[MR] Henry VIII's 500th/Armour ca. 1500

[Dave Montuori]

Scripsit Glynis:
> Easy. They didn't have high fructose corn syrup or the excess of gluttony
> that we have in this day and age. The obesity epidemic didn't really start
> until the last century.

Nevertheless there are plenty of documented cases. Particularly among the 
upper classes that *didn't* go fighting on a regular basis.

> For exercise - they'd have practiced. Much like our fighters do. Only they
> did it every day, most of the day.

Which really makes them no different from many modern day professional 
athletes... and for all practical purposes, tournament fighting was the 
big professional spectator sport of its era.

Evan