hundred pounds with one hand like it was nothing. He stated this is the power of pranic energy. This relates to the amount of bio electric charge or Chi in the body and how it governs the level of muscle contraction that is required for such things I suspect.
Eric13 said:Original gyms?HP Mageson666 said:The original gyms in the images of them only had gymnastic equipment and some kettle bells. Gymnastics' such as training on rings is some of the hardest exercises and they build strength and physique.
It seems in ancient times, like in Greece, along with body weight and similar movements, they used a variety of resistance methods as well. Like use of stones, logs and other accessible items.
I think, when maximizing strength and conditioning, you’ll need a variety of resistance training exercises at some point. To an extent.