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Ancient Olympics
Ancient Olympics were a series of competitions held in Ancient Greece to honor Zeus. Its exact origins were shrouded in legends and myths, but records showed that events began in 776 BC in Greece.
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How did the ancient olympic athletes train?
Depends on each sport.
Drastically depends on the sport. many athletes have been training for the same event for 5+ years. Each year builds on the foundation of training from previous years.
Most elite athletes train in "macrocylces" with the cycles designed to lead to peak peformance on the date of their event. A macrocycle begins with a "base strength" phase, where the muscles are strengthened and a cardio base is built. Then it gets progressively more specific including speed training or whatever the event requires. Intensity increases while quantitiy is reduced to prevent fatigue/injury. If the cycle is successful it will result in peak performance on or about the week of the event. Its actually very scientific at the elite level, with coaches who have studied human physiology and usually having a doctorate in the field. Its much much more complicated and scientific than "just train and train hard and eat nutritious".
Actually during the current time period most athletes are in the "tapering" phase that will lead to maximum strength for their event. A taper is designed to allow full recovery and training effect from the previous bouts of intense, sport specific training in the last phase of the macrocycle. There are also microcyles, and mesocylcles within a training regimen. type training macrocylcles in Google and you will see it is really over our heads unless we are a sports physiologist.
Here is the basic format of a 10-month macrocycle:
* Phase 1 - General development of strength, mobility, endurance and basic technique
* Phase 2 - Development of specific fitness and advanced technical skills
* Phase 3 - Competition experience - achievement of indoor objectives
* Phase 4 - Adjustment of technical model, preparation for the main competition
* Phase 5 - Competition (Olympics)
* Phase 6 - Active recovery - planning preparation for next season
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How many years apart were ancient the Olympics games?
The Olympics are every 2 years. But there Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics which are four years apart. The last Summer Olympics were in 2008 and the next on is July 27, 2012 which makes it 4 years for each season.
Who first invented the ancient Olympic games?
The Greeks are the ones who stared the olympic games to worship their gods and godesses.
When was the ancient olympics discontinued?
According to the site below, the exact date is unknown. The emperor Theodosius I legally abolished the games in 393 or 394 A.D.
Diet of athletes in ancient Olympics?
Olympians eat high in calorie and carbolhydrates foods. Like pie and energy drinks and bars.
the Olympians eat are vegtables,fish, meat and other.
olimpians eat a diet of blended vegetables and fruits and bottled water.
probably not chicken mcnuggets as mcdonalds would have you believe.
What prizes where given to the winners of ancient Olympic events?
They were given an Olive Branch, and were received major honor throughout Greece.
They were granted with large sums of money and would be made a statue of themselves. Poets would sing odes in their praise. :))
Why did emperor Theodosius the first stop the ancient games?
They were discontinued by the Romans as the games were dedicated to Greek gods, but the Romans wanted them to dedicate them to their Gods. The Greeks disagreed and so the Olympics were discontinued
What were the Consequences for cheating in the Ancient Olympics?
The cheaters would be fined heavily and the money received from those fines would be used to create statues of gods and champion athletes that were placed at the stadium where the Olympics were held.
When did Olympic athletes start to wear clothes?
people start wearing clothes in olympics when they feel they are looking worst dangerous shameless
Where women allowed at the ancient olyimpic games?
Never.
There where 3 main criteria for participation in the games:
- FIRST you HAD to be male,
- SECOND you had to be Greek,
- THIRD you had to be a free MAN. Women slaves and foreigners where excluded.
Although women were not allowed in the Olympic Games, they still practised sport. At Olympia (back then it was called Olympia not Olympics, young girls had there own games, the Heraia, in honour of the goddess Hera, the wife of Zeus. These competitions were held every four years and consisted of running races only.
Who is the person who invented to toliet?
The person who invented the toliet was Thomas Crapper it was invented in September of 1883. Crapper's name is sometimes associated with the words crap and crapper although the first recorded use of word crap dates to before Crapper's career and the first use of the word crapper was long after the end of his career and its derivation could be from the word crap, or from Crapper or both.And crap is now said as a bad word!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The ancient Greeks dedicated the Olympic Games to who?
The Olympics was a religious festival in honor of Zeus. Zeus was the king of the Greek gods.
When did women first participate in the modern Olympic Games?
Women were first allowed to participate in the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris and Charlotte Cooper was the first woman gold medalist, winning the ladies singles event in tennis.
How did the maratjon race get its name?
Marathons are modern endurance ordeals named for an event in ancient Greek history. After the Battle of Marathon, a runner named Pheidippides took the news of the allied Greek victory over the invading Persians to Athens and Sparta. He ran about 150 miles in two days, and dropped dead. Cross-country running was a common low-paying job in those days, not a form of athletics, and The Runner of Marathon was famous in antiquity as a patriot who ran himself to death in service of his country. [fact check: Pheidippides was sent to Sparta to summon them to join Athens and Plataia and so was dead while the battle of Marathon was fought. After the battle the Athenians realised that they had only been fighting the Persian infantry, and that the Persian cavalry was aboard ships heading for Athens where traitors would oven the gates for them as they galloped up from the port. The whole 9,000 Athenian infantry ran the 26 miles from Marathon, forming up in front of the city as the Persians disembarked - the frustrated Persians went home. The Athenians did the run in sandals carrying armour and weapons, and they lived on a diet of bread - today's pampered marathon runners get it easy by comparison.]
Marathon running distance was established in 19th Century England, and has nothing to do with any distance in Greece, no matter what Marathon promoters may claim, and Marathons have absolutely no connection to ancient Greek sport. The Greeks, who invented the idea of Sport, reserved the endurance ordeal for livestock trials. Their longest foot race, called the aulion, was less than two miles.
What was the penalty for woman who attend the Ancient Olympics as spectators?
They would be killed ... but it's extremely unlikely that a woman could compete because they would play the Olympics naked, so that it was clear that all the athletes were men.
Unmarried women were allowed to attend the games, since the Olympics were thought to be a good place for them to meet their future husbands. Married women were not allowed to attend, under penalty of death.
What where the consequences for breaching the rules of the ancient Olympic Games?
If you were caught cheating, you had to pay fines and with that money, statues of Zeus were erected, known as the Zanes. Each of these statues were placed along the passageway that led to the stadium, with the name of the cheat inscribed on its base. To get to the competitions site, the athletes had to walk past all the statues. Also, if you cheated, you would never be allowed to compete again because cheating was considered disrespectful to the gods.
What are the Olympic contributions of Ancient Greece?
By Olympics I'm assuming you mean Olympics. If you are then your awnser is that scientific evidence suggests that the Olympics started in ancient Greece as a tribute to their gods. It had most of the events we have now in the Olympics but some of the original events were removed and some new events were added. This is why when the Olympic torch makes it's way around the world it is always lit and starts it's journey in Greece. One of the events was the relay race which was run naked and the baton was on fire at one end. Women were also not allowed to compete in the Olympics because gender equality was not social protocol in those days. There were states or territories in Greece different to the current ones and anyone from outside of the states was also excluded from competing.
What did Emperor Theodosius 1 do in 393 AD?
It was taken over by the Goths and other Eurasian peoples.
When did the olympics start up this year?
The Olympic opening ceremony was on Friday 27th July but the games started on the 25th with the football competion
How many running events are there in the Olympics?
Running is commonly refered to as "Track" in the Olympics.
What do athletes in the ancient Olympics win?
Same as it feels like now just in Ancient Times. You were supported by fans and people were giant fans of the winners. They were role-models and everyone wanted to grow up just like them.
How many events were at the ancient Olympics?
It is more advantageous for you to go inside everything about ancient greek Olympics than merely to know how many games there were at that time.
So just enter this link on Wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Olympic_Games
How was the Olympic Torch lit in Ancient Greece?
There was no torch. The Olympic torch was made up in 1936.
The Olympic torch was invented as a way of symbolically creating a connection between Olympia in Greece and an athletics meeting in some city like Berlin. The ancient Olympics didn't need a symbolic connection to Olympia because they were actually held at Olympia.
Why did winners from ancient Olympics get olive branches?
A crown of leaves, known as a laurel wreath, were given to the winners of the Olympic games because of their association with Apollo. He is often represented wearing a laurel wreath around his head.
