GRST 311 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Triceps Brachii Muscle, Biceps

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Greek and Roman Studies
• Course: GRST 311
• Professor: Reyes Bertolin Cebrian

Document Summary

Natural tendency to run on the forefoot. Greeks ran barefoot which meant they had to run on the balls of their feet to prevent injury. Forefoot striking creates a more fluid motion. Major event was stadion run and was very first event in 776. Distance ran in stadia was never agreed upon (usually did not go past 200m) Became most well received event and winner got to name olympic events after his name. Olympic games were religious festivals and was most apparent event to have connection to religious. Diolous- twice the yard; back and forth the stadium (not quite 400m) There was no loop present; instead they ran similar to suicided in basketball. Longer than this considered long distance running. Dolihorse-long (run in stadion back and forth and runner had centralized turning post called (cid:862)te(cid:396)ma(cid:863) did this 24 times (cid:449)ith e(cid:395)ui(cid:448)alent distance to 5km) Runners moving their arms as if they are wings.