We missed it this year! Quitting Day came early.
Based on an awful of data from a world of cyclists, runners, and other kinds of exercisers, each year Strava predicts the day that the average user will crawl back under the blankets and say goodbye to their new year’s resolutions.
Here’s Tech Radar on Strava and quitting day: “If you’ve returned from the holidays to find your gym mobbed by the teeming masses of January fitness enthusiasts, then you don’t have long to wait before people start to fall off the wagon and things quieten down again. Every year, people flock to the gym hoping to kickstart their New Year’s resolutions and finally tackle that health push they’ve been talking about. As we all know though, plenty of those who’ve started won’t finish. It’s a tale as old as time. Not only is the January fall-off an age-old tale in fitness circles, it’s also a scientifically proven phenomenon. Strava has the data to prove it, such that it can predict the exact date every year, and Quitter’s Day 2025 is fast approaching – here’s when your gym will start to quieten down.”
This year it was January 14th so if you’re still out there moving and grooving, and running and biking, you can feel good about your ability to stick with it.
I mean, it’s more complicated than that. Of course it is. Sometimes we ought to quit and quitting is the brave and the right choice.
I like this message about the upside of quitting.
Past blog posts on quitting:
Christine H is an early quitter and she’s cool with that
Thinking about quitting: Life lessons from Kenny Rogers and Aristotle
When the rubber meets the road (or not): Tracy finally quits the bike and triathlon
