I do indoor cycling. I also did a nonstop 400km gravel ride this summer, is that real enough for you, strong man?

Don't know where you live but around where I am it can get hot enough in the summer that just being outside is a hazard let alone to exercise. How's bout we save the paramedics some time and not get heat/sun stroke because some folks think they are badasses who can shrug off the wroth of Sol Invictus.

Indoor cycling / running is "just as hard", you can scale it to the difficulty you prefer.

Exercise, for 95% of people, is about being healthy. Making that more convenient means you are more inclined to stick with it which is a win. Making it artificially harder in ways that don't directly contribute to your goals just increases the chance of burnout, skipping days, etc. Or just making it easier in ways that actively harm your goals.

I would prefer someone take every opportunity to make their exercise experience easier in non-material ways if it meant they tried a bit harder on the actual relevant stuff e.g. increase resistance, time, weight, etc.

Imagine thinking you're macho for riding a bike inside.

God there's some strange people on here.

any trails that you can reliably doomscroll while hiking?