The chart illustrates the percentage of European inhabitants in several age brackets who often hit the gym over the 20-year period from 1990 to 2010.
It is apparent that people falling into the 44 to 53 age group tended to go to the gym more frequently than others. However, the 18-23 age range did not spend much time exercising.
In terms of the over-30s, these two age brackets shared nearly the same percentage at the beginning, 15% and 16%, respectively. In 1994, the proportion of people aged 34-43 and 44-53 who hit the gym frequently both saw an upward trend in 1994 and those ranging from 34 to 43 years old surpassed those between the ages of 44 and 53 16 years later. Whereas, the figure for middle-aged gym-goers reached a peak of 26% in the final year while those aged 34-43 dropped dramatically to 17% in 2010.
In 1990, the percentage of people who often went to the gym ranging from 24 to 33 years old was 2% higher than that of young citizens. While the figure for the grown-up increased gradually, the percentage of young inhabitants witnessed an opposite trend, hitting the lowest point of 6%. Meanwhile, the proportion of adults was twice as much as that of the young.