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    Halteres (ancient Greece) - Wikipedia

    Halteres were a type of dumbbells used in Ancient Greece. In Ancient Greek sports, halteres were used as lifting weights, and also as weights in their version of the long jump. Halteres were held in both hands to allow an athlete to jump a greater distance; they may have been dropped after the first or second jump. The … See more

    Recognized as the Greek equivalent of modern-day dumbbells, the halteres served multiple uses from training to competition. Ancient Greek records shows the evidence of the … See more

    According to Greek surgeon Antyllus, the use of halteres in workouts consisted of three main exercises:
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    • A halter belonged to Spartan athlete, Akmatidas, the winner of a pentathlon competition in the Ancient Olympic Games. Museum of the History of the Olympic Games of … See more

    To gain maximum distance in jumping, Ancient Greek athletes held the halteres in both hands, swinging them outward during takeoff and then behind during landing. According to … See more

     
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    WEBJan 19, 2015 · The halteres were the Greek equivalent of the modern day dumbbell and had a variety of uses from athletics to aesthetics. Whilst many date the creation of the halteres to the 5th century BC, records relating …

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    WEBThe 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 …

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    WEBNov 14, 2002 · Halteres 1 (αλτηρεζ) are hand-held weights that were first used in the standing long jump in the eighteenth ancient Olympiad in 708 bc, and may have been introduced either to make the challenge...

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