Horizon: The Truth About Exercise (UK tv)

[thestoatyone]

I'm kinda in the tl;dw camp (the first 3 minutes made it sound like the kind of attention grabbing tosh that is all too common at the mo) but a few points: The English breakfast was designed for people that did manual jobs, and pretty ball-breaking ones at that. Our expanding waistlines are more a product of our less than active lifestyles than they are of our diet (The war ration in the UK was for 3,500 Calories per adult of fat bacon, sugar, lard and butter; they needed the energy...) Also, sitting down at work ain't the end of the world, but people that do so need to stretch their hip flexors; shitloads of office workers suffer from back problems that are easily avoidable by proper mobility work.

Also, HIIT is the best protocol for losing weight? Fuck me, I never knew...

[muchluv]

I think the full scottish breakfast was to demonstrate fat. They said it had the same amount of fat as the average person has in one day - no comments on bad diet. After the first breakfast he has a blood test taken, then spun to see the amount of fat. He takes a 90 min walk which releases an enzyme which changes how the body processe fat. The next day the breakfast and test is repeated and he has less blood in his fat due to exercise. Then it goes on to talk about visceral fat and subcutenous (bad spelling lol) and how visceral is bad and that tummy fat may even be good for you.


Stoaty. When it was intro-ing it before the prog came on and it said about health benefits with 3 mins of exercises a week, I had a pre-conceived perception of the programme. I think the first 10 mins (I didnt properly watch the first few) were fairly standard. After those 10 mins it kicks in more. I probably wouldnt watch it if someone had linked it on here either. Scratch that - probably almost certianly lol. But seriously, it really is good.

Yes I would take the gene test! just to find out where I stood.

[xrodolfox]

I HATE sitting down all the time at work... it's dismal. I make any excuse to get up and walk around but sadly there aren't many opportunities to move around.

To each their own.

If I could have a bed at work, I would take it. People could roll me around on a gurney to do my work from there and I'd be in seventh heaven. Then I could hit the pool/roads/trail for a hard workout for 3hrs or so twice a day and that would be the best ever.

[Rach]

I enjoyed the programme but thought like many documentaries today it laboured over one main point, in this case the HIIT. I'd hoped it would look at benefits of weight training too.

[thestoatyone]

...I had a pre-conceived perception of the programme. I think the first 10 mins (I didnt properly watch the first few) were fairly standard. After those 10 mins it kicks in more...

Okay, fair play, might give it a spin when I have a sec.

The bit about visceral/subcutaneous fat is an important point, and one that needs better publicity IMHO.

[JP]

The bit about visceral/subcutaneous fat is an important point, and one that needs better publicity IMHO.

im all visceral, dammit.