Milo of Crotona

Sometime ago, Alif talked about Milo of Crotona in relation to strength training. Basically, he was a wrestler who lived in Athens, 6th century BC, renowned because he was 5 times wrestling champion of the ancient Olympiad. On top of that, he was also a mathematician, a philosopher, and a military leader! Talk about well-rounded.. Haha.. (You can read more about him: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milo_of_Crotona )

Anyway, this Milo of Crotona apparently trained by hoisting a calf onto his shoulders everyday since young, and as the calf grew into a bull, he became strong enough to lift up the bull.

Lucky bull must be enjoying the daily ride...

Progressive strength training at its most impressive. When I was reading around about him, I came across an interesting blog about fitness and strength training, and the author, for fun, wrote an imaginary training log for dear Milo: (click to enlarge)


Ok, by now you might be laughing and dismissing it as mere myth... Wait till you check out this guy:


Damn right, people.. Modern day Milo! With a very macho name like H.E Mann, to boot..
Well, hope you enjoyed that bit of trivia, and... anyone importing a calf from Indonesia soon? ;p

Shiela