[lm28469]

Everytime I read these stats I can't stop but feel like we as a specie completely fucked up, modern life is actively working against us

Most people don't get 75 min of vigorous exercise per week? 10min per day? The average American spend 2x more time watching TV per day than exercising in a week?

The closest thing to an health magic pill we have is exercise and it's virtually free

[deprecative]

It's financially free at the time of action but most folks don't have the resources to do that. Time and space are both required and the people who need exercise are the ones least likely to have these criteria met.

Most people sit or stand at work for about 8-9 hours and have a little 30-45 minutes of commuting in each direction.

Our entire society is built upon car centric, work centric life and lifestyles. It's easy to blame the individual when you don't suffer the systemic issues that cause these things. A lot of us are fortunate to have flexibility in our hours or finances but this is a bubble.

In my case: If I want to go for a walk or a jog I have to do so on the road. There are no sidewalks within dozens of miles of my location. That leaves me to buy a gym membership and commute back and forth by car. I can't afford that financially at present so I don't.

If I had a safe way of moving more I would be more inclined. I go for walks as regularly as weather, climate, and time allow but they're often cut off by needing to keep my head on a swivel and risking being accosted by folks if I step into their lawns to get out of the way of a car that probably has a distracted driver.

[DontchaKnowit]

You can always do burpees. That requires no space and little time, cause they wear you out real quick

[leereeves]

You'd have to be in very good shape already to do 75 minutes of burpees per week.

Of course any exercise is better than none, but I suspect the duration of exercise is important to get all the benefits.

[yungporko]

maybe its a uk thing but i've never been in a house with ceilings high enough to do a burpee

[DontchaKnowit]

Wow yeah must be that is incromprehensible to me.

Well I guess Im not very tall either I could see that being a problem if you were like 6'4"

[getwiththeprog]

Boxing, star-jumps, tai-chi, yoga, skipping, dancing, rooting, drumming, volleyball, squash, digging, moving boxes, lifting weights ...

[deadfoxygrandpa]

no its just people dont want to do it. people can do tons of exercise even in a literal jail cell theres basically no reason any given person can't figure something out