“If you can fill the unforgiving minute With, like, I dunno, 12 or 15 seconds’ worth of distance run, Yours is Texas and everything that’s in it, And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!”
Your stereotypes of people would tell only half, or less, of the story.
Why was this post removed? What about it was offensive, racist, or threatening?
Trump supporters get triggered easily when you just suggest we should be able to cycle to work safely or improve public transit to the point were having a car becomes optional. But this had me thinking, I'm not the biggest Joe Biden fan but with him exercising daily on his bike, he could probably run farther than the average Trump supporter.
Dumbest "study" ever. A survey? All it takes is one guy to say, "Well, I can run 10,000 miles without stopping" and suddenly the state average becomes 5 miles. I can tell it is a ridiculous load of crap just by reading that Alaskans can supposedly run only 58 meters. I lived there for a few years and trust me, they are some of the most outdoors-oriented people in the nation. Hiking is a way of life up there. They laugh at the switchbacks we have in the lower 48 states. Their trails go straight up the mountain. It takes a special type of person to live where the high for the day might be -25F.
No we aren't. Alaskans are fat and lazy as fk. They act like Flattop (most popular hike in the state) is a 3 hour expedition when it takes the resident high schoolers 25 minutes to hike to the top. And it's only ever gotten -25 a handful of times in the lifetime of me living up here, and on those days I was the ONLY one running outside. People talk like anchorage is crazy. It's literally just Chicago but colder.
Asking people how far they can run? That's not scientific at all! I stopped smoking after several years and when I quit I took my first run. I covered probably a mile with minimal effort. I was very surprised. So I believe that 90% of people, from 18-80) who are healthy enough to run could do 1 mile to 2 miles if they had to. The next day the non-runners would be sore as heck for days.
This quote is from the original article. I am no math major but does anyone else see the mistake the journalist (and editor) made? 30% of 50% + 22% of 50% does not equal 50%. Or am I crazy?
"Nearly half of Texans think shopping counts as exercise. Women seem more likely to let their wallet do the walking with 30 percent saying shopping is exercise, compared to 22 percent of men."
Maybe the latter sentence is for the US, since the two sentences are in separate paragraphs and the whole article is just worded data points that have no fluidity at all
This quote is from the original article. I am no math major but does anyone else see the mistake the journalist (and editor) made? 30% of 50% + 22% of 50% does not equal 50%. Or am I crazy?
"Nearly half of Texans think shopping counts as exercise. Women seem more likely to let their wallet do the walking with 30 percent saying shopping is exercise, compared to 22 percent of men."
They just forgot to mention a very high percentage for the other genders and non-binaries. There's a lot of them in Texas.
It's beside the point, but I'm of the belief that less than 50% of American can run at all (take 4-5 steps where both feet leave the ground between each footstrike). Go to Walmart. There is no way the average customer can jump and get both feet off the ground.
Dumbest "study" ever. A survey? All it takes is one guy to say, "Well, I can run 10,000 miles without stopping" and suddenly the state average becomes 5 miles. I can tell it is a ridiculous load of crap just by reading that Alaskans can supposedly run only 58 meters. I lived there for a few years and trust me, they are some of the most outdoors-oriented people in the nation. Hiking is a way of life up there. They laugh at the switchbacks we have in the lower 48 states. Their trails go straight up the mountain. It takes a special type of person to live where the high for the day might be -25F.
I think that's Jeremiah Johnson. The average alaskan is probably dressing heavy and doing enough to get by. Brings down the average from the guy/gal who is chopping wood and hiking uphill.
"Alaska came in last on this survey, with the average resident claiming they could only run 58 meters without stopping."
Other gems:
"The state most likely to shop until they drop was North Dakota, where 80 percent of residents surveyed said shopping counts as exercise."
"About one in five respondents would rather take the elevator than walk up just one flight of stairs."
Shopping is unquestionably exercise. The effects of 30 min of walking 5 days a week is very effective for CV risk reduction. That was a landmark study and is rooted in a strong evidence base. But, that's a lot of shopping.
What does this mean? I mean, yes, 400m is more than 58m but it is still not a distance I would brag about. I would hope that most people could make it at least a mile or two.
That wasn't about making it that was about being one of the best in the world at it. All out of Cali high schools.
So it showed that at least 8 people in California can: (1) run farther than 58 m and (2) are good at it?
No we aren't. Alaskans are fat and lazy as fk. They act like Flattop (most popular hike in the state) is a 3 hour expedition when it takes the resident high schoolers 25 minutes to hike to the top. And it's only ever gotten -25 a handful of times in the lifetime of me living up here, and on those days I was the ONLY one running outside. People talk like anchorage is crazy. It's literally just Chicago but colder.
Poor strawman. 25 minutes up Flattop from Glen Alps is not what most think of hiking. That's a moderately hard running/powerwalk effort from a decent athlete, and even time trial effort for some high school athletes. I'd reserve 2 hours for a nice relaxing hike, allowing time for lingering to enjoy views/take pictures, etc. for an athlete. I've done it as slowly as 1:45 (thus, reserve 2 hours) with collegiate athletes a few hours after a cross country race. 3 hours sounds about right for planning purposes to be sure you're up and down for a non-athlete. That says nothing about how fit or unfit the average Alaskan is. Plus, a lot of the people hiking Flattop in the summer and getting advice for how long it takes are out-of-state tourists. Anyone hiking Flattop is self-selected to be on the fitter side of average anyway.
“If you can fill the unforgiving minute With, like, I dunno, 12 or 15 seconds’ worth of distance run, Yours is Texas and everything that’s in it, And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!”
Dumbest "study" ever. A survey? All it takes is one guy to say, "Well, I can run 10,000 miles without stopping" and suddenly the state average becomes 5 miles. I can tell it is a ridiculous load of crap just by reading that Alaskans can supposedly run only 58 meters. I lived there for a few years and trust me, they are some of the most outdoors-oriented people in the nation. Hiking is a way of life up there. They laugh at the switchbacks we have in the lower 48 states. Their trails go straight up the mountain. It takes a special type of person to live where the high for the day might be -25F.
And there is no way an Alaskan (or any American) would state their distance in meters. Nobody in my family, not one single person, could tell you how far 58 meters was. About a mile, right?
I agree that people in the US would not proactively state it in meters. But I don't think your family is a good representative sample of the number of people in the US that would understand 58 meters. There are a probably a significant chunk of people who understand 58 meters for two reasons: 1) they know that a meter is about equal to yard; and 2) they know a football field is 100 yards. The 100 meter dash at the Olympics is widely watched, and people understand that it is about the length of a football field.
Anything with kilometers, grams, Celsius, etc. they have no clue, other than 2 liters equals a soda bottle.
I would think Alaskans would be active as it's so rural. Guess I was totally wrong.
As someone with majority of family being from the country and spending my fair share out in the country, exercise isn't done much outside the few who have manual labor jobs and people who go out hunting(which how most go hunting isn't much of an exercise). Majority of the people who go hiking and cycling out in the country drive there from the bigger cities than the surrounding area. Which is a shame, I don't know what can be done about promoting an more healthy and active community in rural areas around the country. But the vibe I get from a lot of people from the country is that they take pride in just drinking beer and not doing much else in their free time. From what little country music I have listened to and seen from these sorts of people talk in person and on social media it seems to confirm this.
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