The Ultimate At-Home Quarantine Workout Plan

The fitness industry has a saying: simplify for results; complicate for profits.

In order to stay in business, muscle magazines have to publish fresh articles every month, trainers have to provide clients with novel routines, and equipment manufacturers need interesting new machines to sell. Yet, when it comes to actually getting in shape, coaches and trainers are well aware that the methods for strengthening muscle and reducing fat have not changed substantially in at least the last 3,000 years. Indeed, the taut abs and toned limbs of classical Greek and Roman art prove that the ideals of physical fitness have been consistent for millennia.

Farnese Hercules. Probably a 3rd century CE Roman copy of a Greek original.

Aphrodite of Knidos, sculpted by Praxiteles of Athens, approximately 2,400 years ago.

The Silver Lining To Dropping The Iron

The existence of ancient fitness standards that are largely consistent with our own proves that it was perfectly feasible for people to get fit with absolutely none of our modern gym equipment. It also means that the same is still…