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Category Fitness History

The people, books, and ideas that shaped how we train, from ancient wrestlers to modern athletes, and what the research says about their methods today.

Two men in robes standing in a stone setting, one holding an open book and the other holding an arm across his chest.
  • Fitness History

Aetius of Amida and Age Based Exercise: What We Can Confirm

  • October 20, 2026
  • 3 mins
Johann GutsMuths, featured image for GutsMuths's 1798 Swimming Book and What Swim Lessons Really Do.
  • Fitness History

GutsMuths’s 1798 Swimming Book and What Swim Lessons Really Do

  • October 19, 2026
  • 6 mins
Illustrative gym scene of one man observing another holding two dumbbells; the men's identities are not verified.
  • Fitness History

Sig Klein and the Stronger Body Quote: A Source Check

  • October 19, 2026
  • 6 mins
Illustration of a man in a black cap and fur-trimmed robe holding a quill, with people in a courtyard behind him.
  • Fitness History

Thomas More’s Utopia: What the Training Passage Says

  • October 18, 2026
  • 2 mins
An imagined ancient-style courtyard, with a robed man beside a colonnade and two runners below.
  • Fitness History

Winter Exercise Ideas: Reading Vitruvius’s Covered Track

  • October 17, 2026
  • 4 mins
Arnold Schwarzenegger, featured image for Why the Squat Is Called the King of Exercises.
  • Fitness History

Why the Squat Is Called the King of Exercises

  • October 17, 2026
  • 5 mins
Catharine Beecher, featured image for Catharine Beecher's No Apparatus Calisthenics for Home and School.
  • Fitness History

No-Equipment Calisthenics Workout: 20-Minute Floor Plan

  • October 15, 2026
  • 5 mins
Maimonides, featured image for Maimonides on Exercise, Eating Less, and the Middle Path.
  • Fitness History

Maimonides Diet Advice: Sources, Exercise, and Limits

  • October 15, 2026
  • 10 mins
Dan John, featured image for Dan John's Easy Strength: Short, Clean Sessions That Add Up.
  • Fitness History

Easy Strength Program: Dan John’s Versions Explained

  • October 14, 2026
  • 5 mins
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