Some places where the training all began was in ancient Greece and China. Exercising today is important and has always been for two thousand years. Lifting heavy objects was natural in those times and was important to do so. The ancient Greeks would carry heavy objects to train themselves and improve their physical fitness. “The ancient Greeks weight trained with activities such as stone lifting, stone throwing, wrestling and rope climbing. Training in ancient Greece, particularly for the Spartans, was structured and extremely intense.” (Hitchcock Par.1). It was also the ancient Greeks that invented the Olympic games, where weight lifting was a very popular sport. In ancient China, it was also important to master weightlifting. Weightlifting
