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This is a really interesting take. I know a number of very successful people who were not at all sporty in their youth but have taken up endurance sports as ad
by sien 5y ago
This is a really interesting take.
I know a number of very successful people who were not at all sporty in their youth but have taken up endurance sports as adults.
Playing team sports subjects you often to losing and it's also often pretty hard to improve objectively. Also if you haven't played a fair bit of sport in your youth it's probably hard to get good at them. Team sports are also hard in that training and games are on a schedule that may be hard to combine with work and family life.
With endurance sports you can work hard to improve your personal times.
Also many team sports are pretty bad from an injury point of view as you get older. Explosive speed and even the contact of football (soccer) or basketball can be an issue.
It'd be really interesting to see detailed stats about adult sport involvement vs income.
- nradov 5y agoEndurance athletes also have a pretty high injury rate from overuse, poor techniques, and falls or crashes. My local triathlon club email list is full of requests for physiotherapist recommendations and advice about injury rehab. I crashed my bike a few weeks ago and got a nice collection of road rash. Overall it's healthier than being sedentary but injury risk comes with the territory.
- randycupertino 5y agoSo many people in my tri club kept getting run over or crashing on road rides that I actually got a mountain bike and started mainly riding on fire roads because it seemed safer. At least if I fall off the trail it will be my own damn fault unlike getting mowed down by some teenager texting.