Dr Jepson said the research showed that South Asian men were interested in playing football and attending the gym, while women liked walking and swimming.
But after a football-playing buddy accompanied Orlando to a public gym and walked him through several sets of exercises with weights, he began to feel more comfortable with the routine and the culture.
Cricket and football were the young Jehue's first loves but his gym teacher Albert King soon spotted something special in his running technique that convinced him he had a future track star on his hands.