Majjhima Nikaya (Coleção dos Discursos Médios) 5:123
SUJATOAtha kho so, bhikkhave, puriso tiṇakaṭṭhasākhāpalāsaṁ saṅkaḍḍhitvā, kullaṁ bandhitvā taṁ kullaṁ nissāya hatthehi ca pādehi ca vāyamamāno sotthinā pāraṁ uttareyya.
And so they’d do exactly that.