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At least around Pacific Northwest that seems to be the case. A recent statistics seem to reconfirm my anecdotal observation: 70% of the participants of Seattle Rock-n-Roll marathon are women.
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Why do more women seem to exercise than men?
I have been noticing for the past few years now that there are waaaaayyy more women that are running than men in downtown Toronto! Why is that?
Iâve been working in downtown Toronto for the past few years now. Weâre pretty close to Lake Ontario as well. So, sometimes I go walk by the lakeshore. No matter where I go I have noticed that there are indeed more women outside than men.
More women are walking to work in the mornings and walking back in the afternoon. More women are biking in downtown. More women are jogging, running, roller blading! During lunch time I see them just go out for a jog by the lake as well. I would see you see at least 5 women for every man you see walking, jogging etc.
Why is that though?
I mean itâs always nice to see more women outside than lots of men ;-) But I really thought about it.
Is it because women are a lot more health conscious than men? If thatâs the case then why is that? Do they really believe in remaining healthy?
Or is it because of the media? How weâre shown images of out of this world women with perfect proportions. We all know the kind of negative impact media has on us, especially the young kids these days. But is it possible that that negativity is also imbedded with in ourselves?
Are there more women that are health conscious because of low self esteem? Is it because they really want to be in good shape because itâs considered supposedly ugly to be a little over weight?
Iâve actually noticed how women that look good actually advanced fairly rapidly with in the work place. Not only that but theyâre also treated differently than a little over weight women. A beautiful woman giving you an attitude and you might understand but an over weight one doing the same thing and you would never understand and actually treat her totally differently. Iâve seen this happen actually. An over weight woman was giving attitude to a few people at my work and they started commenting on how fat and ugly that woman was and she was still giving attitude and how if she was pretty they would actually understand her behaviour.
So, is that the reason that more women are into health than men?
What if they actually learned to totally love themselves for who they are? Is that possible? Of course it is possible but may not be as easy as it might be for men. I spoke to a friend of mine about this and he said that a man could be fat and ugly and still get girls as long as he had money but itâs very hard for women in this world to attract men as easily if theyâre over weight.
This post is not something I intended to write. Itâs just me thinking out loud basically. Iâve seen what low self-esteem can do to a person. Iâm really curious to know how different people would be if they accepted themselves as who they are and totally approved of themselves.
Maybe we should have some sort of an experiment. Take someone whoâs really into health and fitness but with low self-esteem and then help them fall in love with themselves and see what happens then.
On the other hand if you love yourself you treat yourself much better anyways. So, you would be really conscious of your health as well. hmm.. that doesnât take me any closer to an answer.
Maybe conclusion is: if you like yourself and are happy with yourself and thatâs why youâre health conscious then thatâs wonderful but if youâre exercising constantly because you want to maintain a certain figure because you believe you would look more beautiful if you were a certain weight, then thatâs not good!
Love yourself completely no matter how you look. Fall in love with yourself because no matter where you are, you are the only one thatâs going to be accompanying you. So, you might as well make yourself your own friend rather than an enemy
Why do more women seem to exercise than men?
I have been noticing for the past few years now that there are waaaaayyy more women that are running than men in downtown Toronto! Why is that?
Iâve been working in downtown Toronto for the past few years now. Weâre pretty close to Lake Ontario as well. So, sometimes I go walk by the lakeshore. No matter where I go I have noticed that there are indeed more women outside than men.
More women are walking to work in the mornings and walking back in the afternoon. More women are biking in downtown. More women are jogging, running, roller blading! During lunch time I see them just go out for a jog by the lake as well. I would see you see at least 5 women for every man you see walking, jogging etc.
Why is that though?
I mean itâs always nice to see more women outside than lots of men ;-) But I really thought about it.
Is it because women are a lot more health conscious than men? If thatâs the case then why is that? Do they really believe in remaining healthy?
Or is it because of the media? How weâre shown images of out of this world women with perfect proportions. We all know the kind of negative impact media has on us, especially the young kids these days. But is it possible that that negativity is also imbedded with in ourselves?
Are there more women that are health conscious because of low self esteem? Is it because they really want to be in good shape because itâs considered supposedly ugly to be a little over weight?
Iâve actually noticed how women that look good actually advanced fairly rapidly with in the work place. Not only that but theyâre also treated differently than a little over weight women. A beautiful woman giving you an attitude and you might understand but an over weight one doing the same thing and you would never understand and actually treat her totally differently. Iâve seen this happen actually. An over weight woman was giving attitude to a few people at my work and they started commenting on how fat and ugly that woman was and she was still giving attitude and how if she was pretty they would actually understand her behaviour.
So, is that the reason that more women are into health than men?
What if they actually learned to totally love themselves for who they are? Is that possible? Of course it is possible but may not be as easy as it might be for men. I spoke to a friend of mine about this and he said that a man could be fat and ugly and still get girls as long as he had money but itâs very hard for women in this world to attract men as easily if theyâre over weight.
This post is not something I intended to write. Itâs just me thinking out loud basically. Iâve seen what low self-esteem can do to a person. Iâm really curious to know how different people would be if they accepted themselves as who they are and totally approved of themselves.
Maybe we should have some sort of an experiment. Take someone whoâs really into health and fitness but with low self-esteem and then help them fall in love with themselves and see what happens then.
On the other hand if you love yourself you treat yourself much better anyways. So, you would be really conscious of your health as well. hmm.. that doesnât take me any closer to an answer.
Maybe conclusion is: if you like yourself and are happy with yourself and thatâs why youâre health conscious then thatâs wonderful but if youâre exercising constantly because you want to maintain a certain figure because you believe you would look more beautiful if you were a certain weight, then thatâs not good!
Love yourself completely no matter how you look. Fall in love with yourself because no matter where you are, you are the only one thatâs going to be accompanying you. So, you might as well make yourself your own friend rather than an enemy
Are there indoor heated swimming pools, tennis courts, mini-golf for fun in Canada for wintertime?
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Where would you find this in Canada if say you wanted to do summer sports during winter through indoor heated facility?
I recall one used to exist in Calgary but what about Toronto and Montreal and Vancouver?
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In Vancouver, take your pick of dozens using 'indoor pool and tennis' as the criteria...
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=community+centre+vancouver+tennis+pool
There are a few indoor bike tracks and running tracks eg at UBC, I think 4Rinks in Burnaby has one also
The indoor 'mini-golf' is the snag - tough finding a facility that has pools tennis and golf; there very well might be such a thing, I'm just not aware of it nor have much time to search... that said there's lots of indoor mini-golf places also, eg the 18 hole mini golf course at The Bear Creek Park.
http://www.bcminigolf.com/
While hurredly searching I found a few more but they seemed more for kids and office parties.
[great idea, get me bombed then give me a golf club... indoors no less - there's an accident waiting to happen]
Vancouver isn't much of an indoor place, our winters are mild and outdoor activity usually goes year round... but lots of indoor sports and fitness centres abound.
As for senseless questions, I never mind those - who better to answer than moi I figure.
In Vancouver, take your pick of dozens using 'indoor pool and tennis' as the criteria...
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=community+centre+vancouver+tennis+pool
There are a few indoor bike tracks and running tracks eg at UBC, I think 4Rinks in Burnaby has one also
The indoor 'mini-golf' is the snag - tough finding a facility that has pools tennis and golf; there very well might be such a thing, I'm just not aware of it nor have much time to search... that said there's lots of indoor mini-golf places also, eg the 18 hole mini golf course at The Bear Creek Park.
http://www.bcminigolf.com/
While hurredly searching I found a few more but they seemed more for kids and office parties.
[great idea, get me bombed then give me a golf club... indoors no less - there's an accident waiting to happen]
Vancouver isn't much of an indoor place, our winters are mild and outdoor activity usually goes year round... but lots of indoor sports and fitness centres abound.
As for senseless questions, I never mind those - who better to answer than moi I figure.
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