huffing and puffing+

[Baker, John]

        Merriam-Webster has "workout" from about 1894.

John Baker


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Me again:

'Prince [of Wales - topical, or what?] or no I was primed for a quick
work-out with this bouncing beauty there and then.' - Ibid, 50

? earliest date for 'work-out'.

-Neil Crawford