How big/strong do you think Greek/Roman warriors were

[ShadowBoxing]

It dawned on me while watching 300 that historically the warriors of ancient times probably were not all that huge and cut. Without the benefit of weight training and proper diet only those with superior genetics would become very strong.

How much do you think they could bench? Squat? Cling?

Do you even think the movie physique was anywhere near accurate, or do you like me picture them as smaller with more developed slow twitch muscle fibers...and possibly not all that cut.

 

[Morg]

well back then they did alot of physical labor so I imagine alot were strong, sort of like farmers

 

[ShadowBoxing]

well back then they did alot of physical labor so I imagine alot were strong, sort of like farmers

Probably close to something like that. Abraham Lincoln was supposedly remarkably strong for his time because of his farm work.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

The size of people only 100 years ago is documented to be shockingly smaller than the average size of people today.
So I'd guess that the real warriors looked like, a colossaly huge leprechaun, perhaps.

 

[Outsiderzedge]

Who gives a flying crap?

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[Ronny Shade]

I bet they were all 300 pounds of sheer muscle. And there were these persian guys with blades for arms and 10 feet tall too.

 

[Fran]

The answer is steroids.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

The size of people only 100 years ago is documented to be shockingly smaller than the average size of people today.
So I'd guess that the real warriors looked like, a colossaly huge leprechaun, perhaps.

I'd figured they'd be shorter.

 

[Triadkd]

The greeks/romans were not the muscled bad ass's like the 300. They just didnt have the knowledge of dieting or of the human body to become that way. I would imagine that alot of them would have been like titus pullo from rome. Big and strong but not cut like a body builder.

 

[Ronny Shade]

WTF is a Cling?

 

[CyberFaust]

This Is Spartaaaaaa!!!!!!

 

[Machx72]

From what I've read, they did a lot of calisthenics back then, so I imagine they're pretty ripped.

There's a book out about a guy who's almost as big as guys like Ronnie Coleman who never lifted a weight in his life.

It's definitely possible that they were that ripped.

 

[CyberFaust]

WTF is a Cling?

exactly what i was wondering

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Who gives a flying crap?

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In the vein of noting the exaggerations of 300, I read an interview with FM and he said that the well thing actually did happen, but pointed out that the well was not that deep in real life.

 

[Machx72]

WTF is a Cling?

The kind of lifts where the lifter squats to pick up the bar the bar, then propels the bar upward in a jumping motion, either brings the weights to his collar bone level or extended above his head.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=GWSGbaLYp9k&mode=related&search=

 

[Demon Within]

They werent body builders size but my hunch would be to look at old footage of Ali in his prime for a guess on where they were size wise. Spartan diet> any diet we have now.

 

[SapphirePrima]

The size of people only 100 years ago is documented to be shockingly smaller than the average size of people today.
So I'd guess that the real warriors looked like, a colossaly huge leprechaun, perhaps.

lol what a paradox

 

[Fran]

Who gives a flying crap?

This. Is. SPARTAAAAAAAAAAA!!!1

*kicks everyone in this thread into a bottomless pit*

The feeling's mutual

 

[Machx72]

The feeling's mutual

It's a shame you have to rape multiple threads with the same punch line.

 

[Fran]

Shut up Machx72, you're dum...

 

[CyberFaust]

It's a shame you have to rape multiple threads with the same punch line.

owned!
and we have a winnnnnnnnner!

 

[Colossal Spoons]

I'd guess they had a lot of definition but not too much mass.

 

[AndThePickles]

I highly doubt they were very bulky...think about the diet back then and forms of exercise, etc. I'm sure they were muscular, but very lean.

 

[sithgoblin]

 

[CyberFaust]

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