Originally Posted by
urbanknight
Sounds like a freak case, otherwise we would have a ton of unemployed Americans considering how few of them exercise. Also, I'm pretty sure the company was legally obligated to at least attempt to accommodate her new disability. A sit/stand desk may have solved her problem. She may have a claim if it hasn't been too long.
I honestly don't know the details of what kind of deal she got when her job ended, pre covid, and that isn't the point. I just know she didn't take care of herself and wound up in a situation all of us want to avoid. I'll give you another example.
Road cyclists get osteoporosis, we're worse off than couch potatoes. Best theory is we lose a lot of bone mineral in our sweat, and we spend our time doing an activity sitting down with the bike bearing our weight for us. Andy Coggan fell down and broke his hip like an 80 year old woman. I don't say that as an insult, it's about risk categories. Resistance training improves bone density and strength. So do impact sports, that's why MTBers are better off than we are. Anybody who is a human should do resistance training for their own health. Road cycling is really good for us in stone great ways but it's not enough.