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Thousands of years ago, a remarkable man named Milo was born in Croton, a Greek colony in Italy. When Milo was a youngster, his father gave him a small calf to raise. According to legend, Milo--who was unusually large at birth, and quickly developed into a precociously strong youth--took to carrying the baby bull on his shoulders.
Quite often, Milo would carry the calf a considerable distance to watch the older boys training at the local palaestra, or wrestling academy. By following this regimen for as long as he could, Milo quickly developed into a young man of Herculean strength. In the year 540 B.C., Milo claimed his first of what would be six championships in ...
Source: HighBeam Research, From Milo to Rulon: from beating an "unbeatable" foe to coming back...