SURVEY: PEOPLE BELIEVE THE PANDEMIC HAS DESTROYED THEIR METABOLISM

A new survey of 2,000 people on behalf of V Shred Fitness finds nearly one in five people believe their metabolism has slowed during the pandemic.
– Prior to 2020, the typical respondent worked out three days a week.
– Only 40 percent of those polled believe they’ve been able to maintain their pre-pandemic fitness levels.
– 43 percent of respondents said they’re afraid that they’ll never feel like themselves again.
– Four in 10 now frequently experience feelings of detachment or disconnection from their physical bodies. For example, researchers find some no longer have a strong sense of how tall they are or how much space they take up.
– Another 39 percent worry they’ll overexert or hurt themselves more easily when they do return to working out.
– 27 percent worry that they’ve lost the motivation to stay active altogether. More than half believe the crisis has altered their metabolism for good.
* Oh, stop whining! This is America, the land of pulling yourself up by your bootstraps! It’s not over! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? It ain’t over now, ’cause when the goin’ gets tough, the tough get goin’. Who’s with me?
* No longer have a sense of how tall you are? Make a pencil mark on the wall, for Pete’s sake! Do I have to think of everything?
* You’ve still got a grocery store full of fresh food, but you need someone to blame for eating nothing but frozen pizza. I know – blame the pandemic!
* Speaking of “feelings of detachment from your physical body,” how about that monk who chopped his head off? (Story is in our International News section.)
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