I get the impression that America is lazy and fat and no one eats healthy and exercises. I for one run about 70 miles a week year round. And weight train on the weekends. (High Reps) I got 2nd at state for cross country last year with 15:45 for the 5K (3.1 miles) My first split was in 5:02. I have run a half-marathon (13.1 miles) and marathon. (26.2 miles) My best 10K time (6.2 miles) is 33:47 I enjoy running. I rarely eat high glycemic foods and I eat a lot of whole grains protein and complex carbs. I drink about 130-150 OZ of water a day. I feel so much better living like this. But I hate America and am under the impression no one lives like this. In the Olympic US trials Saturday in New York my idol Ryan Shaw one of the top runners on the US Marathon Team collapsed at mile 5.5 and died. I am very upset as my idol is now dead. He was 28.
Is this a thread to boost your ego? Seriously? And I love the opening statement. Congrats.. Incase ya didnt catch on, Im being sarcastic By the way I do lift weights every other day..
I am american it's just most everyone I see is fat and weights count for nothing if you don't have aerobic it's not to boost my ego i just get at most can you run a 10k even?
not everyone can run a 10k. you can still be fit and well exercised and not be able to run that much. some people just can't run that much its just not in them. me, i'm not a runner. I prefer just lifting weights running maybe just a little bit but there's no way in hell i'd ever run 10 miles a day my body just could not do it. so yeah. you don't have to run to be fit its just basically exercising. So yeah... pretty much what i'm saying is................. my dad can kick your dad's butt. *edit* and if u hate america..move.
the more you run the easier it gets and the better it feels and more efficient you burn fat you could get to 10 miles per day it's not that hard and my dad got me into running he ran 13 marathons in his life in his 30's he's 57 now and can still do 13 miles @ 7:30 pace - slow but amazing he does weights now and is up in 270 bench press max
no I am a rythym runner i get into a pace and maintain it it's gets way easier as you get better but getting to that point hurts
I do PT with the Army every thursday. And about 2-3 times a week I run 6 miles, which takes me about 50 minutes. I don't weight train (because I dont have a membership to a gym or a weight bench) so I just do sit-ups and pushups. I just like to run at a nice, slow pace. I could go alot faster if I really wanted to, but meh, I'm not trying to impress anyone.
Well working my ass of and riding 15 km everyday on my bike while listen to metal is a good excersise for me and america is not the only country where people are getting fat, the netherlands are behind yours thanks to the mac kfc and burgerking.
I do the exact same. And no... America isn't fat, nor is it lazy. There is a reason we are the most wealthy country, and it's not because of laziness. And I don't know where you live... but where I live (California), I hardly consider most the people I'm around fat. Every so often you'll see someone that is straight up cow status, and often enough you'll see people over weight (10-15lbs). But for the most part.... people are healthy in America.
I'm curious about this thread. You start off ranting about how unhealthy Americans are and how healthy you are. Then you just jump into Ryan Shaw dying. Kinda threw me for a loop. Was that so people wouldn't take offense to what you said or saying that he wasn't healthy or something? The ending just confused me a bit lol. That sucks that he died, especially an Olympic runner...just wouldn't expect that to happen.
America bieng fat and lazy is just a stereotype.. Its like some people seem to think us English all have bad teeth, are stuck up and whatever.. Those who take offense need to wake up and smell the coffee.. Its not necessarily true, just how some people see the country because of what they are shown on TV, in the media and what they hear through other means. On topic, I'm English, slim, unhealthy and lazy.. I smoke, I eat nothing but crap and barely do anything except go to work, and laze around the rest of the time. It isnt just America that is supposedly fat and lazy.. Half of the world is
I run on the weekends. But tv is rotting people's brains, having everyone else think all Americans are fat slobs..
