🤔 physical activity, exercise and training

my friend Darren, a former personal trainer, distinguishes between:
- "physical activity"
  - an activity that involves movement
  - walking, jogging, yoga, soccer, etc.
  - good for you
  - good to have as part of daily or weekly routines
- (physical) "training"
  - activities for the purpose of getting better (running faster, lifting more, playing better)
  - want an efficient strategy and dynamic plan
- "exercise"
  - avoids the term, because it's often used interchangeably for the above two
"going to the gym, to do a 30m run on the treadmill"
- for most people, just "physical activity"
"going to the gym, to do a 30m run on the treadmill, always trying to beat yesterday's time"
- now it's "training"

many people who "want to exercise more", really just need to "do more physical activity", but choose/are-coerced-into "training-like activities"

training activities are harder, and require more effort to stick to
- and usually rely on the motivating goal of improvement to stick to
  - ex. "I want to prepare to run a marathon next spring"

choosing the right kind of activity to the intent increases likelihood of success

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