In the process of revising for an upcoming exam on Rome and I was curious. I'm assuming that 'working out' as we think of it today wasn't something that happened, yet I'd guess that their day to day activities would be far more physically demanding than ours. Plus the military campaigns must have been really strenuous. How was their cardio? How strong would the average Roman have been?
Hi there, we've had several past threads on fitness in the ancient world that may be of interest to you as you await a new answer:
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/5hcclh/did_socrates_even_lift/dazuvb7/