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19 Cards in this Set
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Gymnastics
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"gymnos" means naked. Exercises done naked in gymnasium
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Calisthenics
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"calis"- beautiful.
"sthenos"- strength. |
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Athlos
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Contest, athlete was contestant in contest. Athletics were contest for athletes.
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Gymnast
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Indiv. who did exercises for health.
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Hippocrates:
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Father of modern medicine, wrote 2 books. Regimen and Regime and Health.
---->diet and exercise |
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Galen
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Builds on ideas of Hippocrates. Most important Dr. until 1600s.
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Galenic Medical Theoory
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Medicine:
-Thoelogy --Naturals, nonnaturals, contra-naturals. -Practical |
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Non Naturals
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1.Air
2.Food and ddrink 3.sleep 4.motion and rest ie exercise 5.evacuation and repletion 6.passions of the mind *Must be done in balance and moderation. Will prevent disease |
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Chivalry
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training for knighthood, started with young boys. Trained under masters.
-fencing, jousting/riding & dancing |
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Locke
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responsible for treatise in education.
-schoolday should involve mind/body |
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German Gymnastics
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Books written to train bodies of children in 1800.
---->turned to chivalry tradition and non naturals. -swimming -exercises related to mounting horses and balance. followed by: -parallel bars and modern pummel horse *Became known as gymnastics on apparatus |
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Swedish Gymnastics
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Man who developed it trained military.
-developed stall bars |
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English Gymnastics
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Trapeze invented.
Universities incorporate gymnasiums |
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Harvard
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introduced German gymnastics
exercises done in gymnastics halls |
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Rand Hill School
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started by two men that travel thru Europe and were influenced by it.
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Catherine Beecher
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1st person to advocate gymnastics for women, womens health.
-wrote Calisthenics exercises. -said women were ruining bodies wearing corsets, all needed to do for hourglass figure was to develop ab muscles. |
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Theodore Weld
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train body with manual labor
-students would have benefit of learning a trade, -lost appeal |
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Diolesian Lewis
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light gymnastics
-used Indian clubs, wooden rings, bean bags, wand crown, everything done to music. |
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George Windship
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heavy gymnastics.
-said "strength and health are synonymous." -invented interchangeable weights. |
