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Health-related physical fitness consists of those components of physical fitness that have a relationship with good health. The components are commonly defined as body composition, cardiovascular fitness, flexibility, muscular endurance, and strength - from The President's Council on Fitness and Sports

 
 
 

Throughout  history there has been a strong association of military and political might with physical fitness throughout mankind’s advancement. In many ways, this shows how impacting our world leaders can be on health and fitness ..........It appears that as societies become too enamoured with wealth, prosperity and self-entertainment that fitness levels drop.....Read more lessons from history on fitness, by Len Kravitz

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History of Fitness   an article highlighting the  historical events and influential individuals who have shaped the history of fitness beginning with primitive man up to the foundation of the modern fitness movement.  "The mind-body concept has had a tenuous development. At times, some cultures prescribed spirituality at the expense of the body where as others, such as Greek society, upheld the ideal a sound mind can only be found in a healthy body."

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