Haven't seen any disagreement in this preview.
Is it possible to be overweight and healthy?Virtually every weight-related health problem can be greatly improved...GG
...it appears that physical activity cannot completely reverse...AW
It's possible for a heavier runner to be faster than a thinner runner...GG
Well, sure, it's not impossible...AW
When you get some of your represented disagreement, or stick up that nutrition plan for 6-pack to pot-bellied in 12 weeks and improve your 5k time, mebbe I'll subscribe...
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Two experts in violent agreement with the third party author desperately scrabbling for an interesting tag line whilst attempting to pander to overweight readers.
The question in the title says "fit", but the subtitle says "healthy".
Those are two very different things
This:
http://www.myspace.com/thisisonthehour/videos/video/46385247
You can be, but you need an indian fella on a scooter hitting you with a spatula.
After a couple of weeks of that, you can expect to win a marathon.
Fit for what?
Sumo wrestling? World's strongest man? Cross channel swimming?
Running with a 5kg backpack is hardly like running with an extra 5kg body mass as the extra mass is evenly distributed over your body, hence you cant loose mass in one specific part of your body. You can run comparable times in endurance events with 5kg extra as other factors such as hydration, race prep, etc come into play.
People who exercise regularly and are overweight are likely to be healthier than non-exercising slim people. When we exercise visceral fat gets burned and this reduces our risk of developing diabetes and heart disease. Non-exercising apparently slim types could still be developing dangerous levels of this visceral fat.
Having said that being overweight still increases your risk of a variety of diseases and your waist measurement is a good indicator of your overall health.
Just the same as you can be thin and unfit.
You may not be as fast as a thinner runner, but that is different ?
well im 5foot 10 an 16 stone,that makes me overweight but i can run half marathons in an hour 30, now the question is am i unfit an imagine what pace i would run if i was my ideal weight of 10 and half stone and illlooking
See loads of sub 1.30 half marathoners at 10 and a half stone but no short 16 stone ones. Not saying you are lying but where did you run this 1.30 half?