Who invented the gym & when did they do it?
Contents1 5th Century BC2 17043 17964 18185 18326 18387 18498 18529 187110 189511 190212 191213 192714 193915 195116 195317 August 25, 196518 197419 November 1, 198420 198921 199222 199223 199824 199925 200926 201927 2020 5th Century BC The ancient Greeks invent (a basic form) of the dumbbell called a haltere. 1704 The term “kettlebell” is first used, in Russian. Kettlebell exercises were later popularized in the late 1800s by a Russian Vladislav Kraevsky. 1796 The Gymnasticon, an early exercise machine resembling a stationary bicycle, was invented by Francis Lowndes. Its function was to exercise the joints, either “in all parts of the body at once, or partially.” 1818 William Cubitt, a civil engineer, created the treadmill—which was also called a treadwheel in the early days. Cubitt later became famous for overseeing the construction of The Crystal Palace in London in 1851. Treadmills were initially used as punishment devices in British prisons – by 1842 more than half of British prisons had one. The likes of Oscar Wilde, imprisoned for gross indecency, worked the treadmill. 1832 Creatine is discovered by a French scientist, Michel Eugene Chevreul, who extracted …
