athletics vs workout

athletics

noun
  • Physical activities such as sports and games requiring stamina, fitness and skill. 

  • A group of sporting activities including track and field, road running, cross country and racewalking. 

workout

noun
  • Any activity that requires much physical or mental effort, or produces strain. 

  • An exercise session; a period of physical exercise. 

  • A schedule or program of specific exercises, especially one intended to achieve a particular goal. 

How often have the words athletics and workout occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )