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04-11-2010, 09:21 PM
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Did you know... The word gymnasium comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means ''to exercise naked”?
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04-11-2010, 09:22 PM
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Location: South Central Texas
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Those Greeks!!   |
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04-11-2010, 09:33 PM
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Location: long island ny
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Well, there you have it!
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04-12-2010, 06:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Suncoast Guy
Did you know... The word gymnasium comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means ''to exercise naked”?
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Wow, that is a very interesting factoid. I think if we practiced that today gym membership would pick up and I wouldn't be able to workout in public ever again |
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04-12-2010, 06:08 AM
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Location: California
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The visual this brings up at the gym   !!! |
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04-12-2010, 06:11 AM
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Location: Looking East and hoping!
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Gouging eyeballs out.
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04-12-2010, 06:21 AM
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Yikes - please remember to wipe down the equipment (gym equipment) after use!  |
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04-12-2010, 06:24 AM
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Location: Home is where the heart is
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LOL, wonder if I can use this as an excuse to avoid the gym today? Nobody wants to see a naked normie.
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04-12-2010, 07:38 AM
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Didn't the Greeks use to be naked in the first Olympics too....
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04-12-2010, 08:46 AM
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Location: Neither here nor there
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Uh.....I used to do that......sometimes.  |
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