Matter of Movement

A brief look at the origins of exercise and how it moulded the behaviours we enact today   Exercise. We have all heard of it, but when and why did people start putting themselves through the effort of exertion for improvements in health? Through this article I wanted to do a bit of a deep dive into the origins of exercise and see what bizarre and perhaps surprising information I could gather.  Here I will share a summary of what I found.  My hope is that through reading this, you will be mildly entertained and walk away with a greater appreciation for the origins and history of exercise.