TE Forum Age Distribution

[shootingstar]

I don't think that if their wives were insisting on riding that they'd say no. It's just that the priorities get set in a certain way and no one thinks to alter it. 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it' mentality. None of the women really wanted to ride...they wanted to stay home with the kids. It's just the way things were. As a non-mom, it probably annoyed me way more than it did any of the moms!

I realize for a parent, particularily of young children, personal time and energy is tighter, so during those years, exercise activities that are at home or closer to home makes life easier. And it is up to the woman to make certain decisions of what she wants for herself..which changes over time.

Biking takes time. But then it is possible to design a route for 1 hr. of exercise, even if nothing else than a mental break.

The value of exercise for parents and for spouses to be mutually supportive, became more obvious when 1 sister did have significant post-partum depression (up to 1 yr.) after child #2, combined with shoulder muscle injury from rowing exercises that put her out for awhile. She couldn't even lift her baby out of the crib. Until she found yoga.

For the younger women age bracket, late teens to late 20's, there are also alot of women nowadays (in North America) who don't have children at all. They either haven't gotten to thinking about exercise or found some other fitness activity.