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.
Curriculum Defined. Even though the word 'curriculum' gets used all the time in education, it can be surprisingly hard to pinpoint what curriculum really is. If you struggle with that, you're not alone, and there's a good reason. There are about as many different ways of defining curriculum as there are people who develop it!