How did ancient athletes eat?
How did ancient athletes eat?
In the earliest Olympic Games ate primarily cheese, figs and barley bread.
But that meat became more dominant as the years passed, however only in this very particular way:
Goat meat was eaten by runners.
Wrestlers ate roosters that had survived a cockfight.
Strength athletes ate beef.
The whole idea being the athlete would take on traits…
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What about spaghetti?
Most of these are lying because they barely ate anything hence why there so shredded
They ate what they had at the time 😅 it’s not a super diet that will make you shredded, it’s not about what you eat, it’s about what you don’t eat.
Your favorite ancient athlete,adventurer,soldier,hunter,fighter etc of the past probably ate what was available and had favorite seasonal foods as well
And now we no
This is another part of BS story, media push while talking about general condition of population during antiquity and Middle Ages. Back then, people were short, malnourished, affected by discouraging life expectancy.
To be clear, I'm not saying that there were absolutely no jacked people. They were just super rare.
So, the next time you watch Troy, or Vikings, remember, that armies and villages full of tall, pumped studs, accompanied by fit, hot ladies, have more to do with the modern day porn industry, rather than the actual historical facts.
True warriors drink blod
Well theyre all dead so who cares?
With their hands and mouths.
Salt 🧂 was also was considered vital and precious
A TON of cheese
Who told you that ??? Bla bla bla
I despise mouth-breathers but your info is nice enough to respect you.
This was all before the invention of McDonalds. So that explains the absence of the happymeal which later became a leap in athletic performance
And was banned shortly after due to creating an unfair advantage with athletes that for religious reasons could only eat whoppers.
Conjecture
00:15 i saw kanye west
Sounds hard. Ill take an oatmeal
Oh my soul what next
They might not have had it perfect but the basic fundamentals were there, especially making a point to eat a large meal and get a long nights rest afterwards
they ate with their hands.
Weird chest 🤔
Meat…. Beef…. Rest… Train Hard.
They didn’t look like that 🙄
Any list of the herbs as a fighter im always trying to find natural ways to make my performance better, thanks
What a great life ❤
Fun fact: They also ate young boys' asses
They also slept with each other.. gay stuff.. 😂😂
Except they did not look like this at all
Me who eats all of them
False AF