Narelle and I would like to invite you to follow our trip to the Middle East this March and April. We hope you enjoy the blogs we post as we travel around this beautiful part of the world.

Sunday 14 April 2013

A Very Different Sport?

Tonight we went and watched the unusual sport of Saheb A Zaman. An Iranian sport that can only be described as a combination of gymnastics, body building, aerobics, singing and sunday school all rolled into one fun filled hour!

Now before u knock it, I am here to tell you these clubs are ridiculously heavy and the strength required to do this for even a minute is massive.

Below: now this was a little rediculous, bench pressing the barn doors Iranian style. Very unusual indeed but they all did it as part of the warm up.

Below: the actual event lasts for about 5 minutes.

Below: the clubs

Below: the pants did not fit around the front, not that I am bragging
 

 

1 comment:

Unknown said...

hi
great blog , those wooden doors are actually shields . they used to this sport to stay in shape for war .