[frankbreetz]

It is the difference between buying expensive healthy food and going to a trainer who will tell you the most effective way to get in shape, and eating cheap unhealthy food that makes you feel bad and the trying to figure out how to exercise on your own. Wealthy people certainly have an easier path to getting in shape

[Fricken]

I know too many broke athletes to believe that.

[AuthorizedCust]

Exactly. Just do _something_. You do not need a trainer or fancy equipment.

[vorpalhex]

Don't buy "healthy food". Buy basic food.

Get raw grains, get basic non-fancy non-organic veggies. Frozen or canned is fine.

If you eat meat, don't be shy about using cheaper cuts. Trimming meat is easy.

Trainers are great, but most people get trainers to help with motivation. You can also usually snag a free or very cheap single lesson with a trainer if you need particular things (nutrition, form) spot checked.

You really don't need to spend much.

[watwut]

> most people get trainers to help with motivation.

Assuming poor and rich people have exact same level of motivation, this alone is guaranteed to lead to poor people exercising less.

From own experience, exercising by myself do tend to lead to repetitive routine that plateau pretty fast and gets demotivating due to no progress. But I used app rather then trainer.

[AuthorizedCust]

> exercising by myself do tend to lead to repetitive routine that plateau pretty fast and gets demotivating due to no progress

You don't need to make continual progress to get benefits from exercise. You just need to be active.

[watwut]

It gets super demotivating and boring then. It turns into something like washing dishes, except less interesting and takes more time. At which point, you start to think that you might have to do something useful with that time - like cleaning, spending time with kids or reading/relaxing.

And from what I observed, I am not special snowflake in that regard.