[Etheryte]

While I don't doubt the value in finding the very best percentile in something, at the end of the day this is very much yak shaving. As the article admits, regardless of the exercise, these are relatively small drops when looking at the bigger picture. The general problem we need to find good answers for is that as a society, on average we just don't move enough.

[Broken_Hippo]

The general problem we need to find good answers for is that as a society, on average we just don't move enough.

And in general, folks dismiss some of the easier ways to do this. Walkable and bike-friendly cities. Fare-free mass transport (gotta walk to bus stops). Electric bicycles that require foot pedaling (folks are more likely to use them when they have the electric assist vs a regular bicycle). Taking care of walking/biking infrastructure (sidewalks to little if you don't treat them as well as the roads). Heck, we could make gyms affordable too. Reasonable work hours - for everyone - that allow for time to move would be a bonus as well.

We aren't even teaching folks how to do this stuff in ways that even poor folks in studio apartments or rented rooms can do. I spent more time learning parts of the body, the dangers of sex, and rules for sports than I did anything that would lead to lifelong health and strength and I doubt that has been fixed now.

These aren't cure-alls, but pushes folks in the right direction. It at least should work better than the shaming we do now.

[hdjjhhvvhga]

There is one more thing: a culture of sitting for white-collar jobs. This is changing, but very slowly. When you are not WFH and say you are on a meeting, everybody is expected to be sitting. Even if it takes hours. If you start to move everybody is giving you looks and finally someone in a senior position will tell you, "Sit down, you are distracting others".

And of course offices when you can move while working are still a minority. It looks like we brought this upon ourselves.