The importance of exercise is an obvious concept. We exercise because we want to be healthy or we want to get stronger or we want to look good and feel good. Throughout man's history physical exercise has been a prevalent notion. Even primitive man had exercise when he would have to make his own food or shelter only by using the tools provided by his own body. Man's exercise was provided by the need to survive.
And in man's history there have always been advancements in technology that have changed the amount of exercise that is necessary to survive. For instance, once humans domesticated animals, many jobs such as providing food or labor like plowing crops or hatching eggs were provided by an outside source. This may not be necessarily technology, but it is an advancement that provided man with the opportunity that he no longer had to physically do these challenges on his own. this is a very primitive example of technology and its effects on exercise.
Health and exercise is a growing problem in our modern world. This problem can be blamed on both social inefficiencies as well as advancements made in technology. It is clear that in more recent history, technology has made many advancements that have effected exercise and fitness in both negative and positive ways.
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