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sarrible
08/23/09

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Yes, they have more time to go to the gym because we're still at work to make those 23 cents on the dollar less that we get paid for doing the SAME FUCKING WORK.
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Mafalda para Presidente
08/23/09

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I don't exercise because i dislike scheduled exercise. When I used to live in a town where I could walk and bike everywhere, I would, because it's easier and nicer and I hate driving. That was my exercise, and I didn't need much else. Nowadays I try to do the same...cleaning, walking when I can, taking the stairs, etc, and count it as exercise.

Scheduled routines tend to be hard to keep up, and I only end up feeling guilty over missing a day or two, or not running as much today, or not running as fast. I try to reduce any guilt-inducing activities from my day, thank you very much.
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JerkoftheMonth
08/23/09

@Mafalda para Presidente: Yeah, me, too. I like exercising within my daily activities, like walking to the grocery store and carrying home 20lbs of food! Or the library, with books. I think the study just proves that guys spend a lot of time working out at the gym... Not a particularly scientific conclusion...
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rhymeswithfeather
08/23/09

@JerkoftheMonth: Totally. Having admittedly not read the study at all... I would agree that, among dudes I know, they do go to the gym more. A lot more. But they also DRIVE to the gym.

I live inner-city, and most of my female friends and co-workers walk or bike everywhere -- while all the dudes drive the 8 block-commute to the office. 20 minutes three nights a week on the treadmill, or 20 minutes, twice daily, walking to and from work? The ladies are definitely the more active bunch.
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teenypanini09
08/23/09

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i think men have more time to exercise because they don't do much else. honestly, in college, i remember that many of my girl friends and myself took a full course load, worked, and participated in extra curricular activities. (and yes, i did manage to go to the gym almost every morning) many of my guy friends did not work or do anything else besides going to class and the gym.

so yea, maybe women don't exercise as much, but it's probably because we do so many other things, we don't have time.

of course, this is all based off my personal experiences, i know that not all men are lazy, just the ones i happen to come across.
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NoelleBlue
08/23/09

@teenypanini09: I'm also curious about if the sample set is evenly spread among the full 21-29 age range.

If they focused on college age 20s, like you say, I'm not surprised... I went to the University of Michigan and was often in the central campus gym, and there were more guys tooling away endlessly in the weight room than women. By far.

I don't find that so in gyms after college, however.
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08/23/09

@teenypanini09: Too bad this comment can't be promoted twice.
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rixatrix
08/23/09

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Wow. This is so not true in my relationship.

I wonder who's healthier as a whole? Don't men sort of notoriously avoid vegetables? Or is that just a myth?
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NoelleBlue
08/23/09

@rixatrix: I think this is an excellent follow-up question.

I've dated men who are deeply obsessed with getting to the gym and getting their weights in, but the average quality of their eating habits has been dismal.

Also, men I know don't tend to mix up their routine like women do, I feel like there's a high tendency to keep to a very narrow exercise schedule.

However, this is anecdotal, and my sample set, she is small!
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Plum-Pie
08/23/09

@rixatrix: There is some research which backs up what you're saying: [jezebel.com] and [jezebel.com]
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Snowbunny
08/23/09

@rixatrix: I have a horrendous diet, but I still eat way better than my male roommates. Last night when I got home from work at 10:30 they were both having late night snacks of pasta roni. Two boxes. Each.

It made me blue berry bagel look positively healthy.
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inabook
08/23/09

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This actually does not surprise me at all. Working out makes you sweat and makes people judge you. That matters a lot to a lot of chicks I know, unfortunately.
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Rooo sez BISH PLZ
08/23/09

@inabook: How does working out make people judge you? I kind of missed that one.

(I always thought it was not working out that made people judge you.)
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Snowbunny
08/23/09

@Rooo sez BISH PLZ: Sweat is icky! Only lazy people sweat when they work out! Shun the non-working-outer shuuuuunnnnnnn.
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rixatrix
08/23/09

@Snowbunny: Haha! Actually, the opposite is true. The fitter you are, the more easily you sweat, since, you know, it's a mechanism to keep your body running comfortably cool and all. But you're right, people associate sweat with fat. Which means that people are idiots. I've suspected as much for some time now.
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Snowbunny
08/23/09

@rixatrix: Well that's even more of an excuse for us ladies to avoid cardio! Who wants to get BETTER at SWEATING?!

I always considered getting sweaty like a badge of honor. "Hey, hey everybody! Check this out! I'm sweaty. I'm sweaty because I was working out, no, I totally was! I work out sometimes, like right before now because I'm sweaty now after working out. Yeah."
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rixatrix
08/23/09

@Snowbunny: "I pretty much sweat all the time because I burn so many more calories than normal people, so that's why I don't raise my arms above my head."
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Skinny lips, killer lashes
08/23/09

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Does running for the bus and train count as exercise? Because that's pretty much all I do.
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greengrey
08/23/09

@Skinny lips, killer lashes: Does "power walking" between my kitchen, bedroom, and bathroom count?
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Snowbunny
08/23/09

@Skinny lips, killer lashes: Does doing squats to check on the cookies baking count?

Sometimes I eat so fast I sweat, does that count?
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WaltzingMatilda
08/23/09

@Snowbunny: I just tell people that I am training for an eating competition. They still glare, but it's a different kind of glare.
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andBegorrah
08/23/09

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Then why do I keep hearing that I've been running through their minds all night?
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hortense
08/23/09

@andBegorrah: A++
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Snowbunny
08/23/09

@andBegorrah: 10 points!
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YourScreenplaySucks
08/13/09

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I don't want to work out in an American Apparel ad come to life. If I must choose, I'd go with a Calvin Klein ad. Lying around in minimalist black underwear with an attractive, multi-racial cast of 20somethings and staring listlessly into the distance, only lifting my head long enough to say random nouns into the camera really sounds like the type of workout I could get into.
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kithkin
08/13/09

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American Apparel ad come to life? I don't see any blow around.
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youbehim
08/13/09

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Also, American Apparel is ridiculous out of the NYC environment. There aren't enough hipsters outside of Williamsburg to make it ok (it's never ok)
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morninggloria
08/13/09

@youbehim: I see a lot of American Apparel-clad hipsters in my 'hood in Chicago (Wicker Park/Bucktown/Ukranian Village). It's no Williamsburg, but it sure does try.
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cocobanal
08/13/09

@youbehim: I dunno, there are plenty of hipsters at the Florida university where I teach. But I certainly agree with the "American Apparel is ridiculous" part of your comment. Not sure there is even one of those stores in this neck of the woods (Ctrl FL).
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youbehim
08/13/09

@morninggloria: I don't understand why anyone past the age of 18 would want to look like that. I admit that I own some AA clothes, but bright purple leggings? C'mon. Assless rights? *boom* -my mind.
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Skellatrix
08/13/09

@youbehim: I've seen some touches of American Apparel bullshit in Providence's East Side. With RISD, you get used to seeing some ridiculous ensembles. But I think the Homeless Chic variant of hipster is much more prevalent than the Neon 80s Jazzercise hipster.
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youbehim
08/13/09

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I am so tired of people doing things out of irony! Enough is enough. "Lets bring back jazzercise! It's so lame, people won't understand, but since we're so confident they'll think we're cool."

Piss off, all of you and you kitten floating on clouds shirts.
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happysquid
08/13/09

@youbehim: I don't do things ironically. I embrace them sincerely and without reserve! That said, I am the hipster kryptonite - aka "hipstonite"
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Laulau
08/13/09

@happysquid: Could earnestness be the new irony? The mind boggles.
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happysquid
08/13/09

@Laulau: hahahaha I disintegrate irony on contact. TRY ME!
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dianersb was bit by a zombie
08/13/09

@youbehim: I've always thought that the hipster's version of ironic was defined in the same way Alanis Morissette defined ironic. In other words, not so much ironic as unfortunate.

It's the only way I can explain some of the unflattering fashion and hair choices I've seen being sported.
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fluxus flucker
08/13/09

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This would be fun. Esp. if they change up the decades. It would be great to mix up exercise with costume party. An early '90's week where you dress up like RuPaul or DeeLite. 1950's teeny-boppers. 1960's Go-Go. Etc. It would def. help me be more motivated about going to the gym - usually I'm bored out of my mind.
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Plum-Pie
08/13/09

@fluxus flucker: Headbanging and moshing to late 70s metal? Twirling and voguing to disco? I love this idea...
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happysquid
08/13/09

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All we need now is to watch PERFECT with John Travolta and Jamie Lee Curtis!
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TheExperience
08/13/09

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I'm torn on whether I think this is an awesome idea or a load of pretentious bullshit. Dance classes are my personal favorite method of working out and keep me very motivated, and I always have fun. On the other hand, a class with a dress code is kind of ridiculous and seems like it's something to be seen at, rather than something to go and get a workout, and the fact that someone who goes there described it as an AA ad is what makes me think that.
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BlueMorpho
08/13/09

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For an extra $5, Dov Charney will personally come up and sexually harass you in the parking lot.
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Ipomoea
08/13/09

@BlueMorpho: If you can't afford the five bucks, AA will make you look like a fat hooker for free (Dov will still jerk off in front of you, though).
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