People who are too busy to do exercise

Well this thread went well for the OP.

agree - it's highly unlikely that is what they are thinking, if anything you sound far more judgey than them!

you are obviously lucky enough to live in an area where there is somewhere safe to go for a run on your own - many people, particularly women, don't have that option, particularly if they work all day so are only home when it's dark.

yes you can exercise at home, although again you need a) enough space to move, not easy if you're in a 2 bed flat with 1living/kitchen/dining room with kids stuff everywhere, and time when nobody else is using said room

or there's the gym, which costs money and turns your half an hour run into ten minute drive there and back, swipe in, get changed, shower, etc = at least an hour.

I'm just too lazy and would rather sleep in

It would mean dropping something I enjoy just to replace it with something I truly hate.

I'm glad you enjoy running though.

I'm curious as to what your job is OP. Mine is 8 hours of walking, stretching and lifting 5 days a week which is more than enough exercise for me ta very much.

I used to exercise four or five times a week. Now I have toddler twins. I never get a half an hour slot to do anything, let alone exercise. I'm desperate to exercise, but I've as much chance of that as a cocktail by a pool on any given day. What's the weather like up on your high horse, Love?

Why do you care if others do or don't have time to exercise? And more to the point how insecure are you that you see their inability to carve out time as annoyance or judgement on your time?

What a load of shit. I have 2 kids and work full time, working out and exercise is a part of my life and always has been. It doesn't occur to me to even wonder why "nobody else can fit it in" because I have a life.

Or maybe expand your mind and mentally walk a mile in their shoes. Maybe they want to spend the carved out time eating cake and watching Netflix. Or maybe they're a single parent. Or maybe their partner works all hours and they have no childcare. The list is endless...maybe you could spend the time thinking on this on your 40 minute runs 3-4 times a week?

What do you want, a medal? I get up at 6 am so I can read a good book with my coffee for an hour or so before work. I love watching the runners / joggers in the park through my window when I lift my eyes from the book. I sometimes sit in a coffee shop and read/ write for an hour instead. ( Now who wants a medal?)
I wish more people read good books so they'd have something more interesting to talk about rather than the miles they've run or the weights they lift, but welll, it's not to be... To each his/ her own. I'll keep enjoying amazing books and coffee while you run ( which I hate, by the way - I'm still pretty fit as I walk and move quite a lot during the day, normal weight and generally happy with my appearance). Live and let die.

4 miles 4 times a week? That's cute.

Personally, I like to hike up mount Everest every morning before breakfast, passing by all the lazy dead people who aren't as strong as me, ski all the way back down whilst solving world hunger, saving the pandas, and downing a kale smoothie. Then I deadlift my own bodyweight, step into a ring with a pro MMA fighter and swim the channel 6 times before putting the kids in the car and pushing it to the school.

I'm sure you're trying your best though xx

I run marathons.

Couldn't give a stuff what anyone else does - it's up to them.

Feeling smug about your own lifestyle choices might can back to bite you on the bum.

I would have to agree, l manage to exercise most days despite full time work, 2 under 2, studying etc. But we all have our blind spot and my diet really isn't great! So lm trying to take control of that but no promises. We are all work in progress 🤷‍♀️

Someone once said, 'Exercise is for horses and dogs.' Sounds fair enough to me. If you like it, do it, but I feel no obligation to and there is no innate superiority in people who exercise. In any case, most of us move around as part of our daily lives: childcare, walking to work/shops, walking the dog etc. Treating exercise as and end in itself is basically a first-world, 21st-century privilege, not a virtue.

What do you want from this thread?

You are clearly a superior being. Slow, stand up clap for you. 👏👏👏🥇🥇🥇

Because I'm TIRED.

There are so many reasons people struggle with this, including;

• single parents - work all day, care for children morning / evening, evening / night spent tidying, admin, cleaning, washing
• flats / small homes - tough to do indoor exercise if there is one living space and other adults / children in it all of the time, poor weather and build environments outside that make exercise challenging / unsafe
• shift workers - hard to build routine, juggling caring responsibilities
• people living in poor built up environments - poor paths, estates that don’t feel safe, busy roads, expensive leisure facilities
• carers - working by day, seeing elderly relatives in the evening and at weekends, balancing everything else in the mix
• people who work long hours and multiple jobs - my last three days have been children, work, children, work, bed - there hasn’t been an obvious break and I’m knackered

People are busy, the weather is depressing and dreary at best, it’s dark, activities are expensive. Well done to those who mange it, there are many many people who don’t have that luxury.

It's the same reason my DP has no time for housework / DIY but can spend 4 hours a night playing Zelda...

I always find it strange how exercise is seen as such a virtuous activity... people don't generally tend to criticise others for not engaging in creative pursuits or reading for example.

OP I work 35 hours per week nightshift, have 4 DC under 7, run 2-3 times per week, swim 1-2 times per week and do 1 x PT session (would do more if I could afford it. People will make excuses for what they don't want to do, even when I can't be arsed I force myself as it's better for my mental health, that's what non exercisers don't understand.

Agreed!
I've managed to get myself into a weekly routine of PT session 1x a week, solo gym session 2x a week, body balance class 1x a week and running 2-3 times a week.
I also work full time (Monday-Friday 8.30-4.30) and have a DD. I can only fit in what I do because ex and I have a shared care arrangement meaning, I have 2.5 days to myself where I can fit in some of this exercise. I also live with my mum who can look after DD while I go out for a run/PT/gym session while DD is in my care.
I'm aware I'm VERY fortunate to be in this position and know there are people out there who just can't do these things as well.
OP, your post is, as others have said, VERY judgemental.

Remember cleaning the loo, hoovering the stairs is still exercise

I was trying to say that exercise isn't the be all and end all. It's obviously very important to the OP and my understanding was that she thinks everybody should exercise like her.

Just because you are fortunate to have had someone to watch your kids while you go running 4x a week doesn't mean everyone else does.

Lots of people work opposite shifts to keep childcare cost low.
Or they have a partner who travels.
Au pairs and Nannies aren't for the average household.

This post is really quite smug. I'm not sure if this is what you intended but it doesn't come across all that well.

Part of the problem can sometimes be getting started. When you start from nothing it can be really daunting.

I also don't have anyone to look after my children whilst I just pop out for an extra 3 hours per week.

Also, when you first start something like running, the pace tends to be slower so it takes a long time! Plus it can be quite demotivating especially when you read posts like this.

I assume after all this time you must be closer to the 30 minute mark for 4 miles which of course shaves an hour of your total exercising time ...
I'm just getting back into fitness now with a 3 & 6 year old having come through some difficult issues so have headspace for exercise now even if I don't have someone to babysit during the week.

Perhaps focus on challenging yourself through your own running habits instead of judging other people.

Having time to exercise is subjective, maybe not everyone wants to be a hampster in wheel spending every minute doing something. People have different energy levels and priorities and some people need downtime too which op does not seem to need.

I guess this is just that most people don’t interrogate their use of language to the extent people here are and it’s just something they say.

it is quite an anxious state to be in to be ruminating on other peoples language to this extent