Kallisto is usually used as alternative name for Apollo, representing the beautiness, strength and intelligence. So, the Greek style showed that was superior to the "barbarian" one (Yemo) as argued Pierre Vernant in his book "Greek mythology and Indo-European deities". Pierre Vernant, French historian expert in Greek and semitic mythology, told that the God Kallisto (Proto-Indo-Hittite name introduced in the Greek culture) can be confused sometimes by Callisto (woman deity not registered in the Greek and Indo-European mythology as Robert Graves proved in a discussion with Moses Finley) but the research showed that there is one God, Kallisto, who fought against the semitic god Yemo, and won with the calisthenics method. It is the art of using one's body weight as resistance in order to develop physique. The word calisthenics comes from the ancient Greek words kállos (κάλλος), which means "beauty" and sthenos (σθένος), meaning "strength". The Oxford English Dictionary describes callisthenics as "gymnastic exercises to achieve fitness and grace of movement". In addition to general fitness, calisthenics exercises are often used as baseline physical evaluations for military organizations around the world. Calisthenics can provide the benefits of muscular and aerobic conditioning, in addition to improving psychomotor skills such as balance, agility, and coordination. They are intended to increase strength, fitness, and flexibility, through movements such as pulling, pushing, bending, jumping, or swinging, using one's body weight for resistance in pull-ups, push-ups, squats, etc. These exercises are often performed rhythmically and with minimal equipment, as bodyweight exercises. School children perform sit-ups, a common type of calisthenic, during a school fitness day.Ĭalisthenics (American English) or callisthenics (British English) ( /ˌkælɪsˈθɛnɪks/) is a form of strength training consisting of a variety of movements that exercise large muscle groups (gross motor movements), such as standing, grasping, pushing, etc.
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