alt Hacker NewsYeah, I think that kind of view was more prevalent in the 90's and early 2000's, where media fed you with the most diehard of the disciplines, seeing a bone thin marathoner or a roided up weightlifter, and you're just like eh I 'm good with looking like me. It was often a looks thing or pushing your body to the absolute limits, or following some vhs or dvd program to get buff. But then we kept getting paper after paper about how it was measurably beneficial to your health to have some exercise and that you didn't have to go all in on these things to benefit; some of it you can do as you work.
I certainly grew up in the '90s, but for me it came from my parents. They were big on the idea that you had to find an active hobby you enjoy and then you get your exercise in that way. I never found one I could stick with so eventually I figured exercise just wasn't for me.
(These days I run and do bodyweight strength training a few days a week. I don't enjoy it and I certainly don't have time for it, but I sacrifice other things because it's good for me, both today and 30 years from now. (I picked these things specifically because (a) they give me the most results in the least investment in time and equipment, and (b) they get me to go outside even in not-so-great weather.))