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I find it interesting that from a historical perspective exercise for the sole purpose to stay healthy is a relatively recent phenomenon. Traditionally, exercis
by Koshkin 5y ago
I find it interesting that from a historical perspective exercise for the sole purpose to stay healthy is a relatively recent phenomenon. Traditionally, exercise was considered part of training - whether that of a soldier, an athlete, etc.
- tough 5y agoUsually you worked until you were exhausted. or else, No?
- notreallyserio 5y agoOr you worked until you were told you were done for the day, and no sooner.
- Koshkin 5y agoYes, hard physical work was the main form of "exercise" for most people.
- graeme 5y agoIn the past most people would have exceeded 7,000 just living
- lupire 5y agoIn pre modern times, being unhealthy was likely to kill you or starve you.
- ch4s3 5y agoIt isn't that recent. The ancient greeks lifted weights and ran for general health. We know the Olmecs played ball games and one imagines they observed the health effects of staying active. Boxing is at least 5k years old. There are 15k year old cave paintings of wrestling. The Maasai have intentionally practiced high jumping for ? centuries. One can imagine that early persistence hunters probably ran competitively, as their modern counterparts do. A lot of these activities had non-health purposes but it isn't a stretch to think people in the distant past associated activity with health. It's being sedentary that's quite recent.
- onpensionsterm 5y agoIn my view, failing to experience training your body and seeing yourself improve is analogous to never finding love, never enjoying art, never enjoying learning. It's a part of the human experience we've evolved dedicated pathways to make us enjoy and opting out of that is a crying shame.