Comments on: Medieval Workout Methods – Revisiting The English Knights

By: Roy

Roy — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:59:59 +0000

The knights of that era trained daily swinging swords, maces, halbreds, and quaterstaffs for hours. You could tell a knght even if he was dressed down by his V shaped torso and thick hands and wrists. Much like war club swinging with indian war clubs today.
On a historical note, they figure in the first minute of battle at Angincourt the English put roughly 72,000 arrows in the air, this by about 5,000 archers. That had to be a sight to behold.

By: nivian

nivian — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:54:01 +0000

thanks for the training tips hope to use it to improve my running

By: Nelson

Nelson — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:23:45 +0000

So thats how Navy Seals work. Cardio and Strenght at tha same time. Got you.

By: Joel Mackey

Joel Mackey — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:13:53 +0000

Working in the oilfield, one bit of work that really gave me a pump in my biceps, shoulders, forearmes and upper chest was using a sledge hammer to drive stakes and tighten pipe wings. I started with a 6 Lb, with the handle cut down to about 2-2.5 feet long, but after a few months moved up to 8 lb.

The locations were hard packed and some had naturally occuring rock under them, so trying to drive a stake thru the hard pack and rock was extremely rigorous. the intense burn would be in your hands and forearms, and the cardio from swinging that hammer was pretty amazing.

kind of dangerous though, as you get tired, your aim would suffer and the hammer would glance off the target and hit your shin, so you had to stay in control and postion yourself properly at all times.

By: Acai Force Max

Acai Force Max — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:04:42 +0000

thanks !! very helpful post!

By: Graham

Graham — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:29:29 +0000

I agree that the training the English knights went through was awesome but remember two things-
1. The French knights practiced the same training.
2. They lost because of the superior fire power of the longbow.
In addition Henry V “cheated” by not taking prisoners. He could not afford to be burdened and ordered them to be killed before moving on home.

By: dr

dr — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:19:03 +0000

awesome points. some of the guys at the gym actually started going to the boot camp class at the gym and wearing a weighted vest to crank up the difficulty. just another idea.

By: leanhybr

leanhybr — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:27:49 +0000

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By: carmine

carmine — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:44:47 +0000

Absoloutely man. i do need serious help with something though. i go to college and i dont live on campus. i have a 30 minute drive from home to school
everyday, and i am at school from 8 am to 4pm everday, so as you can imagine my diet is pretty much shot as the food sold in the canteen is pretty much the same as KFC with rice. could you offer any literature at all on how to deal with this? would i have to invest in designer whey protein powder?

By: leanhybr

leanhybr — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:37:38 +0000

Throw them in on Tuesday. If you do them Friday you arms may still be sore from Thursdays workout and might effect your flipping.

If you want more fat burning and cardio use a lighter tire for more flips and longer distance. If you want to work strength and power user a heavier tire, for less reps and a shorter distance. Experiment and tell us what you discover.