Early on in his new book Sweat: A History of Exercise, the author Bill Hayes discovers an old tome from the 1500s, De Arte Gymnastica, that talks about breaking a sweat in a very modern way.

I’m not sure that the trend has survived the pandemic, but for a while it was common to see NBA players toss their headbands into the stands, post-game, to the delight of certain dedicated fans. Call ...

Run for your life. And swim, bike, and walk for it, too. Of course, if you don’t want to stick around for a healthy old age, don’t sweat it. Just don’t do it. You’ll get to the end a lot faster. But ...

Source: Krishnavedala, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons There is no question that exercise benefits our bodies. The idea traces back to ancient Indian medicine. The Ayurvedic tradition (the word Ayurveda ...