Brenda's Blog 4: Milo Of Croton

[url][link]/link/cadff30083a16163/aHR0cHM6Ly9wb3N0aW1nLmNjL2ltYWdlLzYwd3ltNm1rOS8%3D[/link] [/url] I have a question for you... Read on. Milo of Croton was a 6th-century wrestler and athlete from the city of Croton, on the Italian coast. He travelled to Greece and took part in the most important athletic Greece festivals winning many victories and becoming famous for his strength and physique. As a Greek athlete, he had a "larger than life" quality. At Olympia, for example, athletes were set apart from the general population for lengthy training periods and the observation of a complex series of prohibitions that included abstinence from having sex. Once training was completed and the athletes were brought before their fellow citizens trim, fit, nude and shimmering with oil. [url][link]/link/c107b1f19273747e/aHR0cHM6Ly9wb3N0aW1nLmNjL2ltYWdlL3hvOW8wYWZncC8%3D[/link] [/url] One of the things Milo was famous for was how he trained to get his impressive muscular figure. When he was a young man, he lifted a newborn bull calf onto his shoulders and carried it around for a while. He repeated this every morning as the bull grew older and heavier. Eventually, he could lift the bull onto his shoulders even when it was full grown. This may have been the first documented record of what we now call "progressive training". [url][link]/link/dc6f0818ee714e0e/aHR0cHM6Ly9wb3N0aW1nLmNjL2ltYWdlL2o1Mml5dnUxbC8%3D[/link] [/url] The legend says that Milo died when he was an elderly man. He was walking through the woods and came across a tree that had been split open with wedges. He thought that he would still had the strength to force the tree apart by tearing the trunk open with his bare hands. The wedges came out as he inserted his hands and he became trapped in the crevice of the trunk. A pack of wolves appeared and devoured him. However, In an early examples of fake news, all the portraits and sculptures depict him as being attacked by lions, not wolves, as befitting a hero. Lions.. [url][link]/link/e19332542757ca7b/aHR0cHM6Ly9wb3N0aW1nLmNjL2ltYWdlLzhpOHB0aHc2eC8%3D[/link] [/url] ...and definitely not wolves.. or pigs. [url][link]/link/4f39958fe27fa578/aHR0cHM6Ly9wb3N0aW1nLmNjL2ltYWdlLzVvNWtnMTZ2ZC8%3D[/link] [/url] Interestingly, the word "gymnasium" uses the prefix "gymnus" which is Latin word for naked or uncovered. This was because in those days, all men training in a gymnasium were expected to do so naked. [url][link]/link/c154b58fb15bf637/aHR0cHM6Ly9wb3N0aW1nLmNjL2ltYWdlL2x6NW9jZGx5MS8%3D[/link] [/url] My question for you is... is it possible? Can you really lift an object (or a bull) that gets incrementally heavier every day and slowly build up your physique and strength? And, if it's true, why can't it apply equally to a female? [url][link]/link/c3435eee9054699b/aHR0cHM6Ly9wb3N0aW1nLmNjL2ltYWdlLzZkb2NzZWY0cC8%3D[/link] [/url]