Fitness Is Already Hard Enough Without the Nonsense

They adjusted their smartwatch. Synced their heart rate monitor. Checked their recovery score. Picked a playlist. Took a sip from a gallon-sized water bottle. Opened three different fitness apps. Then, finally, they grabbed a dumbbell.

Meanwhile, an older gentleman wandered in wearing cargo shorts and a faded T-shirt, rowed for half an hour, chatted with the front desk, and headed home looking happier than anyone else in the building.

If I had to bet on who'll still be exercising ten years from now?