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Spouses influence each other’s exercise habits, for better and worse, more than is often recognized, according to an interesting new study of the workout habits of middle-aged couples. The study found that changes in one spouse’s routine tend to be echoed in the other’s, highlighting the extent to which our exercise behavior is shaped not just by our personal intentions but by the people around us as well. 一项有趣的新研究在考察了中年夫妇的锻炼习惯后提出，配偶可以影响彼此的运动习惯，这种影响有好有坏，且其程度往往超出了人们的预计。该研究发现，夫妻中任何一方生活日程的改变往往是与对方相呼应的，这表明，我们的锻炼行为不仅仅出自个人的意愿，我们周围的人对此也功不可没。 In studying why people opt to exercise or not, scientists often and understandably focus on individual psychology and situations. But increasingly, exercise scientists are also looking into broader factors that can have a bearing, including our social relationships and whether being single, married, childless or employed is likely to affect exercise behavior. 在探讨是什么原因促使人们选择进行锻炼（或不锻炼）时，科学家们经常理所当然地侧重于研究个人的心理和身体状况。现在，有越来越多的运动科学家将更广泛的因素纳入考虑，例如，他们开始调查社会关系以及单身、已婚、无子女或就业等状态是否可能影响到人们的锻炼行为。 The results of past studies on this subject have been alternately predictable and startling. Single men and women, for instance, generally exercise far more than do married people, although divorce can change that. Men typically exercise more after a marriage ends; women in that situation frequently exercise less. Meanwhile, employed men, even those with desk jobs, usually exercise more than men who are unemployed. 关于这一问题，以前也进行过一些研究，其结果有的在意料之中，也有的令人震惊。例如，单身男女的运动量通常会远多于已婚男女，但离婚后这种状况会有所改变。在结束一段婚姻之后，男性一般会加大运动量，女性则往往相反。另一方面，在职的男性，即使他们从事的是文书工作，一般也会比失业的男性更多地从事体育运动。 Parenthood, though, has the greatest downward pull on planned exercise time. In a number of studies in recent years, scientists have found that mothers of even one child exercise considerably less than do the childless, although, perhaps not surprisingly, they often complete more light activity, which would include cooking, cleaning and scrambling after streaking toddlers, than do the childless. Mean