Comment by thesz
11 hours ago
Weightlifting and weight training was invented long before forklifts. Even levers were not properly understood back then.
My favorite historic example of typical modern hypertrophy-specific training is the training of Milo of Croton [1]. By legend, his father gifted him with the calf and asked daily "what is your calf, how does it do? bring it here to look at him" which Milo did. As calf's weight grew, so did Milo's strength.
This is application of external resistance (calf) and progressive overload (growing calf) principles at work.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milo_of_Croton
Milo lived before Archimedes.
Dad needs to respect that we need rest days.
Bulgarian Method does not have rest days: https://www.mashelite.com/the-bulgarian-method-is-worth-a-lo...
Alexander Zass (Iron Samson) also trained each day: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Zass
"He was taken as a prisoner of war four times, but managed to escape each time. As a prisoner, he pushed and pulled his cell bars as part of strength training, which was cited as an example of the effectiveness of isometrics. At least one of his escapes involved him 'breaking chains and bending bars'."
Rest days are overrated. ;)
They are until you get injured, burned out or both and stop training all together.
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> what is your calf, how does it do?
... it's a calf, dad, just like yesterday
Milo might have had slaves, the forklifts of his time....
I looked up the weight of cows from that era. Only about 400 lbs. Seems doable.