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Male girdles and strength
posted 1 year ago by BlippiIsAPedo on scored.co (+0 / -0 / +4Score on mirror )
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So one thing that has been missing from the modern man I have noticed compared to Roman or Greek times is a male girdle. Men used to always have one on whereever they went.

Did this help improve strength and posture? What was the purpose?
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Knight_Of_Saint_John on scored.co
1 year ago 3 points (+0 / -0 / +3Score on mirror )
Girdles are just belts tightened together to hold the garments tight to the body (since back then there was no custom fit, everything was made large in order to be tightened down)

Both increasing its warmth and protection since medieval people knew that the tight the gambesons are connected to the body the more impact they'll absorb
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MysteriousFedKnight on scored.co
1 year ago 1 point (+0 / -0 / +1Score on mirror )
Trousers with elastic belts are my solution.

Most 'work equipment' has been heralded by jews anyway. Jeans are the main culprit.

You are not supposed to work in mines lol.
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BeefyBelisarius on scored.co
1 year ago 1 point (+0 / -0 / +1Score on mirror )
It kinda does. You can push out against a wide belt to stabilize yourself and enable applying more force on something, like with modern weight belts. Not sure if the ancients knew they could do that, but if there's a bunch of art with them girded with thick belts then they probably had a reason and they were pretty knowledgeable in anatomy.
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