How to Exercise

1623

“[W]hen the skinne shall be wet with sweat, it shall be good to desist from exercise, lest by proceeding therein, not onely the spirits and good humours be exhausted, but also the fat… bee melted, or at least caused to putrifie; by meanes whereof, if sudden death ensue not, as oftentimes it doth… the body become sickly, withered, and impatient of cold… the best and most profitable exercises, for them that are sound and healthfull, are walking, bowling, the racket, and such like easie exercises.”

Tobias Venner, Via recta ad vitam longam

For the love of God, don’t use the elliptical machine. Does putrefied fat sound like a joke?