Even before then, Hutchins had toyed with the idea of slow exercise before, only to lose interest. But low weight combined with slow movements seemed like the perfect program for these women: Following it, the women made dramatic gains in strength.
If meaning were to follow etymology, the BBC might have been asked to provide carriage-driving lessons. The original Latin meaning of curriculum was a course, but of the kind that one runs around (it came from currere, to run), or perhaps traverses in a racing chariot, a transferred sense.
The plural of curriculum vitae, in Latin, is formed following Latin rules of grammar as curricula vitae (meaning courses of life) which is grammatically incorrect along with its use) along with curricula vitarum. Vita pertains to [The] course of [Life]. Hence, The Life. In English, the plural of the full expression curriculum vitae is seldom used; the plural of curriculum on its own is usually written as curricula, rather than the traditional curriculums.