Did you read the line in the article, "Moving naturally throughout the day might sound pleasant and romantic, but the reality is that 100 years ago only 10% of

Did you read the line in the article, "Moving naturally throughout the day might sound pleasant and romantic, but the reality is that 100 years ago only 10% of us had sedentary jobs, whereas today it’s 90%."? Marathon running and weightlifting, and the popularity of such, are almost certainly correlated with a lack of meaningful physical activity in our day-to-day lives. Also, your flippant dismissal of marathon running as a "sheepish trend" is laughable. Marathon and half-marathon event participation is declining [1] in the USA as a whole, and in 2016 507,600 people completed a full marathon and 1.9M completed a half. That's about 0.6% of the US population completing a half marathon or greater every year. Marathons and other strength / athletic events are challenging, exhilarating, test the merits not only of your physical condition but your psychology as well, and, well, they're f*cking fun. You don't have to have the same fervor for them as the poster you're responding to, but calling them "sheepish trends" is ridiculous. [1] https://running.competitor.com/2017/06/news/new-report-2016-marathon-half-participation_165419 https://running.competitor.com/2017/06/news/new-report-2016-...