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The word gym is a shortened form of the gymnasium, originally a Latin word meaning "school for gymnastics," from the Greek gymnasium, "public place where exercises are practised." The preferred way to dress at a gym these days is in shorts or sweatpants, but back in Ancient Greece, In Gymnasiums, apparatus such as barbells, bumper plates, kettlebells, dumbbells, resistance bands, jumping boards, running paths, tennis balls, cricket fields, and fencing areas are used for exercises. Outdoor settings are healthiest when the weather is safe. Gyms were popular in ancient Greece. Their curricula included self-defence, gymnastics medica, or physical therapy to help the sick and injured, and for physical fitness and sports, from boxing to dancing to skipping rope. Gymnasiums also had teachers of wisdom and philosophy. Community gymnastic events were done as part of the celebrations during various village festivals. In ancient Greece, there was a phrase of contempt, "...