Exercise: The Most Hated Pastime? :

Only 38% of Britons would be motivated to do more exercise if their life depended on it. Ironically, our lives may well depend on it.

The British Heart Foundation claims that someone dies every 15 minutes as a direct result of physical inactivity.

So what percentage of people find exercise fun?

Are you ready for this?

4%

The survey undertaken by the BHF (see also BBC ) paints a sad picture. Couple that with the confusion over healthy food , and it gets even worse.

Other stats from the report:

• One in seven (15%) Brits said they’d exercise more if the weather was better.
• While 8% of women said that doing vigorous housework was their favourite form of exercise, only 1% of men agreed.
• 17% of women said their main reason for exercising was to keep their figure but only 7% of men said their shape was their main motivator.
• Men were more concerned about their heart health, with 13% saying it was their main reason for exercising. Only 7% of women saw heart health as a major motivator.

If we exercised regularly I suspect that pharmaceutical revenues would plummet (unless, of course, they invented an " exercise pill ").

Motivation?
"Almost a third of 18 to 24-year-olds reported they would do more exercise if they saw an unflattering photo of themselves or were told they looked fat."

How many people out there equate exercise with self-flagellation? Or a form of punishment?

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