Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Because exercise is healthy and there is a strong health culture in America, especially in the upper classes.
Also self discipline is seen as personally virtuous.
Our husbands work out also. Our families take sporty, hearty, active vacations. We socialize with our friends in running groups, hiking, and soul cycle classes, etc.
We put sporty outdoorsy stickers on our cars.
It is a whole culture.
everything is true except that exercise is not particularly healthy. however it is essential for this culture to belive so because that's the essential ingredient of this new religion - a belief that virtuous people exercise and will be healthy while rotten people will be punished for their lack of exercise.