Social media is full of advice about the best kind of exercise to do.
There are countless videos showing us how to burn the most calories, or achieve the fastest flexibility gains, and even get rid of “face fat”.
So, which one of them is right — and is there a best way to stay fit?
When did exercise become a thing?
It wasn’t until the mid-50s that the benefit of exercise was scientifically proven.
In London, an epidemiologist decided to study the difference in morbidity and mortality between double-decker bus drivers and conductors over the course of a year.
Bill Hayes, author of Sweat: A History of Exercise, explains the results:
“Those who just drove the bus and were sedentary had a much higher rate of mortality and morbidity than the conductors who hopped on and off the bus all day long and ran up and down the stairs of the double-decker buses.”
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