Fitness culture is very popular. Fitness…not so much.
Costal towns massive. My town has a song about how there are no fat people here. 81611
It depends on an area. It’s so popular in Southern California.
depends on the area, i would say of course big cities are more interested in it, more rural areas not so much.
however, obesity is on the rise to this day so im not sure if fitness culture is still strong. people still highly respect someone who consistently trains, its not just viewed as “meathead” culture like it was way back when
Extremely popular, but because we spend most of our time sitting at a desk or sitting in a car, unless you’re in a caloric deficit most of our fitness is just breaking even
there’s lots of run clubs in populated areas, everyone high school age and 20s usually is in the gym or at least has tried it, a lot of people prep their food for the week to eat healthier. ive seen a small decline though
Extremely, especially in wealthier, younger, and urban areas.
I’d say 80/20. 20% of guys are fit and gym bunnies. It seems like more because you notice them when they walk by. But it’s an illusion. 80/20 rule wins again.
Actually there aren’t even any fat people here, they’re all pretending to be fat. We’re all actually super jacked and based.
Yes, especially if you live on the coasts or like Colorado.
Apparently very popular although we’re also the most obese & sedentary population. Go figure.
It’s huge. Gyms have become a popular third place for a lot of teens in my area.
We’re very into fitness food into our mouths.
Agree with others. The fitness culture/aesthetic is popular but actual health and fitness without ridiculous supplement regimens is much less common.
Well currently we are in a protein craze and weight loss hysteria where GLP-1s are advertised like crazy and being abused by celebrities and people who don’t need it, and the look of being excessively lean is being pushed as the beauty standard again, bodybuilding pbeingpushed as peak health when it’s simply a very dangerous (without proper support) aesthetics based sport, and more.
But before that, it was still a prominent thing, just not being pushed into disorder as much. We have gyms everywhere with plenty of sort of fitness groups outside of that (aka running groups, strange cardio things middle aged women do at pools [I was a lifeguard, trust me, I know], and more). Parents are encouraged to put their kid in a sport early on for social and physical development, and gym class and health class is a requirement (at least in my state)
That’s a tough one!! It’s cultural/class oriented/and very demographic. Gyms all over the place and some use them to the point of fitness fanatic. Then in the same area – you have the junk food junkies who live for day long video game/reality TV binges and barely leave their homes. Then you have folks like me, somewhere in the middle. I hit the gym 1-2 times a week, I’m in my garden a plenty in the Summer, but winter I hole up like a brown bear and eat my weight in carbs and binge watch horror movies. It’s a sticky wicket and there is no ONE answer.
I live in a warm coastal area so it’s big. When I lived in a place it was cold half the year you still had people still went to the gym and/or meal prepped but felt a little different.
It’s regional in nature. Hollywood entertainment is filmed in literal Hollywood, California (well, Greater Los Angeles) and there absolutely is “fitness culture” everywhere here. Because the weather is great, people are outdoors all the time, and want to look good.
In other parts of the US — especially where the weather prevents a lot of outdoors activity for big chunks of the year because it’s too cold or too humid (the Midwest and the deep South) — people don’t exercise as much and thus don’t feel the need to keep up appearances as much as others. Diet plays a big factor as well, especially in the South.
I grew up in San Diego, California, and while I knew Californians were generally attractive due to selection bias, I really did feel that for the most part everyone “looked like us”, even if they didn’t always look as perfect as on movies and TV.
Then I flew to Dayton, Ohio for the first time… And boy that was one hell of a wakeup call, lol.
So the answer is definitely “it depends.”
Depends on where you live. I’m in Colorado where we have the “fittest” population, but those folks are drawn to the state for the climate and opportunities to exercise. I don’t go out of my way to exercise, but I do engage in lots of outdoors activities, year round, and when I visit states in the south or Midwest where weather is terrible for half the year, I feel like a health and fitness nut. I can tell from conversation that folks drive a car to go ten blocks away. I don’t blame them though, outside of being on a lake, being outdoors in large cities or in two thirds of the country is awful. Hot, cold, humid, mosquitos, bugs, poisonous snakes that hide and wait for you to step on them, I get it. In the city you get the weather, plus concrete, weirdos, noise, pollution, and everyone has something to say about whatever you do.
The most popular. Most people I know are into some combo of running, bouldering, cycling, etc. And a lot of the socializing I do is organized around those things
A lot specially younger generation
Pretty popular.
I get that the average perception of Americans is that we’re all morbidly obese and use scooters to get around, but that’s really not the case from what I’ve seen.
Maybe it’s because I grew up in an area of the U.S. and currently live in another part of the U.S. where there’s a lot of fit people, but I really think that fitness culture is popular around the US. Not at the level of bodybuilders everywhere, but people are pretty active at least in the areas I’ve lived in.
I’ve even had to explain to my own family outside of the U.S. that I’m not an exceptional person in the U.S. I just work out to maintain my health. A lot of my family members who never met me yet thought I’d be morbidly obese until they saw me 2 years ago.
Depends on the state and the region. The Northeast, West Coast and Colorado lead the way. People have more freedom to move and with robust public transportation it’s not difficult to travel. Only problem is the cost of living in order to make life easier and healthier to workout! 🏋️♀️
The minute you leave the middle to upper class neighborhoods, the obesity becomes very apparent in my city. Fitness and good food is for people with money.
When I lived in Germany, I would go to the gym at 6 AM and I was the only one there. In the U.S., I go to the gym at 5 AM and it’s PACKED.
Popular, but Southern California *loves* it.
My area is actually pretty popular. I see mostly fits people around me. Los Angeles area.
Incredibly. The US is a place of extremes. Yes we are the fattest country but we also have the biggest fitness community as well. I’ve heard plenty of people who come visit that are astounded at the amount of people they see exercising, no matter where you go.
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Very. Gyms everywhere.
Fitness culture is very popular. Fitness…not so much.
Costal towns massive. My town has a song about how there are no fat people here. 81611
It depends on an area. It’s so popular in Southern California.
depends on the area, i would say of course big cities are more interested in it, more rural areas not so much.
however, obesity is on the rise to this day so im not sure if fitness culture is still strong. people still highly respect someone who consistently trains, its not just viewed as “meathead” culture like it was way back when
Extremely popular, but because we spend most of our time sitting at a desk or sitting in a car, unless you’re in a caloric deficit most of our fitness is just breaking even
there’s lots of run clubs in populated areas, everyone high school age and 20s usually is in the gym or at least has tried it, a lot of people prep their food for the week to eat healthier. ive seen a small decline though
Extremely, especially in wealthier, younger, and urban areas.
I’d say 80/20. 20% of guys are fit and gym bunnies. It seems like more because you notice them when they walk by. But it’s an illusion. 80/20 rule wins again.
Actually there aren’t even any fat people here, they’re all pretending to be fat. We’re all actually super jacked and based.
Yes, especially if you live on the coasts or like Colorado.
Apparently very popular although we’re also the most obese & sedentary population. Go figure.
It’s huge. Gyms have become a popular third place for a lot of teens in my area.
We’re very into fitness food into our mouths.
Agree with others. The fitness culture/aesthetic is popular but actual health and fitness without ridiculous supplement regimens is much less common.
Well currently we are in a protein craze and weight loss hysteria where GLP-1s are advertised like crazy and being abused by celebrities and people who don’t need it, and the look of being excessively lean is being pushed as the beauty standard again, bodybuilding pbeingpushed as peak health when it’s simply a very dangerous (without proper support) aesthetics based sport, and more.
But before that, it was still a prominent thing, just not being pushed into disorder as much. We have gyms everywhere with plenty of sort of fitness groups outside of that (aka running groups, strange cardio things middle aged women do at pools [I was a lifeguard, trust me, I know], and more). Parents are encouraged to put their kid in a sport early on for social and physical development, and gym class and health class is a requirement (at least in my state)
That’s a tough one!! It’s cultural/class oriented/and very demographic. Gyms all over the place and some use them to the point of fitness fanatic. Then in the same area – you have the junk food junkies who live for day long video game/reality TV binges and barely leave their homes. Then you have folks like me, somewhere in the middle. I hit the gym 1-2 times a week, I’m in my garden a plenty in the Summer, but winter I hole up like a brown bear and eat my weight in carbs and binge watch horror movies. It’s a sticky wicket and there is no ONE answer.
I live in a warm coastal area so it’s big. When I lived in a place it was cold half the year you still had people still went to the gym and/or meal prepped but felt a little different.
It’s regional in nature. Hollywood entertainment is filmed in literal Hollywood, California (well, Greater Los Angeles) and there absolutely is “fitness culture” everywhere here. Because the weather is great, people are outdoors all the time, and want to look good.
In other parts of the US — especially where the weather prevents a lot of outdoors activity for big chunks of the year because it’s too cold or too humid (the Midwest and the deep South) — people don’t exercise as much and thus don’t feel the need to keep up appearances as much as others. Diet plays a big factor as well, especially in the South.
I grew up in San Diego, California, and while I knew Californians were generally attractive due to selection bias, I really did feel that for the most part everyone “looked like us”, even if they didn’t always look as perfect as on movies and TV.
Then I flew to Dayton, Ohio for the first time… And boy that was one hell of a wakeup call, lol.
So the answer is definitely “it depends.”
Depends on where you live. I’m in Colorado where we have the “fittest” population, but those folks are drawn to the state for the climate and opportunities to exercise. I don’t go out of my way to exercise, but I do engage in lots of outdoors activities, year round, and when I visit states in the south or Midwest where weather is terrible for half the year, I feel like a health and fitness nut. I can tell from conversation that folks drive a car to go ten blocks away. I don’t blame them though, outside of being on a lake, being outdoors in large cities or in two thirds of the country is awful. Hot, cold, humid, mosquitos, bugs, poisonous snakes that hide and wait for you to step on them, I get it. In the city you get the weather, plus concrete, weirdos, noise, pollution, and everyone has something to say about whatever you do.
The most popular. Most people I know are into some combo of running, bouldering, cycling, etc. And a lot of the socializing I do is organized around those things
A lot specially younger generation
Pretty popular.
I get that the average perception of Americans is that we’re all morbidly obese and use scooters to get around, but that’s really not the case from what I’ve seen.
Maybe it’s because I grew up in an area of the U.S. and currently live in another part of the U.S. where there’s a lot of fit people, but I really think that fitness culture is popular around the US. Not at the level of bodybuilders everywhere, but people are pretty active at least in the areas I’ve lived in.
I’ve even had to explain to my own family outside of the U.S. that I’m not an exceptional person in the U.S. I just work out to maintain my health. A lot of my family members who never met me yet thought I’d be morbidly obese until they saw me 2 years ago.
Depends on the state and the region. The Northeast, West Coast and Colorado lead the way. People have more freedom to move and with robust public transportation it’s not difficult to travel. Only problem is the cost of living in order to make life easier and healthier to workout! 🏋️♀️
The minute you leave the middle to upper class neighborhoods, the obesity becomes very apparent in my city. Fitness and good food is for people with money.
When I lived in Germany, I would go to the gym at 6 AM and I was the only one there. In the U.S., I go to the gym at 5 AM and it’s PACKED.
Popular, but Southern California *loves* it.
My area is actually pretty popular. I see mostly fits people around me. Los Angeles area.
Incredibly. The US is a place of extremes. Yes we are the fattest country but we also have the biggest fitness community as well. I’ve heard plenty of people who come visit that are astounded at the amount of people they see exercising, no matter where you go.
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