Other than being marginalized by society, singles have a lot going on. Singles tend to be more self-sufficient on multiple levels ranging from higher levels of happiness to fulfillment in health. One study in particular looks at how much time singles have when it comes to working out. With less obligation to household chores, children, and other responsibilities, singles have more time to improve their health. This includes heading to the gym to lift weights, go for a group run with friends, and work on meal prep centered around overall wellness.
What might be the cause?
When the civil rights movement began back in the 1960’s, more women entered the workforce thanks to the Affirmative Action Law. The percentage of women entering the workforce has continued to increase over time. With more independence today than ever before, women now have time to invest in themselves.
As a spin-off paired with the increasing percentage of single people in the United States, both men and women have fewer family obligations. With more ‘free time,’ singles are vamping up their health statuses.
Psychology Today reports that in 2000, an exercise survey was conducted from over 13,000 Americans that were between the ages 18 – 64. The study found that men work out more hours than women overall and that single people work out more than their married counterparts.
Time Spent Exercising
From the data above you can see that married people work out the least, while singles work out the most. The data set also includes divorced and separated singles, which also workout more than married couples.
So if you are single, don’t fret. Realize that you have more time on your hands to work out because you have fewer obligations than a married person does. You are also more self-sufficient in realizing your full potential and will tend to be happier than a married person. Being single isn’t a stigma. Being single is a great status.
With slightly more time on your hands, work on improving yourself and building your social life. You can work this around your health, which is a positive indicator that you take care of yourself.
What are the best types of workouts for singles?
In an article from Friendships.com, group sports are the best when it comes to building relationships. When you have ties to a group, you feel more integrated and are more likely to stay in a situation. When you are single, vamping up your social life though team sports may be an excellent way to log in those workout hours while building great relationships.
When you have more time to dedicate towards working out, you can begin to improve your health and your relationships through a team sport.
Being single is positive. Always look for the benefits of each situation. You can always find room for improvement. Taking care of your health is important. Take time to workout, and realize that if you are single, you have more time to workout. Take advantage of the good things in your life, and build up your friendships in the process. Life can be a lot more exciting when we take a step in a positive direction
Views expressed in this article are the author’s opinions and do not necessarily reflect the views of Secure Single. It is intended for informational and educational purposes only. It is not investment or financial advice. James Bollen is the author of Thriving Solo: How to Flourish and Live Your Perfect Life (Without A Soulmate). Now available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon. Subscribe to Secure Single’s Substack for free!
Couples are esteemed by society and by popular culture; however, Millennials continue to delay marriage and to remain single by choice or by circumstance. But as singles continues to increase, those who are getting married continue to decrease. For this reason, the perception about single people must change. Single is sexy for individuals because each single along that spectrum gets to decide how to utilize the freedom, mobility, and autonomy that the single life offers to people. Mobility is sexy for singles because it offers singles the ability to travel and to explore the world.
Singles are able to go to places without having to make plans around other people or with a significant other. Mobility provides singles to choose where, when, and how they want to spend their time. Singles have the ability to meet new people, attend events, travel, and explore their different personal interests. Single people should make use of their mobility while they can and their ability to move to and from places as they want without many commitments.
In the 21st Century, there are many opportunities to travel and to meet people that were not available to earlier generations. Social networking and mobile apps open up the world making it easier to talk and to meet people around the world. It is also easier today to find new restaurants and events to attend with apps and websites such as Facebook’s Events and Meetup that work for both professional networking and for meeting new people who could become new friends and acquaintances. Singles should make use of these technologies and get outside of their comfort zone because the single life offers mobility that the coupled life does not offer.
The single life offer mobility to explore, visit new places, and travel the world that will becomes more difficult to do once a single enters a relationship or gets married. For this reason, singles should make sure to enjoy the single life while they have it, whether it is only a transitional stage or a life long choice. Mobility is sexy for singles because it offers unrestrained freedom to investigate and to explore the world.
Views expressed in this article are the author’s opinions and do not necessarily reflect the views of Secure Single. It is intended for informational and educational purposes only. It is not investment or financial advice. James Bollen is the author of Thriving Solo: How to Flourish and Live Your Perfect Life (Without A Soulmate). Now available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon. Subscribe to Secure Single’s Substack for free!
Society and popular culture places couples on a pedestal, despite Millennials delaying marriage or deciding to remain single. Because singlehood is on the rise, the societal perception of single people must change. Single is sexy for individuals who are currently single and for individuals who have decided to remain single because being single gives freedom, mobility, and autonomy to people. Freedom is hot for singles because each individual has their own prerogative to choose how to live.
Society, popular culture, and individuals primarily associate the word sexy as meaning that something or someone is sexually attractive, sexually exciting, or a cause of sexual arousal. However, sexy also means that something is exciting or appealing. Freedom is sexy. Freedom provides singles to act and do as they please because they are not constrained by the matters that couples must discuss together.
With being single comes the ability to ability to go where one wants, for singles this is both a strength and a weakness. Freedom is a strength because singles may freely do whatever they want at any time. Singles can visit new places, go to happy hours, and find events that are of particular interest to each individual single. Singles have generally have a more open schedule than couples, but this free schedule can be a potential problem for singles.
Freedom can be a weakness for singles because singles may focus on doing what they want to do rather than what they may need to do. To fight against freedom as a weakness, singles should consider making a list of priorities and following a calendar, loosely or closely depending on the single, to better stay on top of different tasks. These could range from places singles need to be, upcoming events, and meeting that need singles must attend. After establishing a timetable, the truly free time appears and then a single person can choose how one wants to spend that time while not having to worry that one may be forgetting something that must get done.
There are many strengths to living the single life, but the main three are the freedom, mobility, and autonomy that the single life offers to individuals. Being single is sexy because of the freedom that the single life offers. As Millennials continue to delay marriage and continue to remain single, the single life and the single lifestyle is on the rise despite mainstream society failing to recognize it.