Hmmm . . . It was my understanding that it is generally understood that more men train, do organized sports, unorganized sports (regular game play with friends), etc than women. But what is generally understood is not always true. So I'm not sure if men in general do more physical activity than women. Surveying the mebership in a gym may be misleading. In our school gym there is more women in the one complex that is heavy on machines and cardio eqipment, but ther eis more men in the free weight section in another building.
There are a lot more male members in the outside gym I belong to.
I couldn't find a statistic one way or another so I'll keep looking.
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Originally posted by G8Ralphaxi
I think the key is definitely being "fit" more than "not fat"
Everyone knows a girl who never works out, eats junk food all the time, and is still not "fat" - but isn't in shape either. My roommate calls this being a "skinny fat girl." Maybe she's a size 4 but that's more due to being petite and she has no muscle tone at all. When she is in her 40s, she's gonna be screwed!
I was a real gym bunny 2 summers ago - went several days a week, ran, yoga, weight training, etc. LOVED IT. Had so much energy all the time, great muscle tone. Ladies, I HIGHLY recommend weight training - you don't get all bulky (it's nearly impossible without drastic diet changes and mega-intense training), you just end up with nice definition everywhere. Marilyn Monroe used to train with weights and she definitively did NOT look the least bit masculine.
Then I messed up my knees - tendonitis is NOT FUN, people!
Then they got better and I started working out again, yeah!
Then I got in a car wreck. NOT FUN! I killed my poor car. RIP Roxy the Giant red Oldsmobile (1990 Royal Brougham 4 door - the Ruby Limousine!) I also did a number on my neck and back. Good thing I wasn't in a Geo, right?
So anyway, I'm just now in the last couple months being able to get running, etc. again without pain. It just sucks to feel like a little old lady at 23.
The ironic thing is, I actually lost weight from not working out. I stayed the same size but lost all my nice muscle tone.  Since muscle weighs more, without it I weigh less. I'm slowly starting to get some back but it's slow.
I know I'm really lucky though, because I'm tall. Being a size 6 at 5'8" is slender - at 5'2" it can look pudgy on some figures. I can cheat. 
Next summer though, when I'm home and have time and money (woo! got a job! yeah!), I'll be back at that gym...just very careful with my knees. 
well, the point of this long-rambling-history-of-my-life post was that a girl who is physically fit and has some natural "curves" to her will always look better than the little scrawny girls - the "skinny fat girls."
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