A few hundred years ago if you spoke about the importance of ‘exercise’ for keeping ‘fit’, people would have laughed at you. Today? We call it ‘essential’ and schools and institutions teach how to go about it. in those days, they got all the exercise they needed from work, outside or at home – and remained ‘physically fir’. Making a living, raising a family, household chores, walking to and from places, was enough and gave them all the required movement of the God-given body parts, so they didn’t have to worry about any ‘exercise’ outside this.

Today? Today, we have fitness centers, gyms, and personal trainers. (I have nothing against them or the people frequenting them!) There are high-tech machines, and even electronic games to help us exercise. Each gadget comes with its own ‘selling points’. Some you can strap to your arms and legs and tummy and relax in front of the TV — they claim its vibrations give you your daily recommended quota of exercise. You can even sleep off – and the required exercise for the day is done!! There are virtual reality exercises, dancercise (exercise through dancing – ‘day clubs’ to compete with night clubs??), elliptical, and who knows what else – and more will follow. So why worry? Cheer up!

Well then, in the future when folk will not have even the time we have today (for the exercise), they can strap a few machines when going to bed … and be physically fit. Hurray! Good Luck!!