Exercising to music was depicted in several ancient Greek vase painting. Wikimedia, CC BY-NC-SA Apart from individuals using music in their personal exercise, soldiers also did training exercises ...

Why exercise to music? There are many depictions of professional athletes training, or competing, to the accompaniment of music in ancient Greek vase paintings.

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