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Is Your Favorite Exercise Excuse Bogus?
7 min readMay 7, 2020
We all have our favorite excuse for not exercising. However, many of them do not hold up to scrutiny. Here are 12 commons exercise excuses, debunked.
Updated on May 7, 2020
Excuses, excuses, excuses. Who hasn’t used one or more of them to justify why they can’t (won’t) exercise. The problem is most of them are bogus and can easily be debunked. Let’s take a look at some common (and beloved) excuses for not exercising. And, the reasons why they just don’t hold up. Is your favorite exercise excuse on the list?
Exercise excuse #1: It’s not worth the effort
There is a huge body of evidence that documents the health benefits of exercise. Here are some of the findings:
- Mortality: Regular exercise reduces the risk of all-cause mortality in most individuals-men, women, older as well as younger people.
- Cardiovascular diseases: Exercise reduces the risk of cardiovascular diseases (heart attack, stroke, heart failure).
- Obesity: Exercise, particularly resistance and endurance training, are effective in helping overweight people lose weight when combined with a low-calorie diet.
- Diabetes: Aerobic exercise improves insulin…
