The best stories are always in the footnotes. From The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony comes this story about hanging with her bestie, Elizabeth Cady Stanton:
In one of Miss Anthony's letters she relates with amusement that Mr. Stanton had just come in and, seeing his wife lying on the couch, remarked, "Ah, resting, I see." "No," she replied, "I am exercising by lying down."
You can do your lunges. I’ll be doing my lounges. I love this one because it feels like it could have happened last weekend, but it happened over a 150 years ago. The outfits and technology may change, but people are people.