Should everyone exercise?

movieliker

Yeah, I used to be pretty high strung back in my teens (and maybe a bit into my 20's). but I would say I have been minimally active for probably a easy 10+ years and probably more towards 15+ years.

also, I first touched the 10' basketball rim in the high school gym on my 16th b-day in 1995 which the reach at the tip if my finger is 7' which means my vertical jump at the time had to be about 36" which is above average I am sure. I never really trained or anything, it was just natural energy to burn from being active back in the day as a kid into my teens etc. I imagine genetics probably play a role to.

but come to think of it... I would imagine with modern technology in say the last 15-20 years or so that makes young people even less likely to exercise/be active as they are addicted to technology. because when I was a kid and a good portion of my teens the internet was pretty much not around, or at least not mainstream yet (I would say the internet (and probably even basic cell phones for that matter) became more mainstream around 1998-2000 at which point I was not far from 20), as I would say I was pretty much 20, or close to it, before the internet and general modern technology (like internet/basic cell phones etc) really started to take off where the common person started having them etc. so call it about 20 years ago.

Yeah, I see what you mean. but I think for those of us who are not more naturally high energy (or at least semi-thin and the like) are that much more likely to avoid exercise as I can imagine those people who are already overweight, especially at a young age, it's just going to be THAT much harder for them to start exercising as while it's natural to lose energy as we age, I think if someone is overweight, especially well overweight, it will zap ones energy that much more.

I guess they should have done something before they got really large as at that point it's probably too late to do much. but then again I suspect many who are overweight tend to overeat as even looking at myself years ago, for example, I used to eat a footlong sub at Subway all in one shot which is simply too many calories to eat at once (back in those days I was about 150lbs, maybe 155lbs or so), which would be roughly half of ones total calorie intake in a day, and now, and for years now, I still order a footlong sub at Subway but I only eat half of it and then save the other half for later in the day. say, 4-5-6 hours later. because I think that plays inline with some who say you don't want to eat too much at once but spread it out in reasonably sized meals. so I can still pretty much eat what I want, just don't load up too much

I would say I typically eat 2-3 meals a day with some side snacks. I never really counted my calorie intake in a average day but I suspect I am around 2000, maybe 2500, which seems to be roughly normal from what I can make out. but I suspect those, especially those who ain't all that active, who eat 3000+ calories in a day etc, your almost guaranteed to start gaining weight unless you happen to be really young with energy to burn and a high metabolism etc or are really active in which case you will need more calories since your burning them off. but for the average non-active person I would imagine they should be somewhere around 2000-2500 calories a day. or another thing I have heard... eat smaller proportioned meals more often instead of eating huge meals less often as I heard it helps with weight.

just some thoughts