Comments on: What to Wear: Riding a Bike http://bussbuss.com/wp/2011/01/31/what-to-wear-riding-a-bike/ Sun, 06 May 2012 15:08:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Laura http://bussbuss.com/wp/2011/01/31/what-to-wear-riding-a-bike/#comment-6458 Laura Mon, 31 Jan 2011 16:09:23 +0000 http://bussbuss.com/wp/?p=10000#comment-6458 French women most certainly scoff at tourists working out in public. Men and women alike, but of course it seems worse to the French for a woman to do it. See it's a cultural thing. The French live where everything they need is in walking distance, biking distance, or a short subway ride. In this manner, they get all the exercise they need just getting around from place to place. No one drives anywhere like we do in the States. So of course, we American women are forced into some alternative workout situation to keep looking awesome. It's also why a lot of Americans are heavier and why the culture is so workout/diet-driven now. French women most certainly scoff at tourists working out in public. Men and women alike, but of course it seems worse to the French for a woman to do it.

See it’s a cultural thing. The French live where everything they need is in walking distance, biking distance, or a short subway ride. In this manner, they get all the exercise they need just getting around from place to place. No one drives anywhere like we do in the States. So of course, we American women are forced into some alternative workout situation to keep looking awesome. It’s also why a lot of Americans are heavier and why the culture is so workout/diet-driven now.

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