Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The forerunner of the dumbbell, halteres, were used in ancient Greece as lifting weights [1] [2] and also as weights for the ancient Greek version of the long jump. [3] A kind of dumbbell was also used in India for more than a millennium, shaped like a club – so it was named Indian club .
Gyms were born from bell-ringing clubs with dumbbells invented for those that could not make it to the church towers. Colourfast dyes were created in Britain's first chemical works at Ravenscar when supplies of the mordant alum were cut off. The three-piece suit and necktie were created by Charles II as a political weapon in his war against France.
From Pogs to Furbies, here's the fad toy everyone was obsessed with the year you were born. 1950: Little People Little People was formed by Fisher-Price in the early '50s for kids ranging from six ...
The Shake Weight on sale in stores. The Shake Weight is a modified dumbbell that oscillates, purportedly increasing the effects of exercise. As a result of the perceived sexually suggestive nature of the product, infomercial clips of the exercise device have gone viral.
A pair of adjustable dumbbells with 2-kilogram (4.4 lb) plates. Weightlifting or weight lifting generally refers to physical exercises and sports in which people lift weights, often in the form of (dumbbells, barbells or machines). People engage in weightlifting for a variety of different reasons.
Dumbbells are the equivalent of one-handed barbells, with a gripping surface approximately 16 centimetres (6.3 in) and a total length that rarely exceeds 50 centimetres (20 in). [12] Adjustable dumbbells are the most prominent use of "standard" weight plates (those having a 27 millimetres (1.1 in) to 31 millimetres (1.2 in) center hole).
While initially thought to have been in hiding after his family was murdered by the Bolsheviks on July 17, 1918, her remains were finally discovered in 2007, scientifically disproving her survival ...
The Heraean Games were the women's equivalent of the Ancient Olympic Games and took place prior to the men's competitions. According to the historian E. Norman Gardinier: At the festival there were races for maidens of various ages. Their course was 500 feet, or one-sixth less than the men's stadium.