Examining The Obstacles To Fitness: Why Privilege Matters

With so many obstacles to maintaining a regular fitness routine, willpower can only take you so far

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Introduction

The world is as unhealthy as it’s ever been. Millions of people are suffering from diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and other such lifestyle diseases.

And regardless of everything else, what is the one thing that’s common to all these people? Sitting.

Sitting all day at a job to complete a given number of tasks in order to earn a living. We all know that one is supposed to put in the hours at work to reach the peak of their careers, painstakingly climbing that ladder often toiling on important projects for weeks together sacrificing sleep, fitness, and healthy eating in their quest for prestigious workplace accolades. However, no amount of workplace success, experience, or knowledge can cancel out hours spent hunched over a computer screen day in and day out, and the detrimental effects of those actions on one’s health.

Nowadays they’re calling sitting the new smoking.

A sedentary life not only breeds laziness and lethargy, but is also a contributing factor to lifestyle diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, cholesterol, high blood pressure, obesity, and certain types…