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Yes, these pastimes were common among oisvorfen going back to Esav. There were always oisvorfen and there always will be oisvorfen. At different periods of time, the neviim and the rabbonim spoke out about these types. We don’t follow in the ways of oisvorfen.
Wrestling is called Graeco-Roman wrestling. That was the culture that glorified the body. In those days, honest men worked in the fields, or as smiths, and having worked a bit with my hands (stonemasonry, not to be confused with Jackie Masonry which is what I do on YWN sometimes :)))) as a student, I know that after a hard day’s work you cannot find time or energy to do sports because you already had your workout. The only ones who could wrestle were indeed lazy bums and the only ones who had time to watch it (and bet on it) were even bigger oisvorfen.
In this generation, a Dovid Salita or Yuri Foreman is making a kiddush Hashem because they both come from another culture which glorifies the body, yet they also uplift their neshomos. On the other hand, any yeshiva bochur who goes to watch them or chas vesholom bets on them is going down many, many madreigois.
Working out for fun has nothing to do with professional sports.
PS: HUNTING as a pastime for Jews?????? I don’t know whether to laugh or to cry. VeEsov ish tzayid….