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How To Work Out Without Really Trying: Exercise in Paris

by Tory Hoen
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Tory Hoen

Tory Henwood Hoen has been published by New York Magazine, Vogue, Condé Nast Traveler, Bon Appétit, Fortune, and others. She was Creative Director of Brand at M.M.LaFleur, where she founded the brand’s digital magazine, The M Dash. Her debut novel, The Arc, is available in bookshops near you and online. View Tory Hoen's Website

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16 comments on “How To Work Out Without Really Trying: Exercise in Paris

During my visits at the gym I noticed that most girls spend more time on their phone (If you can still have a conversation, you are not working out hard enough)or hardly moving (no sweat) while reading ELLE.. that being said,lots of people are jogging and rollerblading now!

Love it! great piece, totally true!

Since moving to France, I’ve decided a gym is far too expensive and tell myself that four flights of stairs to my apartment every day is exercise. Right?!

Like Phoebe, I’m am a Francophile, but I would pay big money to see a French girl take up running – too funny!

Like Phoebe, I’m a total Francophile, but I would pay big money to see a French girl take up running – too funny!

Karin (an alien parisienne)

Fun post.

I have to echo Sweet Freak — up in the Buttes Chaumont before 10 am there are HOT pompiers jogging! Made the one time I was up and walking through the park at that time a really nice experience. 😉

That pic of the girl jogging next to the Canal St Martin is freaking me out. I keep expecting her to trip and fall in. Why in the heck is she so *close*?

When le French boyfriend complained about his weight, I suggested that he might want to try a sport, such as tennis. “I do sports,” he said. “Walking is a sport. “

My motto also. If it’s hard, and causes sweating, why do it?

Yeah, they are naturally great looking people.

Two things worth pointing out:

1) 98% of the runners in the Tuileries are pompiers. It’s a job requirement!

2) Don’t you think the French don’t have to exercise?? They’re all skinny freaks by nature. Totally unfair.

It’s so funny, I was at my fancy gym this morning and, for the first time, noticed one of those little mechanisms outside the main door that collects cigarette butts. As unserious as the French are about exercising, they are serious about smoking! 🙂

This post reduced me to tears. Hilarious. Thank you.

Positively hilarious. I’m a Francophile by any means, but these wisecracks on French life are SO funny…love these posts!

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