Hardest Geezer suggests daily 5km runs to tackle Britain’s obesity crisis
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/hardest-geezer-run-new-zealand-russ-cook-b2712876.html
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Hardest Geezer suggests daily 5km runs to tackle Britain’s obesity crisis
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/hardest-geezer-run-new-zealand-russ-cook-b2712876.html
Posted by tylerthe-theatre
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Great way to destroy their joints. Lower impact activities like walking, rowing, and cycling would be better until they’re closer to a normal weight.
I have an undue hate towards the man, simply because he dubs himself ‘hardest geezer’
Probably a nice bloke, but it instantly think he is a cock
Majority of people can’t run a bath let alone 5k. And every day? That’s not healthy. He’d be better off suggesting people walk more.
All power to him but fat people isn’t just an “exercise more” argument. I mean yep calories in calories out but it’s shit food, generally shit and sedentary lifestyles – it’s more complex for a lot of people. Obvs people should exercise more to be clear
Edit : by not healthy I mean for non runners or obese people.
Trouble is at 5k a day, by Sunday I’d be 35k away from where I live.
He’s not wrong
Do 3 a week and you’ll keep the bulge down
ITT: fat jealous Redditor recluses throwing shit and being pedantic about off hand comment made by guy who ran the entire length of Africa and raised more than a million quid for charity.
You lot need to get a fucking grip.
Eating healthier and lowering your caloric intake is the only real, impactful way to lose weight. Exercise contributes of course, but not as much as being in a calorie deficit.
Nothing will make British people hate you more than suggesting they take some personal responsibility for their health.
Some right miserable twats on this thread. Oh wait it’s r/unitedkingdom , nevermind.
Obese people don’t need to run 5k races.
Obese people need support to change their diets and their habits in a way that’s beneficial to their bodies. They need to be listened to when seeking medical advice and exercise advice.
If they chose to use an aid to help them lose weight, they shouldn’t be shamed for that.
You can’t exercise your way out of an obesity issue.
And even then, daily 5k would just leave most people injured within a few weeks
Daily eating less is a better idea
I don’t get why people are getting so pressed, he just said 5k a day as an example, the goal is clearly just to encourage exercise, not running specifically.
I did 5k a day for lent a few years ago. It deffo helped but my calves were FUCKED and I hated running since
Once exercise becomes “a thing you have to do” it’s becomes much less likely for people to actually do it. How many gym memberships go unused because an hour in the gym is a chore that end up falling off the bottom of the to-do list?
Instead, we should be baking exercise into people’s daily routines so that it doesn’t feel like work. By disincentivising car use and getting people walking and cycling not as an activity for its own sake but simply because it is the most convenient way to get around our lived environments.
You can’t out exercise a poor diet, it all starts in the kitchen
It’s obviously not practical for a lot of people but, yeah, I started doing 3K everyday in conjunction with a few other lifestyle tweaks and I dropped a ton of weight.
Like everything, the hardest part is just forming the habit.
This title is such rage bait. He actually said
>“If people were connected more with their bodies and did a 5km every day, for example, then yeah, obesity comes down, the strain on the NHS comes down.”
Which is a bit obvious but also true. He isn’t suggesting it, he is simply stating that it would be a solution. He said he would like to see the government encouraging it. The title makes it sound like he was saying “Everybody just start running every day.”
Regular exercise does help combat quite a few health concerns, including mental health, anxiety, obesity and even self-esteem. Regular labour produces gratification in the self.
As a former fat fuck, I can testify that I was not going to get out of it by someone telling me to start running, and also that it isn’t a new idea.
It is a bit like “Man suggests car accidents could be prevented by people driving more carefully”.
Yeah, thanks mate.
I’d say just walk. I’ve walked more than 8k every day since Jan 1st and I’ve noticed incredible benefits besides the weight loss. Before then I’d probably do 4k a week.
There are a whole lot of people in this thread, making excuses and getting riled up because somebody suggested exercise would help them .
It’s really sad to see
Running 5km every day is going to burn about 400 calories, plus or minus a bit depending on size, speed, level of fitness etc.
That’s 4 chocolate hobnobs you’d burn in around 30 minutes to an hour.
You can’t outrun a bad diet (unless you’re running ultras regularly, in which case, eat what you like)
Man really good at running suggests running every day. Even when I was somewhat good at running I was constantly aware of how easy it wasn’t. I had nothing but respect for the guy until he went for that run with Rishi at a time when everyone couldn’t wait for him to fuck off.