Hello and welcome back to Get Fit Guy. This is Kevin. This week I'm going to talk about

socio-economic factors in sport. I can't say that I have the ability to argue any of these ideas

to any kind of conclusion on this subject, but just to point out a few things that I've noticed. Now, if you

were listening last week, I talked about how someone I know inadvertently kind of inspired me to go

to the gym and do something fun and active. So there is a factor in training or playing sports

that is absolutely social. I also talked about CrossFit and how community-driven

that was, this being the key to its success. But I also have to say it's really expensive.

Sport likes to wave the flag for equality, doing things like taking steps to ensure that in running

events, all the athletes are running on

the same quality of surface, in other sports like soccer, the teams change ends at half time,

and in things like javelin throwing, there are strict rules on the javelin itself to ensure

competitive fairness and equality. But I don't see this same kind of thing when it comes to

socio-economic factors.

Now, it's one thing for me to tell you that you can train a certain way or that I recommend

certain methodologies, certain foods or certain supplements, but being able to access the things

that are recommended is something entirely different. Something that certainly isn't lost on me

now that I'm a full-time

university student and can no longer afford to eat things like grass-fed meat and organic vegetables.

And the same goes for sport. When I came to university, I was super excited about the opportunity

to try new sports. And yet I have ended up doing the exact same

sports I always have. And why? Well, the answer is money. I don't need to buy any new equipment

to do judo, karate or kickboxing. I was like a kid in the candy shop when I attended the sports fair to see all the different sports that I could do, from clay pigeon shooting to the gliding club and from horse polo to yachting.

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