ASICS, our running shoes of choice (because they're brilliant!), have just unveiled the results of a global study they did on the gender exercise gap and the results are fascinating, but also a little sobering.
The study was led by renowned academics Dr Dee Dlugonski and Professor Brendon Stubbs and together with ASICS re-affirmed the positive correlation between women’s exercise levels and their mental wellbeing, with women reporting they’re 52% happier, 50% more energised, 48% more confident, 67% less stressed and 80% less frustrated when regularly exercising .
The study which did include the UAE, also revealed that over 50% of women surveyed were dropping out of or stopping exercise completely, due to barriers experienced during their lifetime. Globally, these barriers included time pressures (74%), low self-confidence (35%) to intimidating environments (44%) or not feeling sporty enough (42%), all of which are negatively impacting their state of mind.
In encouraging news, around the world people are actively breaking barriers for women in sport and ASICS helps shines a light on their stories and pledges to help Move Her Mind.
