Actually, unlike the normal Hollywood portrayal where everyone used a horse, most people, who lived in towns or villages, didn't have one, because a horse was very expensive, required expensive storage, maintenance and fuel, rural people had them, most were farmers and had work horses and businesses would have them, the average person didn't. Most people though, if you drew a circle 5 miles across centred at the building they were born in, they lived, worked, shopped, died and were buried within that circle. The concept of living in one town and working in another town 40 miles away, has only been in the last 60 years or so, after the beginning of the reign of the car. 100 years ago, you didn't need a gym, you did heavy labour in your job, which kept you in shape.