It's kind of unreal how out of shape "normal" people are

News Flash, junior wrote:

doing a 5k in 15 seconds is not an indicator of "health."

Healthy or not, I think that's pretty impressive.

welfare exercise wrote:

1/10

I predict 2 serious bites.

You rascal, I see what you're doing. But in the mindless spirit of this thread: stand outside a Wal-Mart on a Saturday morning to see what this nation has become. Carts full of Mac and cheese, pizza, chips and soda paid for by EBT cards.Stats say average American adult male is 20-25 pounds heavier than in the 1960s. and that's the average. One third are obese. Thank goodness for Obamacare to treat diabetic heart patients at the expense of the self-disciplined.

Fitness does not always indicate health. Running alone does not ever equal fitness.

Health, while improved by fitness, is effected much more by other lifestyle factors.

Running, while it improves some aspects of fitness, will negatively effect other aspects of fitness in high amounts.

I see relatively normal people work out everyday in the Army. These were regular folks who had to get in shape to meet a minimum standard. These are folks who still exercise 5 days a week. On average the males will go 14:00-15:00 for an all-out 2 mile and maybe do 3-5 good pullups and maybe bench 185.

The average male won't be able to run a mile..but he will run/walk it in about 10:00. He won't do a single pullup. He might bench 135.

Alan

Bad Wigins wrote:

Pull ups are among the least functional of all exercises.

In my youth my drinking buddy was a Royal Marine with a pretty damn good looking set of biceps. The girls went absolutely nuts for them.

Helping you get laid is a useful function in my book.

"Runners are among the worst in terms of fitness. How many can do even 10 pull ups? 2%?"

Hahahaha. Yep! This sure is a self righteous bunch, isn't it?

Bump to 4/10

I was way off on this one.

Limey UK Runner wrote:

Bad Wigins wrote:

Pull ups are among the least functional of all exercises.

In my youth my drinking buddy was a Royal Marine with a pretty damn good looking set of biceps. The girls went absolutely nuts for them.

Helping you get laid is a useful function in my book.

Snaggle-toothed, drunken, smelly English Ho's is setting the bar pretty low. Methinks they were just after his military pension for after he got kilt.

Friday night I was sitting on my porch after a run.

There is a hall a few doors down that was holding some type of benefit out front were 10-12 guys about 30 having beers and maybe smoking but what caught my eye was the big guts sticking out of the white t-shirts on at least 8 of them. Kinda hard to make it back after letting yourself go.

If running was easy everybody would do it ???

PTO wrote:

Friday night I was sitting on my porch after a run.

There is a hall a few doors down that was holding some type of benefit out front were 10-12 guys about 30 having beers and maybe smoking but what caught my eye was the big guts sticking out of the white t-shirts on at least 8 of them. Kinda hard to make it back after letting yourself go.

If running was easy everybody would do it ???

Those guts are a standard in today's appearance it seems. That's what happens when you eat out all the time, eat processed foods, consume a high amount of alcohol daily and don't exercise.

50 State Challenge:

PTO wrote:

Friday night I was sitting on my porch after a run.

There is a hall a few doors down that was holding some type of benefit out front were 10-12 guys about 30 having beers and maybe smoking but what caught my eye was the big guts sticking out of the white t-shirts on at least 8 of them. Kinda hard to make it back after letting yourself go.

If running was easy everybody would do it ???

True. This appears to be a social construct as I see many guys my age who have just given up on fitness and their physical appearance. What they have in common: Married early, dead-end job types usually still living in their home town.

In the same vein, you see a ranchers wife, she's lean and looks good in jeans, but a farmers wife is usually pear shaped and wears a big shirt over her elastic-waisted pants to cover her fat rolls. In the military- same thing for officers' wives vs. long-term enlisted guys wives.

Millennials will likely turn out this way as many spend their days playing endless video games, doing bong hits, eating Fritos and drinking Coke.

Just sayin.

We don't eat fritos... We eat takis!

ScaryStuff wrote:

Snaggle-toothed, drunken, smelly English Ho's is setting the bar pretty low. Methinks they were just after his military pension for after he got kilt.

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

Poor little hedgehog.

Limey UK Runner wrote:

ScaryStuff wrote:

Snaggle-toothed, drunken, smelly English Ho's is setting the bar pretty low. Methinks they were just after his military pension for after he got kilt.

http://tinyurl.com/pj4auuc

Funny. But I don't get it :(

Bad Wigins wrote:

Johnny W wrote:

How many can do even 10 pull ups?

Pull ups are among the least functional of all exercises.

Where do you get this stuff?

No Way wrote:

Bad Wigins wrote:

Pull ups are among the least functional of all exercises.

Where do you get this stuff?

I believe his most functional "pulling" exercise involves things coming out of his ass.

"Millennials will likely turn out this way as many spend their days playing endless video games, doing bong hits, eating Fritos and drinking Coke."

Cool! Where's the party?

No Way wrote:

Bad Wigins wrote:

Pull ups are among the least functional of all exercises.

Where do you get this stuff?

Rectal extraction.

Duh