Originally Posted by
mikepwagner
Family men who voluntarily spend an estimated 3 extra hours a day at the gym instead of helping raise/support the family probably will be family free in short order.
My wife would say, it's not a net wash for your kids - they could still use 3 more hours with their dad, and if they are asleep, she could use three more hours helping with the household chores.
I am not convinced she's wrong - not that what I think about it really matters. :-)
Let's do the math. If you live 25 miles from your work, it probably takes at least 30 minutes to drive there, considering traffic and speed limits (25 minutes would mean a 60mph average speed). So there's 1 hour round trip. Now if you spend an hour working out at the gym...plus let's say 30 minutes of travel and shower time, we've got 2.5 hours dedicated to commuting and workout. So if we eliminate the work out and drive commute and replace them with a 3 hour bike commute, we've only lost a half hour of our "disposable" time.
For some that is an acceptable loss...for others, not so much.
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