Gymnastics can be traced to exercise in ancient Greece – in Sparta and Athens. That exercise for that time was documented by Philostratus’s` work in Gymnastics. Exercising in the gymnasium in later periods prepared men for war. The original term for the practice of gymnastics is from the related Greek verb γυμνάζω (gumnázō), which translates as “to train naked or nude” because young men exercising trained without clothing. In ancient Greece, physical fitness was a highly valued attribute in both men and women.Read more