Ropes have been used for more than 10,000 years and were originally constructed from vines and strips of animal hide. About 3,500 B.C., the Egyptians began using papyrus, hemp, and other fibrous plants. Almost any fiber can be used to make rope,...

A triple rope is not easily broken. (Roman) Don’t talk about rope in a hanged man’s home. (Spanish) Even a rotten rope can be put to use. (Japanese) Give a man a rope and he will surely hang himself. (American) Give a man enough rope and he...

A rope is a length of fibers, twisted or braided together to improve strength for pulling and connecting. It has tensile strength but is too flexible to provide compressive strength (i.e., it can be used for pulling, not pushing). Rope is thicker and...

Training Devices Hang on to this versatile attachment to get more out of your cable exercises Give a man enough rope and he'll... well, do pressdowns for triceps. That may not be the way the old cliche goes, but for bodybuilders, the...

The need to pull, haul, lift, hoist, hold, restrain, or otherwise control objects has been around since the beginning of civilization. In the earliest days it was simply an assemblage of vines (remember Tarzan and Jane?) which then developed into the use of natural...

Joe Frazier didn't have to look far for the motivation to succeed in the boxing ring.He was born into poverty in the Deep South town of Beaufort, S.C., in 1944. He grew up in a shack, without running water, indoor plumbing or telephone service.The idea...

The gallery stood a dozen rows deep and spilled down both sides of the fairway, the kind of scene Tiger Woods is used to seeing on the weekend at a major championship. This was only a pro-am round Wednesday at the Wachovia Championship.And for once,...