How did the ancients manage a six pack?

[Viggen]

Anyone who works out knows that getting a six pack abdomen means hard work, careful nutrion and lots of time,

 

is there any information on how they achieved this?

 

http://www.learner.org/courses/worldhistory/archive.html?f_itemNumber=4288&return=25-1

(looking at those athletes i have to guess that their body fat level is of not more than 8%, so thats one hell of a job to get to that level)

[Lanista]

Don't forget that their food was more organic, less "bad" fats and all that stuff. I read somewhere that "rock hard abs aren't built in the gym... but in the kitchen." (either that or it was on a shopping channel). But I suspect that diet and training were the key to this. The Greeks had developed gym work to an art form (the perfection of the body was something they admired - clearly!)... so not too much of a stretch to see how this was done with the proper training and lack of McD's.

 

Cheers

 

Russ

[Kosmo]

Then and now there was only way to have nice abs but I'll rather have a six pack of beer.

[Auris Arrectibus]

Anyone who works out knows that getting a six pack abdomen means hard work, careful nutrion and lots of time,

 

is there any information on how they achieved this?

 

http://www.learner.o...288&return=25-1

(looking at those athletes i have to guess that their body fat level is of not more than 8%, so thats one hell of a job to get to that level)

 

 

Hi Viggen,

Try this site for information: http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/SportScience.htm

 

Don't forget: The statues or vase pictures the ancient Greeks left us were made with the same idealistic intent why we photo-shop today.

And the statues that never the less were not much appreciated, didn't last as long till our days.

 

Still, the athletes had "lifting" programs (the use of dumbells I dispute, 'cause I think they were use specificly to get more range at the the longjump)

and skilled themselves in gymnastics by the use of body-weight resistance. Look up some core stability exercises!

 

 

Have fun,

Jeroen De L'Ange

[Guest ParatrooperLirelou]

Ancients were more fit as they moved more than we did.

[cinzia8]

Viggen:

 

If you worked in a stone quarry and ate one meal a day, you might have a "rockin" 6 pack too! <g> Interesting topic.

 

Cinzia

[Fulvia]

Anyone who works out knows that getting a six pack abdomen means hard work, careful nutrion and lots of time,

 

is there any information on how they achieved this?

 

http://www.learner.org/courses/worldhistory/archive.html?f_itemNumber=4288&return=25-1

(looking at those athletes i have to guess that their body fat level is of not more than 8%, so thats one hell of a job to get to that level)

 

 

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who thinks of questions like these!

[Joseph L]

I also wonder these days we think so much how to get a six pack..

 

these concepts were not there in previous days.. then how they had it..

 

My conclusion was that six pack is not so unnatural. Now a days because of wrong food habit and lack of exercise our abs muscles get hidden. Because of proper way of healthy way of living they didnt have that. On top of that those who were involved in regular hard work had six packs becoming prominent.

[Maty]

For an ancient Greek, the easiest way to get a six-pack with those muscular abs is to buy a bronze cuirass hammered into the appropriate shape.

 

Available from your local armourer. (If Pericles could walk around with that silly helmet perched on the back of his head all day, bronze abs should not be a problem.)

 

There's a great example here http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/1848841191/ref=dp_image_0/180-9599449-4972513?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books

[Gaius Paulinus Maximus]

For an ancient Greek, the easiest way to get a six-pack with those muscular abs is to buy a bronze cuirass hammered into the appropriate shape.

 

Available from your local armourer. (If Pericles could walk around with that silly helmet perched on the back of his head all day, bronze abs should not be a problem.)

 

There's a great example here http://www.amazon.co...=283155&s=books

 

Yes Maty, that is a great example on a book that is STILL out of stock!!!

 

What;s going on?? It's been months since it was last available??

[Artimi]

For an ancient Greek, the easiest way to get a six-pack with those muscular abs is to buy a bronze cuirass hammered into the appropriate shape.

 

Available from your local armourer. (If Pericles could walk around with that silly helmet perched on the back of his head all day, bronze abs should not be a problem.)

 

There's a great example here http://www.amazon.co...=283155&s=books

 

 

Six packs? this picture reminds of the the segments of a possible agressive insect.

[Maty]

For an ancient Greek, the easiest way to get a six-pack with those muscular abs is to buy a bronze cuirass hammered into the appropriate shape.

 

Available from your local armourer. (If Pericles could walk around with that silly helmet perched on the back of his head all day, bronze abs should not be a problem.)

 

There's a great example here http://www.amazon.co...=283155&s=books

 

Yes Maty, that is a great example on a book that is STILL out of stock!!!

 

What;s going on?? It's been months since it was last available??

 

While I'm not fully intimate with the issues faced by the publisher (my part ends when the text is accepted for publication) I understand that there was a formatting issue, which led to the book being re-typeset. This meant that it needed re-indexing, and all the internal references (i.e. see p.00)had to be redone.

 

It's been frustrating for everyone, though I last heard that Pen & Sword were planning to have it back in the shops for Xmas.

 

(I too was somewhat stunned by the multi-ab armour, until I was shown a real-life version.)

Edited December 6, 2011 by Maty