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What is it with Americans that so many are in terrible physical shape? Some 60 million adults, 30% of the population, are obese. Among middle aged folks it's far more than just 30%, with one study citing something on the order of 70%! What possesses folks to let themselves fall into such states of "disrepair?"
What a middle aged to somewhat older man's fitness level should look like and what the typical older dude looks like:
What is going on in the USA that so many people don't place a priority on their personal fitness? For all the concern it would seem we have for living long lives, the two things that contributes to that happening more than anything else -- healthy eating and regular and rigorous exercise -- are the two things Americans seem least inclined to do. Adding insult to injury, staying fit doesn't have to cost any money at all and eating healthy is no more dear than is eating unhealthily because the least expensive proteins are among the healthiest to eat and fruits, vegetables and starches are cheap to begin with, so it's not about wealth. It's also not about time; one need only invest an hour to hour and a half a day in resistance and aerobic exercises.
What a middle aged to somewhat older man's fitness level should look like and what the typical older dude looks like:
I don't know the first guy's age, but I can tell he's not young. The second dude is 48.
The dude below is 52.
The top eight finishers in the 45-49 year old masters division at the 2011 CrossFit Games.
What the typical middle aged dude looks like.
Good Lord! Where's the large body of water?
The same thing is going on with women. The dude below is 52.
The top eight finishers in the 45-49 year old masters division at the 2011 CrossFit Games.
What the typical middle aged dude looks like.
Good Lord! Where's the large body of water?
What a middle aged to somewhat older woman's fitness level should look like.
Gillian Larson - 61; the second woman is 50.
This woman is 63.
Here she is with her daughter.
I'm not even going to post pics to illustrate unfit middle aged to older women. You can turn on your television, go to the mall or grocery store for that.Gillian Larson - 61; the second woman is 50.
This woman is 63.
Here she is with her daughter.
What is going on in the USA that so many people don't place a priority on their personal fitness? For all the concern it would seem we have for living long lives, the two things that contributes to that happening more than anything else -- healthy eating and regular and rigorous exercise -- are the two things Americans seem least inclined to do. Adding insult to injury, staying fit doesn't have to cost any money at all and eating healthy is no more dear than is eating unhealthily because the least expensive proteins are among the healthiest to eat and fruits, vegetables and starches are cheap to begin with, so it's not about wealth. It's also not about time; one need only invest an hour to hour and a half a day in resistance and aerobic exercises.