Project: from homo computeris to Olympic Athlete

[Medicus matt]

Well from what i've read etc gladiators and athletes diet varied from time and region througout history. Often because it was thought by doctores who often had their own way to succes.
Mainly i'm going to eat brown selfbaked bread, vegetables, fruit, one certain piece of meat (ancients believed you gained the strength of the animal you ate eg eating a bull to gain the bulls strength), cheese, water, a little bit red wine (not to much but it's good for the veigns), oliveoil,... and banning modern inventions out of my life my daily cans! of coffee, cola and other drinks of that kind, fast-food,...

Further I'm be doing 1000 sit ups and push ups a day and I will dead lift a stone amfora for 100 times a day. That is what a modern mma fighter does, except he uses weights instead of amforas and natural stones.
I totally lack a gym but those elements ancients used to train with, I do have in my backgarden.

It can be that I mislead you all a bit with information, it's perhaps not historical correct for gladiators, but i'll start eating for 4 months what ancients gladiators or athletes could eat and do exercises with stuff they used to train with to see the effects on my body and share with others things I notice

Nothing there that's going to really help improve your heart rate or burn off much fat. You need some Cardio vascular stuff in there as well, otherwise all you're doing is increasing muscle mass in your abdomen, arms and chest, not improving your fitness.

I found that cycling was best for me when it came to burning off fat; not so hard on the joints as running. Just three - five miles a day in the morning and a change in diet saw me loose 3 stone in weight over 5 months.

Good luck with it but don't do too much too quickly. Build up slowly and give your body time to recover between sessions. You certainly don't want to be doing the same exercises every day. Do your weight stuff and CV stuff on alternate days and have at least one day a week with nothing.

Who has TIME to do 1000 sit ups and push ups?