Oh, boy!
A recent study showed that Americans were exercising more…but were getting fatter and fatter…and heart disease rates are not improving.
The researchers were “perplexed” at this “paradox”.
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2007/11/21/exercise-obesity.html
Shugs:
Think you can help them out?
(Man!)
Mufasa
I can edify. [points to the computer mouse in the picture]
Pretty easy one. Two things:
I talk to a lot of people who “exercise” and yet are overweight. Their “exercise” consists of walking for .0002 miles at lunch or lifting pink dumbbells or doing yoga once a month (which is great for recovery but burns almost no calories.)
In other words, most people’s definition of exercise isn’t exactly OUR definition of exercise (weights, cardio, HIIT, sports prep, etc. multiple times per week.) I wrote an old blog about that topic here:
http://www.t-nation.com/tmagnum/readTopic.do?id=489555
In short, their level of “exercise” sucked.
Even people who exercise – who really exercise – often ruin their efforts because they can’t stop eating crap. Very, very few people can look good while eating crap. Look around the gym – you’ll see lots of fat people training fairly hard. And they’ll still be doing it a year from now because they can’t crack down on their diets. They think training is all they need; they even justify their binge eating and poor food choices with, “Well, I go to the gym a lot…”
So most people exercise a little and eat a lot. And foods trumps training when it comes to body fat.
Thanks, Chris!
You brought up something that someone eluded to that I read (I think that it may have even been on this site).
It’s called “chasing calories”.
The basic premise is that being HYPOcaloric/In a caloric deficit makes one, quite frankly “uncomfortable” at best, and out-of-control “famished” at worst.
However, that feeling of discomfort is our body doing what we want it to do; call on stored energy reserves, often in the form of fat.
So people will work out and diet; feel that “discomfort”; then eat like there is no tomorrow to get rid of that discomfort.
These most likely are the people you see running all the time and/or working out all the time in the gyms, but who obviously remain obese.
About the article…
I fail to believe that “smart” people (like medical researchers) were perplexed by the apparent “paradox” they saw.
You said it…chasing our Mall Walking Session with a Double Whopper with cheese, a DIET Coke and a bag of “Mrs. Fields Cookies” simply won’t cut it…
Mufasa
When did walking become exercise anyway? I understand that the authorities are trying to get people to do something, and walking is better than nothing, I guess. But lying to the public, in an effort to get them to do the right thing is self-defeating in the long run.
omg,
why no clothes?
wish i could unsee that image.
wonder what’s on that screen that he had to watch naked?
(shudder)
[quote]wukey wrote:
omg,
why no clothes?
wish i could unsee that image.
wonder what’s on that screen that he had to watch naked?
(shudder)[/quote]
Donuts…
[quote]firebug9 wrote:
wukey wrote:
omg,
why no clothes?
wish i could unsee that image.
wonder what’s on that screen that he had to watch naked?
(shudder)
Donuts…[/quote]
nice, but that only creats more confusion on the naked thing… UNLESS…
OMG
Being a gym owner and personal trainer I see this all the time.
On my initial consult with clients, I stress the fact that fitness is not something you try for a couple months but a lifestyle. Being at it for 27yrs. myself I can attest to that. Diet and exercise being to 2 key components.
My observations are that those most serious about it will see the best results, some having to work harder that others due to their genetic make-up. I would say that less than 5%, probably closer to 2% stick with the program. The greater/larger the task usually don’t hang aroud very long. Old habits are hard to break and fat people are hard to motivate and maintain consistency.
The people that are training the hardest usually see the best results if they stick to a good diet and dedicate themselves. These are few and far between. Most people have no idea of real fitness and training. They think exercise is walking around town or doing yardwork. That’s probably why the article is skewed.
I can understand the problem here. The people who need the exercise the most are using the least intensity. I saw the fattest people in the gym reading while on the treadmill and using lame exercises.
Today I saw three fat chicks talking to each other while one was either on the machine crunch or butt blaster. That’s pretty much all I saw them do, although I was focusing on my workout. I often see one of the personal trainer doing weird conditioning drills that look useless.
Also the fattest person I’ve seen in my gym comes in for about 40 minutes, does probably ten minutes of low intensity cardio on the treadmill, proceeds to do dumbbell curls with the pink dumbbells, and the does behind the neck pulldowns with super light weight. But hey at least he earned that cake he probably eats when he gets home =/.
My dad said he would put a weight room in our garage but, he doesn’t think it would get used much, I think when he does I’m going to spend most of my workout time there just to get aways from the people I see in the gym.
You can’t outrun poor nutritional habits…
[quote]Mufasa wrote:
Oh, boy!
A recent study showed that Americans were exercising more…but were getting fatter and fatter…and heart disease rates are not improving.
The researchers were “perplexed” at this “paradox”.
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2007/11/21/exercise-obesity.html
Shugs:
Think you can help them out?
(Man!)
Mufasa[/quote]
It’s easy:
Their “exercise” is mainly in the form of aerobics.
Their diet is still primarily carbohydrates.
Chronic elevated levels of insulin+cortisol+adrenaline = heart disease + obesity
It’s going to take a lot to overcome the cult of aerobics in this country.
[quote]Mufasa wrote:
I fail to believe that “smart” people (like medical researchers) were perplexed by the apparent “paradox” they saw.[/quote]
These are the same type of “smart people” that blessed us with the modern food pyramid. I have no trouble believing that America’s obesity problem perplexes them.
[quote]thomas.galvin wrote:
Mufasa wrote:
I fail to believe that “smart” people (like medical researchers) were perplexed by the apparent “paradox” they saw.
These are the same type of “smart people” that blessed us with the modern food pyramid. I have no trouble believing that America’s obesity problem perplexes them.[/quote]
Isn’t this the truth.
[quote]Uncle Gabby wrote:
When did walking become exercise anyway? I understand that the authorities are trying to get people to do something, and walking is better than nothing, I guess. But lying to the public, in an effort to get them to do the right thing is self-defeating in the long run. [/quote]
If you take someone who sits at a desk eight hours per day, commutes for two hours, watches TV for four hours, and eats for two hours, converting an hour of TV time into walking would lead to a tremendous difference in fitness levels. We are no longer in an era in which most people work manual labor jobs that force them to move throughout the day.
[quote]JoeG254 wrote:
I can understand the problem here. The people who need the exercise the most are using the least intensity. I saw the fattest people in the gym reading while on the treadmill and using lame exercises.
Today I saw three fat chicks talking to each other while one was either on the machine crunch or butt blaster. That’s pretty much all I saw them do, although I was focusing on my workout. I often see one of the personal trainer doing weird conditioning drills that look useless.
Also the fattest person I’ve seen in my gym comes in for about 40 minutes, does probably ten minutes of low intensity cardio on the treadmill, proceeds to do dumbbell curls with the pink dumbbells, and the does behind the neck pulldowns with super light weight. But hey at least he earned that cake he probably eats when he gets home =/.
My dad said he would put a weight room in our garage but, he doesn’t think it would get used much, I think when he does I’m going to spend most of my workout time there just to get aways from the people I see in the gym. [/quote]
Butt blaster?!?
Can you explain?
Mufasa
Thanks for posting that picture of yourself. It is obvious that your lioness is doing all the real work. By the way you need to dye your mane again. It makes you look like an old has been lion instead of the young vibrant one you think you are.
[quote]Chris Shugart wrote:
Pretty easy one. Two things:
I talk to a lot of people who “exercise” and yet are overweight. Their “exercise” consists of walking for .0002 miles at lunch or lifting pink dumbbells or doing yoga once a month (which is great for recovery but burns almost no calories.)
In other words, most people’s definition of exercise isn’t exactly OUR definition of exercise (weights, cardio, HIIT, sports prep, etc. multiple times per week.) I wrote an old blog about that topic here:
http://www.T-Nation.com/tmagnum/readTopic.do?id=489555
In short, their level of “exercise” sucked.
Even people who exercise – who really exercise – often ruin their efforts because they can’t stop eating crap. Very, very few people can look good while eating crap. Look around the gym – you’ll see lots of fat people training fairly hard. And they’ll still be doing it a year from now because they can’t crack down on their diets. They think training is all they need; they even justify their binge eating and poor food choices with, “Well, I go to the gym a lot…”
So most people exercise a little and eat a lot. And foods trumps training when it comes to body fat.
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Both points are right on the money but number 2 is probably the bigger issue. People eat like shit. Too many calories with too little nutritional value. The woman sitting next to me at work right now is stuffing her face with peanut m&ms and a diet coke. It’s 9:30 in the fuckin morning here and this is how she starts every day. Later she’ll go get a salad from across the street coated in blue cheese dressing have about 2 more diet cokes, two more bags of candy and then ask me for training tips.
[quote]robo1 wrote:
The woman sitting next to me at work right now is stuffing her face with peanut m&ms and a diet coke. It’s 9:30 in the fuckin morning here and this is how she starts every day. Later she’ll go get a salad from across the street coated in blue cheese dressing have about 2 more diet cokes, two more bags of candy and then ask me for training tips.
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She sounds hot…does she ever get out to the MD suburbs?
[quote]BALBO wrote:
Butt blaster?!?
Can you explain?
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unfortunately it’s not what you’re picturing…
but wouldn’t it be great if they had some sort of anal-reamer that the fatties could ‘plug in’ for a half hour in the gym?..i’m dying thinking about all the people that presently do the treadmill while reading their magazines using the new improved butt blaster…these people have been raped by the fitness industry already…why not make it official?
I can see the personal trainers bringing the muffin tops around the gym showing them the leg adductor machines, crunch machines, smith machine (for when they’re advanced) and then the piece de resistance…the butt blaster !
Personal Trainer (PT): So…I want you to do 10 reps on the leg adductor, 10 crunches on this machine that really rips your abs, and then 10 minutes with the butt blaster.
Muffin Top (MT): Looks like it’ll hurt.
PT: It will at first, but no pain no gain.
Other Muffin Top (OMT): I actually like it…you just have to know when to exhale.
MT: Oh okay. Thanks.