STRAVA IS NOT ONLY AN EXERCISE APP. IS THAT SO???

Strava Jockey Phenomenon. FR???

Dimas Hadi Santoso (30802200012)
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Running is a simple and accessible exercise. Strava presents to accumulate your result.
Strava is an exercise social medium app which be able to track our sport activities by utilizing GPS data like running, biking, hiking, so forth. Despite being exercise app, as its name "social medium" provides us many features to interact with peers like giving kudos, commenting, even mentioning name on post.

Besides providing sophisticated features, there is a trend called Strava Jockey, SMH. This peculiar service provides consumers by giving them a result of running or exercises. Including its moving time, steps, and average pace, Strava Jockey is being hot social phenomenon. This trend is usually used to increase profile's history without doing the exercise or lamentably get validation.

Official Coach Herbalife Run 2024, Andre Caprina, argued that "saat ini olahraga tak hanya sebagai tren gaya hidup, tapi juga untuk ajang pamer. Apalagi bisa menggunakan outfit dari brand tertentu dan mencapai hasil yang lebih dari teman lain, tentu menjadi suatu kebanggaan.". In his argument refers to society's lifestyle in running as well as outfit and higher accomplishment than peers. Ironically, society tends to be FOMO in sports as depicted in lately phenomenon.

According to CNN Indonesia, a psychology consultant—Tabula Arnold Lukito—stated that joining this trend leads them becoming accustomed to gratification which gives rise to several bad impacts, such as lack of discipline and motivation, increasing anxiety, become impulsive.

Contemplating this trend realizes us to do real exercise. There are obviously many benefits of running, such as can significantly lower your risk of cardiovascular disease, stress reduction by helping boost your mood, improving knee health, improving memory

This ridiculous trend refers to FOMO and narcissism which is still roaming in this era. However, we better be wiser society and start delaying gratification. With delaying gratification and starting real action teach us to respect our own effort. We will be grateful to authentication, won't we?

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