Spiculus was the Mike Tyson of his day, the greatest fighter of his generation. Men trained in order to be able to look and fight like him, and women threw themselves at his feet.
One way that Spiculus trained was with The Tetrad System. This divided training into 4-day cycles, each focusing on a different type of training. Day 2 was the killer day. Day 3 was the rest day. Athletes would either rest or perform only very light exercise. The ancients knew that you needed rest in order to recover and incorporated this principle in their training systems. Sure, they may not have had Thera guns or fancy cryo chambers, but they still had plenty of options to prioritize recovery.
Day 4 came after the rest day and consisted of medium intensity exercises. This day for them included lots of skill work rather than a focus on strength and endurance. After Day 4, the entire cycle was rebooted and started again. Different gladiator schools used different systems, but The Tetrad System was one of the most popular systems of its time. From the standpoint of work and life, this makes perfect sense, but the 7-day cycle is completely arbitrary.
Keep rotating through the four days, just like the gladiators did. Consider giving a tetrad workout program a shot. Do a proper warm-up and gradually increase the intensity of your workout. Galen taught the gladiators to never start exercising at their full speed. This principle was stressed by many ancient physicians. In order to prevent injury, you need to cool your body down after an intense effort.
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By minimising accidents or injuries in training, the gladiators could fight more frequently and popular fighters could be sure they would make it to the amphitheatre in the best health possible, thus maximising their chance of survival and fame. It was common for training schools to be self enclosed areas, with everything the gladiator would need to become adapt at the art of combat.
This however did not mean luxury, as the schools goal was to grow and train successful fighters. The gladiators that lived and trained here unless very successful were still slaves, and really built to make money for the owners and lanisters of the ludi. As a gladiator progressed in their training they actually advanced through a series of levels making it clear what stage they were at.
At the stage of Prime Palus a gladiator should be an enormous asset to his ludus, able to teach and pass on his knowledge and wisdom. Even though the gladiators were essentially slaves, they had the potential to earn their masters, the munerarius a lot of wealth.
With this in mind, they were fairly well looked after in most areas and this included their dietary requirements. It was common for gladiators to receive a regular three meals a day, although successful gladiators were probably allowed many treats.
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