Ever Wondered: When Did Exercise Start?
If you’ve ever asked yourself, “When did exercise start?” you are not alone. Many people have thought about this question. Since history has not been recorded exactly since man first appeared, we cannot really be sure of the right answer. However, most people are more interested in getting active than in researching this topic. Wild animals probably kept our earliest ancestors on the move. This exercise was literally a life saver.
Early exercise practitioners realized that activity is essential for mental and physical health. The Greeks were the first people to formalize this idea. This idea seemed to languish for hundreds of years before making a very big come-back recently.
When the nineteenth century was drawing to a close, a renewed interest in physical activity, from a health standpoint, began to emerge. Several doctors made it their top priority to research this subject. They wanted to know how physical activity, and the lack of it, affected people.
Jack La Lanne’s thirty four year stint on TV must be credited for at least some of today’s interest in getting fit. He made regular exercise seem like a sensible idea to millions of people and helped revive a healthy way of living for us.
After La Lanne had re-introduced activity into everyday life, the marketplace took his message and turned exercise into a multi-billion dollar industry. It is hard to think of anyone today who has never been tempted by late night infomercials to reach for their optimum bodily development. There are thousands of exercise aids available and some of them may even work. But research shows that most of them gather dust in basements and garages. Apparently you have to use them if they are going to help you get in shape. If you pick an exercise that you enjoy regularly you may get in shape just because you’re having fun.
It is time to put considerations about “When did exercise start? ” aside and decide when we are going to exercise. The ancient Greek culture was based on keeping healthy enough to enjoy a long and active life. Now it is our turn to embrace this essential idea.
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