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Exercises used by Roman Gladiators: Galen was an imperial Roman physician and gladiatorial trainer who authored the definitive manual on gladiator strength training, the text used to develop both Wild Hunt Gladiator training programs. Three exercises he deemed essential for gladiators were as follows: 1. Energy Systems Training: the human body has 3 energy systems, each of which must be trained for maximum potential. Galen divided energy systems training into three categories, one for each syste