Are you the most active person you know?
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As far as intentional exercise, yes. By far.
(Not friends/family with any athletes, marathoners, etc.)
But I know so many people that are just generally more active, as in they can’t sit still at all, always have projects/housework, go for long walks/hikes etc.
Aside from about 450-500 minutes of workouts per week, I’m relatively inactive.
Not sure if that answers the question 🤪
I'm the exact opposite. I do zero intentional exercise, but I'm generally keeping active. On average I get about 15-20k steps per day.1 -
collectingblues wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »This seems like a humble brag. What does it matter if I’m more active than others around me? My fitness and health are just for me and to ensure I’m healthy for my family.
I was thinking the same thing.
Or, more precisely, I was thinking that if you're the active person you know, your friends are probably just pretty sedentary.
My activity level matches what the OP said hers is, if not higher. I'm by *far* not the most active person I know. I have friends who are professional runners and running coaches, highly trained swimmers, and fitness instructors. They could smoke my *kitten* any day of the week.
I wish it wasn't the case. Most of my friends are pretty active with hobbies (skating, snowboarding etc) my family is mostly inactive except a few of the cousins in thier 20s. I'm the only person I currently hang out with who has both active hobbies and a workout regimen.
I have acquaintances that are my level or higher (a few much higher) but no one in my immediate social circle. It kinda sucks actually, wasn't bragging at all.0 -
No. I'm at a similar level to most of my female friends - although a few are very inactive. I think I only have 1 close female friend who is far more active (she's a fitness trainer and does roller derby).
Many of my male friends do Crossfit several times per week. My husband is a lot more active than I am because he does most of the activities I do in addition to daily cycling & more.
Kind of off-topic, but 12 years ago when I first started walking/hiking a lot, I was easily the most active of my friends although I was WAY more obese than any of them.0 -
Yes. But only because I don't know many people...
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I’m generally the most active by a long shot.0
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Not really...I'm probably pretty on par with most of my circle of friends though most of us don't "workout" more than a couple days per week...we're just active people. I live in a state that has beautiful weather most of the year and a plethora of outdoor activities to engage in. cycling, mountain biking, hiking, skiing (downhill and cross country), rock climbing, swimming, walking, etc. Myself, my wife and kids, and my circle of friends and family all engage in these activities on the regular.
The most active people I know are my and my wife's trainer and her husband. They own the gym and are both trainers. The husband is a retired professional BMX racer and still competes for fun and also competes in power lifting. His wife is a competitive multi discipline cyclist...and obviously they are active in their jobs.1 -
youcantflexcardio wrote: »collectingblues wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »This seems like a humble brag. What does it matter if I’m more active than others around me? My fitness and health are just for me and to ensure I’m healthy for my family.
I was thinking the same thing.
Or, more precisely, I was thinking that if you're the active person you know, your friends are probably just pretty sedentary.
My activity level matches what the OP said hers is, if not higher. I'm by *far* not the most active person I know. I have friends who are professional runners and running coaches, highly trained swimmers, and fitness instructors. They could smoke my *kitten* any day of the week.
I wish it wasn't the case. Most of my friends are pretty active with hobbies (skating, snowboarding etc) my family is mostly inactive except a few of the cousins in thier 20s. I'm the only person I currently hang out with who has both active hobbies and a workout regimen.
I have acquaintances that are my level or higher (a few much higher) but no one in my immediate social circle. It kinda sucks actually, wasn't bragging at all.
I honestly don't find anything especially interesting about having friends in my immediate social who are as active or more than I am. With some of them it gives us an extra thing to talk about, but most of what we talk about isn't related to the sports or physical activities we do. Even at post-rowing coffee, of the people I'm closer to, we rarely actually talk about rowing.
That said, I don't know sucks for you about not having people in your social circle who is especially active, so I could be off the mark.0 -
Compared to family, probably. My father has always been fairly fit and has generally remained active most of his life, but not a "5x/week gym go-er" either. He still cycles or is on the trainer regularly. My sister is more active in her day to day (just nature of still being in college and having horses), but does not workout or regulate her diet. She's did some sports in her undergrad, but nothing really since then other than occasionally running.
Friends - there's a mix, but of the friends I'm "closer" to, I'm the most active/dedicated in that regard, but I have my reasons and I've made them a bigger priority. I have a couple coworkers who work out regularly, but again, I'm probably spending more time in the gym than most.
I know people who are more active than me, have shown more dedication over a longer period of time, but I'm also involved in fitness groups and I know some professional athletes, both casually and 'professionally' so the bar is pretty high LOL. I'd have to be able to make a living doing my sport in order to potentially be the "most active" person I know lol.0 -
My mom, who will be 82 next month, is embarrassingly more active than I am. She maintains extensive gardens and does a lot of work on her 200+ year old house, and for intentional exercise she walks, swims (in season, which is over
), practices yoga, and works out with a trainer.
In my defense, I have a full time desk job. When I was unemployed for a long stretch of time in 2012 I was a lot more active. Mostly at Mom's, lol.1 -
Not even close. Not in a million years.
I have friends whose idea of a 'holiday' is to trail the TdF and ride the stages a week behind, others who regularly participate in running festivals and their holiday destination is dictated on which cities marathon have accepted their application, and still others who are either in the gym lifting, cooking food to help fuel their time in the gym or talking about what they did during their last gym session and what they plan for their next gym session.
I need friends like this! All of my friends idea of fun is going out to eat or doing something sedentary, lol. I wish more of my friends liked to do fun active things with me but every time I suggest something they aren't interested.0 -
Nooooooo definitely not. I workout 4-5 days a week, and go on hikes/walks etc a couple times a week, but my husband is a surfing machine - surfs before work and on his lunch break and goes to the gym 4 days a week on top of that, and my sister is a triathlon nut who is in hardcore training mode at all times. I'm pretty lazy by comparison!0
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Nope - my closest friend is my running and hiking and gym partner. I have several friends who are runners. My brother runs a lot. And my boyfriend hikes and runs and works at the gym and mountain bikes. I like to hangout with active people.0
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Not even close, lol. 5-6 days of half an hour on the treadmill makes me not the least active person I know, at least!2
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Family - yes. My family is pretty sedentary. Friends - no. Most of the people I know are runners or long distance hikers. Some aren't as active as they were when I met them, but then, neither am I. The runners I know are all younger than I am, and do a lot more racing than I do, so a lot more training.1
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Are you the most active person you know?
No.
I work in an office with a lot of active people, and I am a member of a cycling club with a lot of accomplished cyclists.
I'm up there among the active ones ... but not the most active.0 -
Given that I used to be in serious training for the 'World's Most Sedentary Person' olympics, it's a really odd feeling to read this thread title and realise that... I might be?
The friends I used to think of as 'really active' have all become less active over the last few years due to life changes. And I've become someone who works out three or four days a week and regularly hikes fifteen miles.
Oh, wait! No, one of my work colleagues does martial arts and ultramarathons. I think I still have something to aim for
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I think I fall somewhere in the middle. I know alot of sedentary people but also a lot of active folks. What makes me happier than being more active than people I know is the fact that I am definitely more active now at 46 than I was at 36, and probably more active than i was at 26!!1
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Among my family, yes. Among my social circle, not by a long shot.
Last year, one guy in the group who is an ultra runner applied for and gained entry into the Grand Slam (four 100 mile trail races), completing two of the four, as well as completing a full Ironman during an "off' month. This year, two of the guys are finishing up training for their third full Ironman race in 12 months, while 3 of the women have run Boston qualifying times in various marathons. So the idea of "most active" isn't very descriptive in this case. Most members of our group enjoy endurance training and racing, so it has become a lifestyle.0
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