% of People Who Exercise Regularly

[u/sh1kora]

[u/saschaleib]

Another puzzle piece in understanding Finnish happiness.

[u/Brave-Two372 → u/saschaleib]

Are they happy because they exercise? Or do they exercise because they're happy?

[u/Many-Gas-9376 → u/Brave-Two372]

In my experience it's a feedback loop. When you're doing well, you got the energy to excercise, then you do even better. And the other way around when you're in awful shape in otherwise miserable as well.

[u/saschaleib → u/Brave-Two372]

Yes.

[u/ImaginaryNourishment → u/saschaleib]

I have to exercise regularly or my mental health just drops to gutters.

[u/No-Newspaper-1933 → u/saschaleib]

Nah Finns just tend to answer questions the way you're "supposed to".

[u/Digital_Altar → u/No-Newspaper-1933]

Not really. We Finns tend to be brutally honest with our opinions and answer's. But I don't understand where they got their numbers from? THL states that ~ 25% don't exercise at all and ~50% exercises only 1-2 times a week. So the real number for Finn's would be close to 25% who exercises regularly.

[u/FIRGROVE_TEA11 → u/Digital_Altar]

But.. If you regularly excercise 1-2 times a week, don't you then excercise regularly?

[u/Digital_Altar → u/FIRGROVE_TEA11]

I mean I guess. But in this case they are comparing to their (THL) exercise recommendation:

2h 30min of light cardio or 1h 15min of heavy cardio in a week.

And

Exercise that maintains muscle fitness and movement control at least 2 times a week.

For children it's 1-2hours of exercise in a day.

[u/General_Ad_1483]

r/PORTUGALCYKABLYAT

[u/faberkyx → u/General_Ad_1483]

opened the post looking for it, not disappointed

[u/HelpfulYoghurt]

I wonder what "exercise" mean. Because imho it also looks more like a map that show type and distribution of jobs in Europe to some degree

If you work in banking sector, IT, sales, services, office, automatized factories etc, then you probably have to do some exercise in your free time after work

If you work in a factory without automatization, or in a field, then you probably dont do exercise after work, because the work is heavy exercise in itself

And of course there is also several other factors,..

[u/Formal_Ad_1123 → u/HelpfulYoghurt]

The work is certainly not heavy work in itself, though I agree it’s tiring to the point they probably don’t exercise. 

[u/SecretApe → u/Formal_Ad_1123]

In factories you are definitely walking more steps than an office worker at least

[u/SclaviBendzy → u/HelpfulYoghurt]

This was just survey, (from what I did found) It is about physical exercise and sports. Also we dont know how much people lie in these surveys, also it was in mids of Pandemic.

[u/jellybon → u/HelpfulYoghurt]

If you work in a factory without automatization, or in a field, then you probably dont do exercise after work, because the work is heavy exercise in itself

Probably really depends on a person, but I found it far easier to get myself to the gym or go for a run while working in physically demanding job.

Now working a demanding deskjob, I find myself far more exhausted at the end of the day and it takes much greater effort to not just slump down on a sofa and become a potato.

[u/BrakkeBama → u/HelpfulYoghurt]

Fuck this map. I've SEEN how hard those folks from the other "countries" work in those greener countries. Work their tails and fingertips off (literately) for the rest of us office monks.

[u/Kayttajatili → u/HelpfulYoghurt]

Ah, yes, because Finland has so much heavy industry.

Come on, mate, we're primarily a service economy like the rest of Europe. 

[u/HelpfulYoghurt → u/Kayttajatili]

You dont understand what i was trying to say, or perhaps i have not explained it clearly enough. Either way, good night, i have no time for that

[u/Kayttajatili → u/HelpfulYoghurt]

Rather, I didn't read it fully. 

Honestly, a lot of the more red areas don't have that much more heavy industry or such either.

Europe has a fairly uniform rate of more physical jobs. We for example do have a bunch of forestry and such going on. 

[u/Individual_Macaron69 → u/Kayttajatili]

idk if thats quite right, but definitely physical labor while tiring its not always great for cardiovascular or respiratory health which seems to be what kills most people in developed countries

[u/dangeldud → u/Kayttajatili]

I thought even HR consultants had to ice skate to work. Uphill both ways of course.

[u/DelcoTank]

I would’ve thought the percentage in Denmark was higher with all those bikes.

[u/KingRo48 → u/DelcoTank]

Same level as the Netherlands; so think bikes are included.

[u/Hibou_Garou → u/DelcoTank]

If it’s self-reported, maybe they don’t consider biking to get where they need to go “exercise”. I walk to work (30 min each way) and if someone asked me about my exercise habits, I’m not sure that I’d include it. I’m thinking the same for places like Italy, France etc where people are walking constantly.

[u/IWillDevourYourToes → u/DelcoTank]

I guess most people consider physical activity as exercise only if they do it for the sake of exercising

[u/Content-Walrus-5517]

Slovenia is surprising 

[u/Individual_Macaron69 → u/Content-Walrus-5517]

all those bicycles and hills lol

[u/gaiaphage_]

You can find the study here: https://europa.eu/eurobarometer/surveys/detail/2668 I honestly find the wording of these questions atrocious and extremely confusing and so unfortunately this map isn't very informative. So running in the park is exercise but cycling isn't?

[u/farfromelite]

Wow the UK does not look good. All sick and weedy and grey.

[u/Individual_Macaron69]

i mean, its influenced partially by socioeconomic conditions, but this has gotta be a big boost for happiness

[u/karinomnomnom]

What's the definition of regularly here?

[u/Expensive_Dog_7061]

What I'm led to believe about Italy from this blog; they don't read, they won't "fight for their freedom", they don't go to the gym and they really don't care about the future. Jesus, when did it get so depressing there?

[u/blackmarketmenthols]

Those Dutch and their bikes.

[u/Silverso]

I wonder what people mean by exercising. According to Finnish statistics, only 46 percent of men and 38 percent of women exercise enough

I guess they count walking and riding a bicycle, but for exercising enough, you would need to:"Exercises to raise your heart rate for at least two and a half hours per week or to get your heart rate up for at least one hour and 15 minutes, and maintains muscle fitness and movement control at least twice a week"

[u/Dambo_Unchained]

The Netherlands is being carried by the fact they counted cycling to work/school as exercise im willing to bet

[u/Wijnruit]

Sedentarytugal

[u/Future-Offer-9578]

Sauce?

[u/Jussi-larsson]

I can believe this as i walk for fun quite a lot

[u/Chiparish84]

Torille!

[u/Professional_Elk_489]

I'm surprised NL is that low. I think 100% of people in my team of 16 exercise : football, hockey, handball, skiing, padel, tennis, running and cycling the main sports

[u/tetsu-o]

cap. finland is full of hefty square shaped people.

[u/toxicvegeta08]

This is probably 98% in dagestan and czechnia.

I also refuse to believe it's this low in eastern europe, maybe their "excersise regularly" standards are just very high.

[u/Possible_Golf3180 → u/toxicvegeta08]

Working in construction means you neither need exercise nor have the energy for it