Accreditation is a joke. If you had any idea that most if not all of everything were taught about history geology space and more is absolutely nonsense and that none sense is passed down generation after generation and is taught in “accredited” institutions. Look at the devils tower for example. Scientists and geologists want you to believe it’s a lava blister. Molten rock that slowly spewed from the earth and slowly cooled and created something that looks exactly like an ancient giant tree stump even has hexagonal shapes that only living organisms make. Most if not all geology was once biology first. Theres literally thousands of remains all over the world of these ancient trees stumps. I’ve literally watched geologists floating down the Colorado river discussing the rings of the tree stumps turned to stone that created the grand canyon as though the rings were sediment layers. Yet you can see so clearly what the truth is. But they’re blind to it.
Why is everyone making fun of this guy...after all he lived an trained with them for months .in a way they accepted him as a fellow brother and also as a spartan. He created his own time machine wich in itself is almost as impressive as living and training with real spartans.
@@lazydaze3134 Simply misinformed. Calisthenics just refers to exercise which lifts or moves your body instead of moving weights. Adding weight to a pushup or pullup doesn't make it something else. It's still calisthenics, as you are still moving your own body for exercise, except now you're just heavier.
@@nellosnook4454 They're both calisthenics. The dude I replied to said that it wasn't calisthenics anymore, but it is. Even in your distinctions, you added the word calisthenics to them. The difference between the two doesn't matter.
Thanks bro, for "literally" writing a book about it! I'm sure you uncovered all the ancient secrets and myths and will change ppls worlds! And you're kind enough to share this treasure for just a small "donation". Can't thank you enough for this
Lol you just need to ask chatGPT what a day of a spartan kid looked like: . Morning Exercises • Early Rising: The day began early, at sunrise. The boys would wake up and start their physical exercises to build endurance and strength. • Running and Endurance Training: Running was a crucial part of their training. Often barefoot, the boys would run long distances to build stamina and toughen their bodies against the elements. 2. Breakfast • Spartan Meals: Their diet was simple and sparse, usually consisting of a type of porridge or soup known as “Melas Zomos.” The goal was to accustom the boys to a frugal and modest lifestyle. 3. Weapons Training • Combat Training: Daily training involved practicing with weapons such as the spear (Dory) and the shield (Aspis). The boys learned to handle these weapons in various combat situations. • Phalanx Formations: A key aspect was training in the Phalanx, a tight battle formation. They learned to fight as part of this formation, which required high discipline and cooperation. 4. Wrestling and Physical Contact • Wrestling: Wrestling was a major part of the training, improving strength, agility, and technique. It also prepared the boys for close combat. • Boxing and Pankration: Occasionally, they practiced boxing and Pankration, a mix of boxing and wrestling, to train them in aggressive but controlled hand-to-hand combat. 5. Lunch • Frugal Meals: Lunch was as simple as breakfast, often made from similar ingredients. The portions were deliberately small to teach the boys to get by with little. 6. Mental Training and Education • Group Dynamics and Obedience: The boys were constantly tested on how well they could follow orders and work as a team. Strict discipline was of utmost importance. • Lessons in Music and Poetry: Although physical training was the main focus, the boys also received lessons in music, poetry, and history. This fostered their cultural education and taught them to appreciate the pride and values of Sparta. 7. Afternoon Exercises • Additional Physical Training: The afternoon included more physical activities such as jumping, climbing, and endurance exercises to enhance their overall fitness. • Inspection by Elder Spartans: Elder warriors would inspect the boys’ progress and punish them if they failed to meet expectations. Punishments were often harsh, designed to toughen the boys further. 8. Dinner and Night • Group Dinner: The boys ate together in their group, which helped strengthen their bond. • Night Training: Occasionally, there was night training to prepare the boys to be ready to fight under any circumstances. 9. Sleeping • Basic Sleeping Conditions: The boys slept on simple beds, often just mats or directly on the ground. This was part of the philosophy to harden them and get them used to deprivation. The Spartan Agoge was not just physical training but a comprehensive system designed to mold boys into disciplined, fearless, and obedient warriors. It was an extremely harsh but effective method to ensure that Sparta maintained an unbeatable warrior class.
Unbeatable. And yet... Sparta is the Athenian name for their city. Tsakonian Greek, the last remnant of Laconian (Spartan) Greek, is almost extinct. Sparta is in ruins, while Athens has remained continuously inhabited.
Yeah, everyone knows qualified experts aren't allowed to make videos! How dare he leave the writer's room!?! I'll be honest, I'm fairly anti-elitist, but why does that phrase make you not trust him, considering he literally has done more(compiled more) research than pretty much anyone else in the field
Well theres a few reasons. 1. It makes him sound like a douche 2. Hes trying to sell something which undermines authenticity or can 3. He didnt just say he wrote A book he wrote THE book which discredits everyone else but him. 4. His lisp subtly discredits him due to ppls perceptions ie it makes him sound less intelligent@SeanWinters
I must just add that you meant Melas zomos. Maybe you were the victim of autocorrect. I read that Herotodus or someone mentioned the unpalatable nature of Melas zomos, or black broth
Melan zomos, is melan mean, Dark color or black bruising when you hit... Basically it was pork cooked with its blood, it was the simplest meal you can have...But as simple as it was, it had good ingredients that helped the Spartans... It was the only city that didn't have walls....
He said "very little is known" that doesn't mean he couldn't find enough information to write his own book about it. What does it matter to you if someone wrote a damn book 😂
After reading various historical books about ancient Greek history, I can tell you that the key of the Spartans was their mental strength. The world was very different, super strong phylosophy, religion, rugged character, extremely practical and no vanity. These characteristics are long gone, so it would. Never be. Another spartan again. Little is know about the specific food they ate, ingredients where very basic, and fat and sugar were scarce and rare so low consumption.
Hard training since young Kids, some as young as 6 from what I've heard. . They wrestled, fought in hand to hand like boxing, sword, spears, knife fighting, an more. They were highly adapt at fighting, highly skilled, an didn't give up on a fight easily
Their training from childhood included systematic hunting or murdering the strongest of their slaves, the Helots. The reason Spartans focused on combat and physical ability so much is because they needed to control their expansive slave populations.
I once read that they used to run with a mouth full of water to promote nose breathing. Which means less oxygen to the blood. Which means you must control your breathing in a way you couldn't any other way.
@@theoneandonly4577There's no evidence it was used before the Spartan use of it, it would have been known by other city states that competed in the Olympics back then, but it was first used by the Spartan elite soldiers.
One of the most significant things of the Spartans was their "diet" on speech. They were trying without saying much to make the other understand everything. Phillip the 2nd, father of Alexander the Great said to the Spartans "If i win this war, I'll make you all slaves" And the Spartans answered him, "If..."
@Jayissleepyy what?! Seriously? I had no idea. That's crazy. It all makes sense now. Thank you for pointing that out to me. I played all of those games from the first one on ps2, all the way up to Ragnarok, and I never caught that.
You hit the nail on the head, the control of your fear is everything. I fought in Fallujah and that thought resonates with me, you must push through the chemical dump on your system. We also would abuse the system with caffeine and nicotine just to feel alive again, the numbness becomes your daily experience.
Well, I respect all of you guys. Modern day military personel has gone past the 48 hour limit of continuos activity (yeah, doctora can go for 72 hours, but they are not trainnkng, running and lifting stuff while wet, cold and miserable). And you guys along with some other sp3cial forces around the world have brought a new standard of ultimate fitness level and endurance. But is is not likely that happened before our time with bad nutrición, poor medical care and only will power. At least not as a regular trainning, maybe in battle conditions.
Cardio has always been the key. No matter how much of a bad ass someone is if their Cardio sucks then all their opponents have to do is whether the initial onslaught then pick em apart when they get tired
If you believe my friend that the one in Greek mountains has any similarities with the one at the Walmart you are totally wrong... Except you find a real one imported from Greece!
Actually . There’s a LOT of information on traditional Spartan training We understand you’re selling your book or digital info but stop with the hype . Here’s one of many links to Spartan education and training Google it , there an incredible amount of info in just Theo’s one article , however there’s many published articles a d research on Spartan training . Way of life and diet . Also most of their meat diet consists of ofal ( internal organs ) fish if they were wealthy , fruits , cheese barely , bread, wild rice , fermented foods A staple of the Spartan diet was melas zomos, or "black soup", which was made with pig's blood emulsified with vinegar, giving it a dark color and adding iron to the diet. Plutarch says that older men would sometimes give up their meat to younger men and only drink the liquid
A lot of their training included systematic or ritualized hunting down and murdering their slaves, the Helots. Their entire way of life revolved around controlling their slaves.
all he says is true? but so little is known, so how can you possibly say everything he says is true? i dont care if you are Greek or Martian, LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT THE SUBJECT
That's because 'bodybuilding' types are inefficient for combat and endurance. Entering battle built like a bodybuilder is a hindrance unless you're naturally that big framed, like Northern Europeans as a prime example (strongman, rugby, power lifting, wrestling), South-East Pacific Islanders (rugby), and Sub-Saharan West Africans (wrestling, power lifting).
@@discipleaj you’re definitely right. This quote from Tacitus about the Germanics is interesting as well, “One result of this is that their physical characteristics, in so far as one can generalize about such a large population, are always the same: fierce-looking blue eyes, reddish hair, and big frames - which, however, can exert their strength only by means of violent effort. They are less able to endure toil or fatiguing tasks and cannot bear thirst or heat, though their climate has inured them to cold spells and the poverty of their soil to hunger.”
@calebbrunson7120 Strange though isn't it, because Germanic peoples dominated Europe and then went on to fight and defeat (far more often than they lost) all other people groups on the planet as well as work and construct the modern world on every terrain on the planet as well, and that's through multiple centuries to the present day. Micro adaptation is a fact of science that would explain this, its why modern militaries spend time acclimatising in various theatres before they then go off on operations, for example. They've learned from others' mistakes in the past. Overall, there will always be variations and exceptions to general rules/observations in all people groups, though. It all depends on the genetics an individual is born with to a large degree. Thanks.
"very little is known about the Spartans training but thankfully i wrote a book about it" Gotta give it to this man This is the most hilarious thing i read for months
Are you gay like the Spartan warriors were? I mean it is cool if you are I am just wondering because the term Greek love comes from them. being homosexuals.
@@rooster1012 Lol Its funny you mention this because we watched Kaos recently and its rife with homosexuality, and my fam and I decided instead of calling this sort of thing "Gay" from now on, we are just going to say "Its Greek". So if a movie is full of homosexuality, we say "Its very Greek.". Ancient Greece didnt really view sexuality and intimacy the way we do now, and it was consideredentirely normal and acceptable.
Fun fact , I drink this tea to this day , and sometimes I combine it with sage and Greek spearmint , my collagues at work love it as well , and I share with them often.I live in NL now but I always buy this tea and bring it over
@JordanCatchC Hey , I buy these in bags , they are standard quantities , at least in Greece , we buy them in bags , but to make it simple : the mountain tea needs to be at least a 3 : 1: 1 ratio. So 3 bags of mountain tea , 1 of sage 1(or even less) of spearmint. The spearmint is very strong and can overpower the other 2 flavours , so definitely prioritise the mountain tea , and then a little bit of sage and last and least the spearmint. Please also be aware that the leaves of these herbs and the stems will have a little bit of different flavour and/ or strength . On my previous try, I chopped the mountain tea to small pieces (like 2 dices next to one another), same with the Sage , and then I added the leaves of the spearmint. Sometimes, after eating oranges or mandarins/ clementines, I chop the peels to little cubes and dry them on the sun or on your heater at home , and then I mix that in there also. I'd suggest finding the ingredients and experimenting a bit . See what works best for you as well.
@JordanCatchC you're welcome. I hope it works out for you !! It helps with stomach aches and inflammation, and a spoon of honey will also complement it quite well !! (Pine honey is the most prevalent Greek honey) but flower honey or thyme honey is also a good alternative
Greetings from Sparta Greece 🇬🇷 thanks for your video and work on this subject spartan warriors training started at age of 5 taken away from their parents and trained all their life transformed to a killing machine their diet was very simple and effective by eating most meats their weaponry and architecture was way ahead of their time salute 🫡
Very little is known about the training of ancient Spartans but I was able travel back in time and lived with the Spartans for a year training and fighting in battle
the wallpapers are so good on this video... i want them all man. btw i doubt they were this muscular anyway... i doubt they ate 2 whole chickens every day based on their diet information to gain and maintain the muscles. history may be overrated some times.
Or underated. It's ancient history. Archeologists are always finding things that always change our current knowledge of a certain time period, or culture. We simply don't know enough about the far, far past, to make a truly informed statement.
Look the ancient statues. The sculptors made the statues exactly as they saw the person for whom they were making it. No imagination included. They weren’t, mostly, bodybuilder size but they were built enough to look like a powerful athlete.
I wouldn't doubt that they would eat 2 whole chickens any chance they could get from burning through so many calories in training or enduring tests. Men's lives in Sparta was hell.
I'm so amazed by spartan culture. Their life was nothing but training for fighting and war. They built no fortresses because they felt that they did not need it. They had their soldiers. Crazy and so hardcore. so amazing
You missed one- the Roman soldier. Look up Lucious Siccius Dentatus. 40 year veteran, Centurion Primus Pilum 26 crowns and other awards , one the highest. Fought in 120 battles, had 45 scars, and won 8 duals. And he is only one. There were many others . Men who have no equals and were the greatest soldiers on the planet. Oh , and they destroyed Spartacus in the Servile wars too.
I even once read Spartans slept mentally without sleeping, which tricked their mind the body was sleeping so they could maximize their training without physically sleeping like everyone else.
Surprised he didn’t mention the Agoge which was when the Spartan’s would take every healthy 7 year old male from his mother/family and put them through a training program that they would live, eat, and sleep until the age of 19. They would break them into smaller units like the navy seals training does except they started at 7 years old lol. The training was so intense that surviving it was a challenge in itself, plenty would die from this training. 12 years of insane training (beyond what currently would even be allowed) plus starting it at such a young age resulting in shaping their minds as well would definitely create the most bad ass warriors of those times, or even of today’s world if guns are taken out of the picture. It is interesting to hear about a few of their training methods so cool video👍.
Dam your the first person to confirm this that ive known for a while and i have trained this way for years. People dont realize the spartans were physically a different breed and dominated because of thier training with calisthenics and certain weights. They were in there prime at 70 years old . The gladiators were next in line as well. Good shit brotha. 300 for life
I know a bunch more from a PBS documentary I saw years before that dumb ass movie 300 came out showcasing their Hollywood points. . Let's just say that once you learn it it really really really makes it hard to dismiss when thinking about them ever again. It was a long time ago and who the F am I, right? For all the crazy stuff that's put out there someone should come up with a dialogue about that and returning American troops that commit suicide. We never talk about the rough stuff. Don't worry. All of it simply goes away if you don't think about it for long enough.
I wasn't looking at the screen, I thought I heard, "all of which you can use today to beat your inner spartan." I just thought to myself, "Oh boy do I"
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They aren't the best warriors of all times, they were the best because they were the only Greek army that trains full time, their neighbors were peasant part time warriors. The mongols were far more ferocious
This sounds like a very accurate information because my Martial Arts instructor told me that calisthenics and weighted running is One of the best way to train for fights. You do not want to bulk up because that would slow you down. Also drinking herbal tea has been practiced by ancient Mongol warriors as well.
The thing to take account in is that people during that died lived shorter compared to today due to pre-mature death. One of the components rooting from the black plague and other contributes.
Its a specific tea only in 1 region of Greece and it's rare. I have had it and it's the best thing to drink for any aliment you have. It will put you to sleep, fix any stomach issues, tastes absolutely amazing, smells just the same, and calms you down. It's the only drink I have ever had that does anything above hydrating. You can't buy it over seas, can't get it shipped, it's hard to get because it's dangerous to collect it.
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Very interesting conditioning techniques. And similar to later medieval armies, they would also have engaged in mental skills and mindset training both as individuals and similar to sports in group or team scenarios.
And thank God, this same guy also, sells tons of training regimens averaging $140 and other training gear/supplements as well 🙌🙌 who would've thought?!
Rucking and weighted running is solid information, i lost weight very quickly with high resistance cardio, fill a backpack with weight and go walking or jog for miles, basically the less sustainable the training is (high intensity) faster the results 100% if training is light and low output, no results. Muscle is built in difficulty, not comfort
Hello. I am theodor and yes born and raised in greece. We are reached about ancient greece from elementary school in an extend level. About sparta what I remember is that spartan warriors were taken as kids from their family in a militarized environment. Trained from kids simply. The children with defects were thrown in kaiadas etc... also they were eating something like whey soup. That's all I remember.
There's little to no information on this topic, but lucky for us he did his research on a topic with barely to no information on it! No need to worry now! 😌
You gotta think like a warrior to get Spartan Fit. Rock Climbing, Mountain Climbing, Swimming, Bowhunting, Rowing Boats for long distances, Wrestling, Running hills, Hauling Water on foot, Building a Fort, Chopping Trees for firewood, Training in your battle gear, Wrestling, and Moving Dead Bodies. Thats a lot of workout.
Im a huge advocate for warrior cultures best warriors of rhere time not of all time. They didnt change with times and thats why they gor surpassed. Definitly one of if not the most disciplined.
Its a good thing this guy without any accreditations knows exactly what the spartans did and ate, while also selling all the information
Accreditation is a joke. If you had any idea that most if not all of everything were taught about history geology space and more is absolutely nonsense and that none sense is passed down generation after generation and is taught in “accredited” institutions. Look at the devils tower for example. Scientists and geologists want you to believe it’s a lava blister. Molten rock that slowly spewed from the earth and slowly cooled and created something that looks exactly like an ancient giant tree stump even has hexagonal shapes that only living organisms make. Most if not all geology was once biology first. Theres literally thousands of remains all over the world of these ancient trees stumps. I’ve literally watched geologists floating down the Colorado river discussing the rings of the tree stumps turned to stone that created the grand canyon as though the rings were sediment layers. Yet you can see so clearly what the truth is. But they’re blind to it.
Ikr, amazing.
Sounds like the government pushing Covid on everyone
He lost me at “they rucked for days without stopping”. Pure BS.
I cant hear "athletic" from a guy's mouth while his belly is shaking thru his shirt. To distracting ......
"Luckily for us, I wrote the book, researching their methods"😂😂😂 Best phrase to kill your credibility in a second.
He actually did write a book about it though
Maybe...maybe not. He's the only expert out there evidently. #Europa1
Haha yes apparently he "literally" wrote the book 😂
You mean someone is only credible if they give you years of information for free?
Or is he the best source since he wrote the only book in existence? 🤣
Very little is known about their training methods but this guy wrote a book 😂😂😂😂😂😂
You noticed that too
Two statements that’s completely contradict each other, lol. This guy is a fucking idiot.
We dont know how much his 'little' is according to his understanding😬😬
😂👍
Lol... Dafuq!
Why is everyone making fun of this guy...after all he lived an trained with them for months .in a way they accepted him as a fellow brother and also as a spartan. He created his own time machine wich in itself is almost as impressive as living and training with real spartans.
It's his jiggling belly that got me laughing 😂
I Don't Understand Your Statement...
#1
What Do You Mean By:
He Lived & Trained With Them?
#2
He created his own time machine?
So hes a gay guy now? (The spartans had stableboys which they used for sexual pleasure)
@@Thankful_n_Grateful😂oh boy
@@Thankful_n_Gratefulnah. I’m guessing he just did some research. Maybe even cracked open a book or two.
Can’t we all just agree that being active is the key to just being healthy like going out side.
Are you saying I should touch grass?
Yeah, that's being healthy. Not having a warrior's training.
Bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla
@@silencedmaxim5889no touch the grass you’ll get parasites google it
you dont have to go outside to be active, but yes moving is an important key to maintaining health, as well as diet
The internet is taking "trust me bro" to epic new heights.
for real lol
Trust me Bro
İt s meaning he is liar ?
@@TurkishEdition1781 Yes
@@alexl.4362 rep+
1. Weighted running.
2. Calestetics with or without pulling or holding weight.
3. Greek mountain tea know as iron work.
It was mistranslated. It should have been spelled out as iron wort
Once weight is added it's no longer calisthenics.
@@lazydaze3134 Simply misinformed. Calisthenics just refers to exercise which lifts or moves your body instead of moving weights. Adding weight to a pushup or pullup doesn't make it something else. It's still calisthenics, as you are still moving your own body for exercise, except now you're just heavier.
@@jxydoesthings
1. Distinctions matter.
2. Body-weight calisthenics.
3. Iron-weighted calisthenics.
@@nellosnook4454 They're both calisthenics. The dude I replied to said that it wasn't calisthenics anymore, but it is. Even in your distinctions, you added the word calisthenics to them. The difference between the two doesn't matter.
Thanks bro, for "literally" writing a book about it! I'm sure you uncovered all the ancient secrets and myths and will change ppls worlds! And you're kind enough to share this treasure for just a small "donation". Can't thank you enough for this
Yes! And I can’t wait to hear about ancient Spartan discussions about managing their inflammation, immune activity, and recovery!
@@kurtsmith2699 my thought exactly. Con-men can even make their lies epoch-appropiate 🥱
Haha the sarcasm goes hard af
@@spiritualphenomenon2413wait, was all this sarcasm
@@Quiescere0It's dripping with sarcasm lol, you can hear the op's tone without even needing to hear their voice
Lol you just need to ask chatGPT what a day of a spartan kid looked like:
. Morning Exercises
• Early Rising: The day began early, at sunrise. The boys would wake up and start their physical exercises to build endurance and strength.
• Running and Endurance Training: Running was a crucial part of their training. Often barefoot, the boys would run long distances to build stamina and toughen their bodies against the elements.
2. Breakfast
• Spartan Meals: Their diet was simple and sparse, usually consisting of a type of porridge or soup known as “Melas Zomos.” The goal was to accustom the boys to a frugal and modest lifestyle.
3. Weapons Training
• Combat Training: Daily training involved practicing with weapons such as the spear (Dory) and the shield (Aspis). The boys learned to handle these weapons in various combat situations.
• Phalanx Formations: A key aspect was training in the Phalanx, a tight battle formation. They learned to fight as part of this formation, which required high discipline and cooperation.
4. Wrestling and Physical Contact
• Wrestling: Wrestling was a major part of the training, improving strength, agility, and technique. It also prepared the boys for close combat.
• Boxing and Pankration: Occasionally, they practiced boxing and Pankration, a mix of boxing and wrestling, to train them in aggressive but controlled hand-to-hand combat.
5. Lunch
• Frugal Meals: Lunch was as simple as breakfast, often made from similar ingredients. The portions were deliberately small to teach the boys to get by with little.
6. Mental Training and Education
• Group Dynamics and Obedience: The boys were constantly tested on how well they could follow orders and work as a team. Strict discipline was of utmost importance.
• Lessons in Music and Poetry: Although physical training was the main focus, the boys also received lessons in music, poetry, and history. This fostered their cultural education and taught them to appreciate the pride and values of Sparta.
7. Afternoon Exercises
• Additional Physical Training: The afternoon included more physical activities such as jumping, climbing, and endurance exercises to enhance their overall fitness.
• Inspection by Elder Spartans: Elder warriors would inspect the boys’ progress and punish them if they failed to meet expectations. Punishments were often harsh, designed to toughen the boys further.
8. Dinner and Night
• Group Dinner: The boys ate together in their group, which helped strengthen their bond.
• Night Training: Occasionally, there was night training to prepare the boys to be ready to fight under any circumstances.
9. Sleeping
• Basic Sleeping Conditions: The boys slept on simple beds, often just mats or directly on the ground. This was part of the philosophy to harden them and get them used to deprivation.
The Spartan Agoge was not just physical training but a comprehensive system designed to mold boys into disciplined, fearless, and obedient warriors. It was an extremely harsh but effective method to ensure that Sparta maintained an unbeatable warrior class.
That was good!
you *literally* wrote the book!! thanks!!
@@absolutetuber lol
Unbeatable. And yet... Sparta is the Athenian name for their city. Tsakonian Greek, the last remnant of Laconian (Spartan) Greek, is almost extinct. Sparta is in ruins, while Athens has remained continuously inhabited.
@@MrNyathi1 you sound salty
The second you said “I literally wrote the book…” you completely dismantled your credibility and destroyed your marketing. Congrats.
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Yeah, everyone knows qualified experts aren't allowed to make videos! How dare he leave the writer's room!?!
I'll be honest, I'm fairly anti-elitist, but why does that phrase make you not trust him, considering he literally has done more(compiled more) research than pretty much anyone else in the field
Well theres a few reasons. 1. It makes him sound like a douche 2. Hes trying to sell something which undermines authenticity or can 3. He didnt just say he wrote A book he wrote THE book which discredits everyone else but him. 4. His lisp subtly discredits him due to ppls perceptions ie it makes him sound less intelligent@SeanWinters
@@garrettjones8017 couldn’t have said it better myself.
@@garrettjones8017 So because it "feels wrong"?
they ate a lot of pork meat too and a dish called melon zomos which is said to be the Spartan's source of strength .
I must just add that you meant Melas zomos. Maybe you were the victim of autocorrect.
I read that Herotodus or someone mentioned the unpalatable nature of Melas zomos, or black broth
Melan zomos, is melan mean, Dark color or black bruising when you hit... Basically it was pork cooked with its blood, it was the simplest meal you can have...But as simple as it was, it had good ingredients that helped the Spartans... It was the only city that didn't have walls....
Pork is abysmal in terms of nutrient content
@@noahsibahi-jackson8757modern pork. Industrial corporate raised pork is. Forage & seasonal fed pork is different
Nah they were vegans 😂😂
The artwork is amazing.
It's all or mostly AI generated
It’s drawn by a computer AI
@@552porotogymDamn it’s so hard to tell sometimes
"No one knows ANYTHING about this subject - so I figured I'd just write a book on it..."
-this fkn guy
He said "very little is known" that doesn't mean he couldn't find enough information to write his own book about it. What does it matter to you if someone wrote a damn book 😂
@@justinkillough5000cause the dude in the vid has absolutely no credibility, everyone is calling out his BS.
After reading various historical books about ancient Greek history, I can tell you that the key of the Spartans was their mental strength. The world was very different, super strong phylosophy, religion, rugged character, extremely practical and no vanity. These characteristics are long gone, so it would. Never be. Another spartan again. Little is know about the specific food they ate, ingredients where very basic, and fat and sugar were scarce and rare so low consumption.
Very little is known about this guy but lucky for us he posted a video.
Soooo, little is known but we do now because someone now wrote a book on it in the present. Sounds right about everything
Hard training since young Kids, some as young as 6 from what I've heard. .
They wrestled, fought in hand to hand like boxing, sword, spears, knife fighting, an more. They were highly adapt at fighting, highly skilled, an didn't give up on a fight easily
How many times did you watch 300??
@@mr.grillo3385Once daily 😂
Their training from childhood included systematic hunting or murdering the strongest of their slaves, the Helots. The reason Spartans focused on combat and physical ability so much is because they needed to control their expansive slave populations.
@@asmodiusjones9563 That's the part they tend to gloss over :')
@@mr.grillo3385 how is that even have anything to do
I once read that they used to run with a mouth full of water to promote nose breathing. Which means less oxygen to the blood. Which means you must control your breathing in a way you couldn't any other way.
Hypoxic training… nothing new.
That was also a part of an Apache youth's training.
@@theoneandonly4577There's no evidence it was used before the Spartan use of it, it would have been known by other city states that competed in the Olympics back then, but it was first used by the Spartan elite soldiers.
The Tarahumara, Rarámuri as they call themselves, train with a pebble in their mouth and they KILL long distance trail running
@@ChrisMo16 Yeah. The Spartans killed everyone.
Don't worry guys, his confident pose, deep masculine voice, and upbeat music, means you can trust this guy.
Truly Human body grows even stronger with the right method of training.
One of the most significant things of the Spartans was their "diet" on speech.
They were trying without saying much to make the other understand everything.
Phillip the 2nd, father of Alexander the Great said to the Spartans "If i win this war, I'll make you all slaves"
And the Spartans answered him, "If..."
The poo jabbers succumbed to the kings of Macedonia
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That kind of reminds me of kratos lol
@@thomasfisher763 Dude he's a spartan
@Jayissleepyy what?! Seriously? I had no idea. That's crazy. It all makes sense now. Thank you for pointing that out to me. I played all of those games from the first one on ps2, all the way up to Ragnarok, and I never caught that.
They were far more than these...
Their whole life were training for battle and they managed to control their worst fears
And they had gay sex with each other. How heroic ain't it? Quit bragging about homosexuals dude.
Glad we had somebody that was there coment
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You hit the nail on the head, the control of your fear is everything. I fought in Fallujah and that thought resonates with me, you must push through the chemical dump on your system. We also would abuse the system with caffeine and nicotine just to feel alive again, the numbness becomes your daily experience.
I'm a former Marine but from what I know about Rangers, it sounds like they did Ranger school like all the time
Yawn
No such thing as a former Marine man.
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Well, I respect all of you guys. Modern day military personel has gone past the 48 hour limit of continuos activity (yeah, doctora can go for 72 hours, but they are not trainnkng, running and lifting stuff while wet, cold and miserable). And you guys along with some other sp3cial forces around the world have brought a new standard of ultimate fitness level and endurance. But is is not likely that happened before our time with bad nutrición, poor medical care and only will power. At least not as a regular trainning, maybe in battle conditions.
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Cardio has always been the key. No matter how much of a bad ass someone is if their Cardio sucks then all their opponents have to do is whether the initial onslaught then pick em apart when they get tired
Greek mountain tea is available at walmart i believe under the name of Greek Iron Wort.
If you believe my friend that the one in Greek mountains has any similarities with the one at the Walmart you are totally wrong... Except you find a real one imported from Greece!
It's very tasty and has lots of iron, hence the name
In balkan we just call it mountain tea, you find it everywhere in balkan and its cheap
@@oraldouku9593 same in Greece. We call mountain tea and it is very cheap.
I pick that sht off the mountain when i walk my dog😂
I'm sold, i want to buy your book and your greek mountain tea 😂😂😂
Actually . There’s a LOT of information on traditional Spartan training We understand you’re selling your book or digital info but stop with the hype . Here’s one of many links to Spartan education and training
Google it , there an incredible amount of info in just Theo’s one article , however there’s many published articles a d research on Spartan training . Way of life and diet .
Also most of their meat diet consists of ofal ( internal organs ) fish if they were wealthy , fruits , cheese barely , bread, wild rice , fermented foods
A staple of the Spartan diet was melas zomos, or "black soup", which was made with pig's blood emulsified with vinegar, giving it a dark color and adding iron to the diet. Plutarch says that older men would sometimes give up their meat to younger men and only drink the liquid
They certainly did give their meat to the younger men
You give more info in your comment than this "expert" !
Thanks...
A lot of their training included systematic or ritualized hunting down and murdering their slaves, the Helots. Their entire way of life revolved around controlling their slaves.
[Angraj karana🔥 ]Even if someone has strayed onto the wrong path for their friend, that should not be compared to the actions of warriors.
You’re making this video and I am a Greek 🇬🇷 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷 and you have done a great work and all you say is true 👍👍👍👍❤️❤️
all he says is true? but so little is known, so how can you possibly say everything he says is true? i dont care if you are Greek or Martian, LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT THE SUBJECT
Running, boxing, and dancing for agility. They were smaller than their regular citizen counterparts who did bodybuilding exercises
Agreed. Speed and endurance > raw strength in times like these. Battles could go on for days..
That's because 'bodybuilding' types are inefficient for combat and endurance. Entering battle built like a bodybuilder is a hindrance unless you're naturally that big framed, like Northern Europeans as a prime example (strongman, rugby, power lifting, wrestling), South-East Pacific Islanders (rugby), and Sub-Saharan West Africans (wrestling, power lifting).
@@discipleaj you’re definitely right. This quote from Tacitus about the Germanics is interesting as well, “One result of this is that their physical characteristics, in so far as one can generalize about such a large population, are always the same: fierce-looking blue eyes, reddish hair, and big frames - which, however, can exert their strength only by means of violent effort. They are less able to endure toil or fatiguing tasks and cannot bear thirst or heat, though their climate has inured them to cold spells and the poverty of their soil to hunger.”
@calebbrunson7120 Strange though isn't it, because Germanic peoples dominated Europe and then went on to fight and defeat (far more often than they lost) all other people groups on the planet as well as work and construct the modern world on every terrain on the planet as well, and that's through multiple centuries to the present day. Micro adaptation is a fact of science that would explain this, its why modern militaries spend time acclimatising in various theatres before they then go off on operations, for example. They've learned from others' mistakes in the past.
Overall, there will always be variations and exceptions to general rules/observations in all people groups, though. It all depends on the genetics an individual is born with to a large degree.
Thanks.
There were no regular citizens. All Spartan males served in the military until they were 60. The population was 90% slaves.
"very little is known about the Spartans training but thankfully i wrote a book about it"
Gotta give it to this man
This is the most hilarious thing i read for months
Let alone the fact that back then they probably knew nothing about inflammation, immune system and recovery.
Ill add the running with weights, thanks.
Great book. Read through it without stopping
Excellent information! Thank you!
Hi, i am Greek and from Sparta. So, proud for my ancestors.. :)
Are you gay like the Spartan warriors were? I mean it is cool if you are I am just wondering because the term Greek love comes from them. being homosexuals.
@@rooster1012this is the typical soy comment from someone who knows nothing about actual history.
@@rooster1012 you’re right . In Germany we call them „Sergay” .
@@rooster1012 Lol Its funny you mention this because we watched Kaos recently and its rife with homosexuality, and my fam and I decided instead of calling this sort of thing "Gay" from now on, we are just going to say "Its Greek".
So if a movie is full of homosexuality, we say "Its very Greek.". Ancient Greece didnt really view sexuality and intimacy the way we do now, and it was consideredentirely normal and acceptable.
Do u eat meat, or rabbit food?
Fun fact , I drink this tea to this day , and sometimes I combine it with sage and Greek spearmint , my collagues at work love it as well , and I share with them often.I live in NL now but I always buy this tea and bring it over
By combine it do you mean mix the herbs together?
If so what are the measurements or ratios you use
@JordanCatchC Hey , I buy these in bags , they are standard quantities , at least in Greece , we buy them in bags , but to make it simple : the mountain tea needs to be at least a 3 : 1: 1 ratio.
So 3 bags of mountain tea , 1 of sage 1(or even less) of spearmint.
The spearmint is very strong and can overpower the other 2 flavours , so definitely prioritise the mountain tea , and then a little bit of sage and last and least the spearmint. Please also be aware that the leaves of these herbs and the stems will have a little bit of different flavour and/ or strength . On my previous try, I chopped the mountain tea to small pieces (like 2 dices next to one another), same with the Sage , and then I added the leaves of the spearmint.
Sometimes, after eating oranges or mandarins/ clementines, I chop the peels to little cubes and dry them on the sun or on your heater at home , and then I mix that in there also.
I'd suggest finding the ingredients and experimenting a bit . See what works best for you as well.
@@DonTeridon awesome thank you!
@JordanCatchC you're welcome. I hope it works out for you !! It helps with stomach aches and inflammation, and a spoon of honey will also complement it quite well !! (Pine honey is the most prevalent Greek honey) but flower honey or thyme honey is also a good alternative
He just made that up.
Greetings from Sparta Greece 🇬🇷 thanks for your video and work on this subject spartan warriors training started at age of 5 taken away from their parents and trained all their life transformed to a killing machine their diet was very simple and effective by eating most meats their weaponry and architecture was way ahead of their time salute 🫡
Very little is known about the training of ancient Spartans but I was able travel back in time and lived with the Spartans for a year training and fighting in battle
the wallpapers are so good on this video... i want them all man. btw i doubt they were this muscular anyway... i doubt they ate 2 whole chickens every day based on their diet information to gain and maintain the muscles. history may be overrated some times.
Or underated. It's ancient history. Archeologists are always finding things that always change our current knowledge of a certain time period, or culture.
We simply don't know enough about the far, far past, to make a truly informed statement.
Look the ancient statues. The sculptors made the statues exactly as they saw the person for whom they were making it.
No imagination included.
They weren’t, mostly, bodybuilder size but they were built enough to look like a powerful athlete.
I wouldn't doubt that they would eat 2 whole chickens any chance they could get from burning through so many calories in training or enduring tests. Men's lives in Sparta was hell.
Bought your book "A History of Physical Fitness". Damn good book.
Damn so there are clowns who buy his books 😂😂😂 He literally said he made everything up at the start of the vid and you still bought it 😂😂😂😂
@@lazydaze3134 this is a great story book. If you are looking for historically accurate books, peer reviewed txt are a better way to go.
Rucking and calisthenics. That's the same regimen I was subject to in the army.
maybe you are a spartan then ?? wow that's cool :) :)
@@MrIt83 😎
Spartans changed conditioning for war forever. The weight of armor and endurance.
Thanks sir for showing this awesome ancient Warriors
I'm so amazed by spartan culture. Their life was nothing but training for fighting and war. They built no fortresses because they felt that they did not need it. They had their soldiers. Crazy and so hardcore. so amazing
You missed one- the Roman soldier. Look up Lucious Siccius Dentatus. 40 year veteran, Centurion Primus Pilum 26 crowns and other awards , one the highest.
Fought in 120 battles, had 45 scars, and won 8 duals.
And he is only one. There were many others . Men who have no equals and were the greatest soldiers on the planet.
Oh , and they destroyed Spartacus in the Servile wars too.
what does that have to do with spartan training lol
@@atrumpetwillsound i think he thinks Spartacus was Spartan.
I even once read Spartans slept mentally without sleeping, which tricked their mind the body was sleeping so they could maximize their training without physically sleeping like everyone else.
lol sure
Great! Thank you.
like it how his belly wobbles while he is explaining how he knows it all about the best warriors of all time.
This is accurate my uncle was a spartan and told me all about their workouts..
Ὦ ξεῖν᾿, ἀγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ὅτι τῇδε κείμεθα τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι.
Surprised he didn’t mention the Agoge which was when the Spartan’s would take every healthy 7 year old male from his mother/family and put them through a training program that they would live, eat, and sleep until the age of 19. They would break them into smaller units like the navy seals training does except they started at 7 years old lol. The training was so intense that surviving it was a challenge in itself, plenty would die from this training. 12 years of insane training (beyond what currently would even be allowed) plus starting it at such a young age resulting in shaping their minds as well would definitely create the most bad ass warriors of those times, or even of today’s world if guns are taken out of the picture. It is interesting to hear about a few of their training methods so cool video👍.
It's not just training. It's lifestyle on top of lifestyle passed down through generations.
sound real and interesting , cool , simple , logic and efficient for training in ancient times 👊🏼💪🏼💥💯
Dam your the first person to confirm this that ive known for a while and i have trained this way for years. People dont realize the spartans were physically a different breed and dominated because of thier training with calisthenics and certain weights. They were in there prime at 70 years old . The gladiators were next in line as well. Good shit brotha. 300 for life
I know a bunch more from a PBS documentary I saw years before that dumb ass movie 300 came out showcasing their Hollywood points. . Let's just say that once you learn it it really really really makes it hard to dismiss when thinking about them ever again. It was a long time ago and who the F am I, right? For all the crazy stuff that's put out there someone should come up with a dialogue about that and returning American troops that commit suicide. We never talk about the rough stuff. Don't worry. All of it simply goes away if you don't think about it for long enough.
I wasn't looking at the screen, I thought I heard, "all of which you can use today to beat your inner spartan." I just thought to myself, "Oh boy do I"
SPARTANS!! How many GENDERS ARE THERE!!!!
TWO TWO TWO
You stupid😂😂😂😂
Nah they also went the wrong route, giving women power and land.
50 years later... Sparta disappeared. I wonder why.
@@MartialArtsNkstrong incel energy
@@RaspiRoope Yeah being an actual honest historian is strong incel energy...
You got some strong bra!n!ess energy.
Spartans were gay as fuck
Well done! BRAVO!
Nice thank you 😮
Wtf is Greek mountain tea!!?
It's tea that you can drink rectally if preferred. Spartans were fabulous!
It's called iron wort and has a lot of iron
Look up Ironwort or Sideritis.
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My workout regimen consist of sitting on the couch and drinking beers until I get sleepy.
They aren't the best warriors of all times, they were the best because they were the only Greek army that trains full time, their neighbors were peasant part time warriors. The mongols were far more ferocious
You definitely don't know anything about ancient civilizations and their militaries.
Explain the battle of thermoplea then
Explain the battle of thermoplea then
@@kevinj6487heavy infantry beat light infantry in a choke point. Explain the battle of Leuctra
@@badart3204 The spartans were the light infantry and they beat the pertains three to one
Interesting... Thanks for the video 🙏
There is no historic records of spartan training or diet luckily for you i wrote the book on spartan traning methods and diet!
Studying ancient civilizations for modern application is like getting a Masters in kite flying for manning a drone
This sounds like a very accurate information because my Martial Arts instructor told me that calisthenics and weighted running is One of the best way to train for fights. You do not want to bulk up because that would slow you down. Also drinking herbal tea has been practiced by ancient Mongol warriors as well.
The thing to take account in is that people during that died lived shorter compared to today due to pre-mature death. One of the components rooting from the black plague and other contributes.
because there wasn't social media so they focus and discipline on their work out....fan of their training so hard
Its a specific tea only in 1 region of Greece and it's rare. I have had it and it's the best thing to drink for any aliment you have. It will put you to sleep, fix any stomach issues, tastes absolutely amazing, smells just the same, and calms you down. It's the only drink I have ever had that does anything above hydrating. You can't buy it over seas, can't get it shipped, it's hard to get because it's dangerous to collect it.
Appreciate bro 🔥🔥🔥
Definitely some of the best athletes Europe had to offer.
I Went to Eastmoor High school So yeah I'm Spartan
They believed this tea increased immune activity etc? They didn’t even know what an immune system was 😂
😮 it's amazing some of the strongest people that's ever lived push-ups and Pull-Ups
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Very interesting conditioning techniques.
And similar to later medieval armies, they would also have engaged in mental skills and mindset training both as individuals and similar to sports in group or team scenarios.
Weighted running. Thats what i need to do.
And thank God, this same guy also, sells tons of training regimens averaging $140 and other training gear/supplements as well 🙌🙌 who would've thought?!
1 spartan vs 5 samurai
Guys just appreciate the work done and move on.
Rucking and weighted running is solid information, i lost weight very quickly with high resistance cardio, fill a backpack with weight and go walking or jog for miles, basically the less sustainable the training is (high intensity) faster the results 100% if training is light and low output, no results. Muscle is built in difficulty, not comfort
Hello. I am theodor and yes born and raised in greece. We are reached about ancient greece from elementary school in an extend level. About sparta what I remember is that spartan warriors were taken as kids from their family in a militarized environment. Trained from kids simply. The children with defects were thrown in kaiadas etc... also they were eating something like whey soup. That's all I remember.
I went to Eastmoor High School and we do Represent Spartan,
“Very special training that nobody knows about except me, and this special tea that only I sell.”
Name of the book:
_Unconventional Hypertrophy: The Functional Bodybuilding Revolution_
Thank you, warriors. enjoy the path
Glad to see people calling out this BS!
I've always heard they did long distance running in full armor. Not just meters but miles.
There's little to no information on this topic, but lucky for us he did his research on a topic with barely to no information on it! No need to worry now! 😌
You gotta think like a warrior to get Spartan Fit. Rock Climbing, Mountain Climbing, Swimming, Bowhunting, Rowing Boats for long distances, Wrestling, Running hills, Hauling Water on foot, Building a Fort, Chopping Trees for firewood, Training in your battle gear, Wrestling, and Moving Dead Bodies. Thats a lot of workout.
"I literally wrote the book"... oh boy! I'm sure it's a stunning read with that knowledge of the English language.
This is the only man in the world to know how the Spartans trained snd ate. Damn, i better go and buy his book now before... Something happens
Im a huge advocate for warrior cultures best warriors of rhere time not of all time. They didnt change with times and thats why they gor surpassed. Definitly one of if not the most disciplined.
This man earned the premium membership of Valhalla
Very interesting Thk u!❤
Their Shield wall was so damn impressive that people still today know about them.
Do not forget butt loving your fellow spartans, a practice of utmost importance