Sports Facilities

Is increasing sports facilities the best way to improve public health or other measures are required? 

We often feel we could do with some new material improvement that will bring miraculous changes in our health. Some people actually believe that by increasing sports facilities they get a healthier nation in no time, for example. Others are not so sure about it and suspect that we need some altogether different approach to the public health issue.

I don’t think that sports centres or gyms at an arm length can motivate anyone just for being there. And talking about sport addicts, they must be happy to jog an additional mile or two anyway, no doubt. No one from my family, myself including, goes more than once or twice a year to the wonderful stadium we’ve got just next door. I have reasons to believe that our neighbours don’t use it too often either - the place is very quiet most of the time.

Fortunately, there is always hope for the not healthy enough population.  There are some well-known measures, health benefits of which it’s hard to deny. Let’s think of imposing the Spartan lifestyle on a nation; I cannot see how that can fail to bring some increase in the health level of its citizens. Although there might be some difficulties in execution of the great plan, yet we could imagine the benefits.

No matter how much I would like to get some help on the path to health, still I have to rely on simple stimuli like a handsome friend around or at least a charismatic film star I can watch on the screen, to make me energized enough to keep fit and be happy using all available means around.

What about your exercise routine?   Do you need more sport equipment?