How much exercise we actually do – it’s far less than you think
Despite the wide-ranging physical, mental and social benefits of physical activity and its indisputable links to health and wellness, Reebok reveals just how much physical exercise humans do over a lifetime.
The fitness and sports apparel brand says that the average human will actually spend less than one percent of their entire life exercising.
The findings are part of a launch of a new Reebok brand campaign – ‘25,915 Days’ – that correlates to the average number of days in a lifetime.
The study, conducted in partnership with global consultancy Censuswide evaluated nine countries around the world and disclosed that the average human would spend just 0.69% of their life exercising – or otherwise defined as 180 of their 25,915 days.
To put a human’s fitness commitment into perspective, Reebok also looked at the time we spend on technology devices (mobile, tablet, laptop and other electronic devices) and found the following: 41% of an average human life is spent engaging with technology – or 10,625 out of their 25,915 days.
On average, a person will climb Mount Everest nearly 45 times during their 25,915 days on earth and run the circumference of the earth almost twice (1.9 times).
The study incorporated more than 9,000 respondents from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, France, Mexico, Russia, Korea and Spain, with some interesting trends and results at a local level:
- The average human will spend 29.75 percent of our lives sitting down, either at work or at home – or the equivalent of around 7,709 days.
- The average human will spend 6.8% of our lives socializing with someone they love, or the equivalent of around 1,769 days.
- The average human will spend 0.45% of our lives having sex, or around 117 days in total.
- The average human will challenge themselves to do something physically tough on average 7.27 times per month.
- The average human will break a New Year’s resolution after 2.72 months.
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