People who discontinue regular exercise typically claim that

Question

People who discontinue regular exercise typically claim that exercising amounted to wasted time for them. But this claim is born of laziness, in light of the overwhelming evidence that regular exercise improves one's health.

Which of the following statements, if true, would most seriously weaken the argument above?

a. Exercise has been shown to not only improve one's health, but also to increase longevity, or life span.

b. People who have discontinued regular exercise now make productive use of the time they formerly devoted to exercise.

c. People who are in good health are more likely to exercise regularly than people who are in poor health.

d. A person need not exercise every day to experience improved health from the exercise.

e. People who are in poor health are less likely to exercise than other people.

artabhi · Answer

IMO B

vscid · Answer

B. If people are making productive use of their time, then it weakens the conclusion that they are lazy.

Indien · Answer

B
As explained earlier, the conclusion is about laziness; if people are still doing something they are reasonably skeptical of regular exercise regime, yet they're not lazy.

ykaiim · Answer

I think vscid, your answer is wrong.
The argument's conclusion is -  REGULAR exercise improves one's health

So, to attack this, we simply need to prove that it is not neccessary to do exercise regularly, which is D.

vscid · Answer

Conclusion: People who discontinue exercise are lazy.
B weakens this by indicating that they are not lazy.

OA is B.

seekmba · Answer

should be (B).

The conclusion is that people who discontinue exercise do this out of laziness. To weaken this, we have to prove that the people are not lazy. Option B says that people who discontinue exercise make productive use of the time they devoted to exercise.

feruz77 · Answer

I think B would a best option if there was not C which gives another reason why laziness cannot be the only cause of not regularly doing excercises. Rgd. C it is also possible that people who are of poor health may, because of their physical unaffordability, not be able to keep doing excercises on a regular basis. On this ground I think the existence of both B and C options makes the OA contestable.

harsh08 · Answer

IMO C

intcan · Answer

Between B and D, I chose B as it says about the use of time after discontinuity.

People who discontinue regular exercise typically claim that

Prep Toolkit

Top 5 GMAT Debrief Videos

615 to 715 in 15 Days (Ria's Strategies)

More than Quant/Verbal Abilities: Speed vs. Accuracy

745 with Only Self-Prep and GMAT Club

From 555 to 765: 210-point Improvement

Perfect 805 Score Debrief by Julia

My Rewards