Fitness I.

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Indian clubs, a fitness regimen - - now enjoying a renaissance as the latest and greatest fitness fad? Originally having a military origin - - and before that a traditional and millennium old [?] form of exercise as used by wrestlers of the Indian sub-continent

"Indian Clubs: The Next Fitness Craze?"

"At the end of the 18th Century, British military officers stationed in India were impressed by the strength and fitness of the Indian police and soldiers. The British discovered that the Indians’ excellent physical condition was based on training with a variety of clubs. The training was traditional, based on centuries of practice."

"The British army decided to adopt Indian Club training as part of their physical regimen in the early 19th Century. However, they modified the training to concentrate on the light-weight clubs for flexibility and quickness."

Indian clubs, a fitness regimen, at one time used by the British Army, and NOW SURPRISINGLY SO ENJOYING AN AMAZING COMEBACK - - AMONG THE RANKS OF THE AMERICAN MILITARY!!

"Army Reserve physical training looks to the past"

"War clubs . . . date back 5000 years as part of warrior training. They were an Olympic event until the 1930's and first came to [the] states in middle 1800's from India. The clubs stress precision and can help with training in other areas such as martial arts, marksmanship, swimming or climbing."

Troops of the British Indian Army were in many cases superior to their English counterparts of the period? The Japanese Colonel Tsuji rated the British Indian Army troop as one notch above the English soldier in terms of "fighting ability"! In part, this was due to just plain ordinary superior physical fitness?

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