Armoured calisthenics

Jun 27, 2010 11:36

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This is me doing some push-ups, squats, star jumps, sit-ups and burpees, wearing late 15th century style medieval armour (full plate leg harness, full plate arm harness, gauntlets, riveted mail standard, steel brigandine on the torso, & a cotton & wool arming doublet underneath). The idea is to demonstrate that even heavy plate armour was designed ( Read more... )

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ffutures June 27 2010, 13:00:16 UTC
That just cries out to be set and cut to the tune "Knights of the Round Table" from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Or possibly not...

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serpentstar June 27 2010, 13:02:48 UTC
Feel free! :D

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ffutures June 27 2010, 14:28:21 UTC
Don't have the video skills, I'm afraid.

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mr_tom June 27 2010, 16:32:41 UTC
ed_fortune June 27 2010, 17:30:08 UTC
Bwa Ha Ha Ha Ha

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ffutures June 27 2010, 20:17:47 UTC
Awesome!

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50_ft_queenie June 29 2010, 14:55:38 UTC
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought of that. ;)

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