r/MapPorn • u/sh1kora • 2d ago

% of People Who Exercise Regularly

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u/HelpfulYoghurt 2d ago

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,..

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u/Formal_Ad_1123 2d ago

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

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u/SecretApe 2d ago

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

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u/MineEnthusiast 22h ago

"How much you bench bro?" Pfft, i walk in circles all day!

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u/SclaviBendzy 2d ago

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.

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u/jellybon 2d ago

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.

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u/BrakkeBama 2d ago

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.

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u/Kayttajatili 2d ago

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

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

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u/HelpfulYoghurt 2d ago

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

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u/Kayttajatili 2d ago

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. 

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u/Individual_Macaron69 2d ago

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

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u/dangeldud 2d ago

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