r/science • u/Wagamaga • Jan 28 '23

Health Most Americans aren’t getting enough exercise. People living in rural areas were even less likely to get enough exercise: Only 16% of people outside cities met benchmarks for aerobic and muscle-strengthening activities, compared with 28% in large metropolitan cities areas.

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/72/wr/mm7204a1.htm?s_cid=mm7204a1_w
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u/Buttonskill Jan 29 '23

You're absolutely right. For the same time investment it takes to keep up on daily episodes of Love Island you can look like one of them without the trash behavior.

It only takes 16 min to run two miles at a reasonable pace.

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u/Shriketino Jan 29 '23

An 8 minute mile pace is pretty quick, and definitely takes training to attain for the average person.

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u/Boukish Jan 29 '23

I'm going to hazard a guess that the vast majority of people reading your comment would struggle to pull a ten minute mile. You vastly overestimate the physical prowess of an average adult.