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From Milo to Milo: A History of Barbells, Dumbells, and Indian Clubs (1995)

66 points by barry-cotter 4y ago

mc32 4y ago
I had no idea sports brassieres had such a long storied history; are regular brassieres just as old(er) or are those relatively new? The mosaics look like bandeaux bras.
ck2 4y ago
- cperciva 4y ago
  And men still aren't allowed to participate in Olympic synchronized swimming. Your point?
  - kurthr 4y ago
    Once I realized that the Olympics and all sports are just entertainment, lots of decisions make more sense. It's not about really being fair (nothing is), just (usually competitive and thus) entertaining with plenty of (record breaking) "news" to report.
  - dehrmann 4y ago
    Gymnastics has different events for men and women.
gumby 4y ago
The abstract is completely garbled; fortunately you can click on "full text" and read this short and interesting paper.
achow 4y ago
Interesting.. The person responsible for introducing Indian club exercises to Europe and America was Donald Walker, author of 'British Manly Exercises' was perhaps the most influential book on purposive exercise published in English during the nineteenth century. A compilation of information on various forms of gentlemanly exercise, Walker’s book contained both the sedate set of light-weight club exercises performed by the British army as well as instructions for more complicated and vigorous club routines. Amazingly, it still seems to be in print: https://www.amazon.com/British-Manly-Exercises-Donald-Walker/dp/5519174083 https://www.amazon.com/British-Manly-Exercises-Donald-Walker... Book description: Replication of a book originally published before 1834. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible.
andreareina 4y ago
Getting a 500, here's an archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20220620045645/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235350711_From_Milo_to_Milo_A_History_of_Barbells_Dumbells_and_Indian_Clubs https://web.archive.org/web/20220620045645/https://www.resea...
happy-go-lucky 4y ago
"In 1866, Kehoe published The Indian Club Exercise, a beautifully illustrated book which contained, in addition to an easy-to-follow system of exercise for both men and women, a series of physique studies showing the benefits of heavy club training." If anyone is curious about the illustrations, the Internet Archive has the book: https://archive.org/details/indianclubexerci00kehorich https://archive.org/details/indianclubexerci00kehorich
- gigaflop 4y ago
  ooh, this looks fun. If I had the space to safely do so, I'd try out some of these exercises.
dr_dshiv 4y ago
Milo of Croton, trained by Pythagoras of Samos (the mystical mathematician), won 6 consecutive Olympic Games over 24 years. That record still stands.
borroka 4y ago
Milo was also the name, of course inspired by Milo of Croton, that the owner of the business and virtual shop "Ironmind", Randall J. Strossen, published for 25 years (1993-2018). The journal covered "physical strength" and "strength culture" topics such as Olympic-style weightlifting, strongman, Highland Games, powerlifting, general weight training, and fitness, arm wrestling, grip strength, stones and stone-lifting, and similar subjects (this is from Wikipedia). A beautifully crafted magazine that included scholarly presentations of obscure exercises and training routines, biographies of strong people, competition results, and extraordinary photographs. It also listed the name and brief biographies, up to at least 2005 I believe, of people who managed to close the infamous #3 and #4 CoC grippers (I closed the #3 many years ago, so there is my photo somewhere). For many years, #4 was closed by only one man, Joe Kinney [0]. I remember buying the VHS of his training sessions and having some "torture instruments" built by my local welder. Good times. [0] https://ironmind.com/news/Joe-Kinney-I-Think-My-Body-Knew-It-Had-To-Get-Stronger https://ironmind.com/news/Joe-Kinney-I-Think-My-Body-Knew-It...

66 points by barry-cotter 4y ago

mc32 4y ago

I had no idea sports brassieres had such a long storied history; are regular brassieres just as old(er) or are those relatively new? The mosaics look like bandeaux bras.

ck2 4y ago

cperciva 4y ago
And men still aren't allowed to participate in Olympic synchronized swimming. Your point?
- kurthr 4y ago
  Once I realized that the Olympics and all sports are just entertainment, lots of decisions make more sense. It's not about really being fair (nothing is), just (usually competitive and thus) entertaining with plenty of (record breaking) "news" to report.
- dehrmann 4y ago
  Gymnastics has different events for men and women.

gumby 4y ago

The abstract is completely garbled; fortunately you can click on "full text" and read this short and interesting paper.

achow 4y ago

Interesting.. The person responsible for introducing Indian club exercises to Europe and America was Donald Walker, author of 'British Manly Exercises' was perhaps the most influential book on purposive exercise published in English during the nineteenth century. A compilation of information on various forms of gentlemanly exercise, Walker’s book contained both the sedate set of light-weight club exercises performed by the British army as well as instructions for more complicated and vigorous club routines. Amazingly, it still seems to be in print: https://www.amazon.com/British-Manly-Exercises-Donald-Walker/dp/5519174083 https://www.amazon.com/British-Manly-Exercises-Donald-Walker... Book description: Replication of a book originally published before 1834. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible.

andreareina 4y ago

Getting a 500, here's an archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20220620045645/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235350711_From_Milo_to_Milo_A_History_of_Barbells_Dumbells_and_Indian_Clubs https://web.archive.org/web/20220620045645/https://www.resea...

happy-go-lucky 4y ago

"In 1866, Kehoe published The Indian Club Exercise, a beautifully illustrated book which contained, in addition to an easy-to-follow system of exercise for both men and women, a series of physique studies showing the benefits of heavy club training." If anyone is curious about the illustrations, the Internet Archive has the book: https://archive.org/details/indianclubexerci00kehorich https://archive.org/details/indianclubexerci00kehorich

gigaflop 4y ago
ooh, this looks fun. If I had the space to safely do so, I'd try out some of these exercises.

dr_dshiv 4y ago

Milo of Croton, trained by Pythagoras of Samos (the mystical mathematician), won 6 consecutive Olympic Games over 24 years. That record still stands.

borroka 4y ago

Milo was also the name, of course inspired by Milo of Croton, that the owner of the business and virtual shop "Ironmind", Randall J. Strossen, published for 25 years (1993-2018). The journal covered "physical strength" and "strength culture" topics such as Olympic-style weightlifting, strongman, Highland Games, powerlifting, general weight training, and fitness, arm wrestling, grip strength, stones and stone-lifting, and similar subjects (this is from Wikipedia). A beautifully crafted magazine that included scholarly presentations of obscure exercises and training routines, biographies of strong people, competition results, and extraordinary photographs. It also listed the name and brief biographies, up to at least 2005 I believe, of people who managed to close the infamous #3 and #4 CoC grippers (I closed the #3 many years ago, so there is my photo somewhere). For many years, #4 was closed by only one man, Joe Kinney [0]. I remember buying the VHS of his training sessions and having some "torture instruments" built by my local welder. Good times. [0] https://ironmind.com/news/Joe-Kinney-I-Think-My-Body-Knew-It-Had-To-Get-Stronger https://ironmind.com/news/Joe-Kinney-I-Think-My-Body-Knew-It...