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Source: American Time Use Survey | Chart Data Making Time to Exercise Those who danced, played baseball or softball, bowled, played football, hiked or golfed spent the most time doing sports activities. Those who used cardiovascular exercise equipment, did aerobics, ran, lifted weights, walked, or did yoga spent the least time exercising. The amount of time varies considerably by the type of activity. The average length of time spent exercising for people aged 15 years and older who engaged in a sports and exercise activity was one and one-half hours. Source: American Time Use Survey | Chart Data Hours Spent on Various Exercise Activities The most common exercise duration was between 30 and 59 minutes. Source: American Time Use Survey | Chart Data Time Spent ExercisingĪlmost 75 percent of people aged 15 years and older who engaged in a sports and exercise activity on an average day in 2003-06 did so for less than two hours. But women were more likely to engage in sports and exercise activities with family and men were more likely to engage in these activities with friends. Men and women were equally likely to exercise alone. Of those aged 15 years and older who engaged in a sports and exercise activity on an average day in 2003-06, about one-half did the activity alone. In the United States, people who exercise were about as likely to exercise alone as with a companion present. Source: American Time Use Survey | Chart Data Companions During Sports and Exercise Activities By contrast, racquet sports were the sports and exercise activities that had the most equal distribution of participants across age groups for those aged 15 to 24 years, aged 25 to 54, and aged 55 and older. About one-half of those who walked for exercise - the sports and exercise activity that people most frequently engaged in overall - were aged 55 years and older. People aged 15 to 24 years were more likely to participate in team sports such as basketball, football, and soccer than those 25 and older. The specific sports and exercises people do vary by age. Source: American Time Use Survey | Chart Data Sports and Exercise Activities among Various Age Groups Bowling and swimming, surfing, and water skiing were the most gender-neutral activities, with nearly equal shares of men and women participating in them. Yoga and aerobics primarily had female participants. About 96 percent of football players were male, for example. Football, basketball, golf, and soccer were dominated by male participants. Men were slightly more likely than women to participate in sports and exercise activities on an average day, but their preferences for specific forms of exercise differed markedly. Differing Sports and Exercise Activities for Men and Women NOTE: Data in this chart and those that follow are based on the approximately 16 percent of persons who engaged in any sports or exercise activity on an average day. Source: American Time Use Survey | Chart Data On an average day, 5 percent of those who exercised played basketball. Basketball was the team sport that people engaged in most frequently. In recent years, of the relatively small group of people in the United States aged 15 years and older who engaged in sports or exercise activities on an average day, about 30 percent walked for exercise, making walking the most popular form of exercise overall. Source: American Time Use Survey | Chart Data Walking is Most Popular Exercise Activity

Among people aged 25 years and older, those with a bachelor's degree or higher were more than twice as likely to participate in sports and exercise activities on an average day during the 2003-06 period as those with a high school diploma or less. People with higher levels of education were more likely to participate in sports and exercise. Source: American Time Use Survey | Chart Data More School, More Play In fact, those living in the Pacific region are about 50 percent more likely to exercise on an average day than are those in the East South Central and West South Central regions. People living in the Pacific, New England, and Mountain regions of the country are more likely to participate in sports or exercise activities than those in other regions. These charts, which display data from the American Time Use Survey, take a closer look at people who spend time in sports and exercise activities.

In comparison, consider that the number of people who watched television on an average day is roughly five times larger. What percentage of people (aged 15 years and older) who live in the United States participated in sports and exercise activities on an average day in recent years? About 16 percent.