The Importance Of Healthy Lifestyle

Have you ever felt the urge to be healthier? Or get fit? With today’s multi-billion dollar industry in health and fitness, it’s almost impossible for people today to not be tempted to try it out. For some people it can be a lot harder with work, school, and the pressure of daily life. But have you ever thought about where we first got the idea of being fit and healthy? While healthy lifestyles depend on a person 's own wants and needs, healthy living comes from the same principles throughout history, with Greek and Roman culture and philosophy, diet fads, and changes in exercise preference throughout the years. First, in Greek and Roman culture, the body was the main subject in much of their art, and daily lives. In an article discussing why the Greeks might have been superiorly healthy and fit, the author Trevor Johnson points out about their philosophy. “The Greeks were the first exercisers and, their "healthy mind in a healthy body," philosophy is something that kept their culture stable for so long.” (Johnson). They stressed that schooling was just as important as training. In their ‘gyms’, there were wrestling mats, …show more content…
But what surprises many people is that we still use many of the same principles that the Romans, Europeans, and the Greeks used in their eras. From the Olympics in Greece, to the Renaissance, to the 20th century, health and fitness was a part of it all. And with that, we see that in Greek and Roman culture and philosophy, diet fads, and exercise preferences, that the framework of healthy living has always been the same, despite the effect of a person’s own feelings in relation to their fitness and health. “We can see in the New Year 's resolution to join a gym a modern echo of the ancient Greek pursuit of art, as modern gym-goers strive to achieve their full human potential through the discipline of gym-based exercise.”