Horizon: The Truth About Exercise

ravihira1892
ravihira1892 Posts: 149 Member
edited November 11 in Chit-Chat
Did anyone watch this last night in the UK on BBC2?

What are your thoughts on this? I found this pretty interesting to watch & full of facts based on experiments!

And also HiiT training is the one! always have done this form of exercise.


A Link for those who didn't watch it. Its free to watch and totally safe.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mgxf
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  • janenightingale
    janenightingale Posts: 55 Member
    bump for later
  • healthbunny
    healthbunny Posts: 86
    Bump to watch later :flowerforyou:
  • Flixie00
    Flixie00 Posts: 1,195 Member
    Blast - watched the Biggest Loser instead. Will watch it on i-player tonight.
  • l_oudman
    l_oudman Posts: 373 Member
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  • Briszler75
    Briszler75 Posts: 88 Member
    Just watched it on iplayer. So interesting! The chair IS a killer!
  • kcragg
    kcragg Posts: 239 Member
    I watched the programme. It was quite interesting, but I don't think the fact that exercise makes you healthier and live longer is a new concept! It is scary just how bad for you sitting down all day is, especially if you are an office worker, like me! I must move more and not sit in front of the TV or computer in the evening.

    There does seem to be more and more evidence supporting high intensity interval training as being the more effective form of exercise over long periods of cardio- I will have to give this a try .
  • Keefypoos
    Keefypoos Posts: 231 Member
    I found it kind of old news really.

    the blueberry muffin, banna and coffee would take 50 mins of moderate exercise to work off no supprise there as the total calories would be in the range of 500-600

    HIT might work for you but it might not

    going for a long walk helps with digestion and reduce fat levels in the blood stream for your meals the day after was interesting, but wait for the howls of protest from the weight lifing brigade claiming cardio destroys your muscles!

    and plenty of room to say well I only need to do 3 mins of exercise a week.
  • Matt_Wild
    Matt_Wild Posts: 2,673 Member
    Interesting but you simply cannot diet and do HIIT every day, from my experience with me and my clients. It is too demanding on the CNS, esp when combined with heavy weights and a calorie restricted diet. I get my clients if required to do it once every 3 days.
  • CindyRx
    CindyRx Posts: 46 Member
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  • BerryH
    BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
    I posted this in another thread about HIIT:

    The original context of the word "fit" is "fit for purpose", in other words capable of addressing the task at hand. By Survival Of The Fittest, Darwin meant best adapted to the environment, not necessarily the fastest or strongest.

    HIIT may improve a few biological markers for general health in the body, but if you want to run a Marathon, bench your own body weight, swing your toddler round without hurting your back, look great in a swimsuit or do a physical job and still have enough energy to go dancing, HIIT won't achieve your goals.
  • kyle4jem
    kyle4jem Posts: 1,400 Member
    I plused this prog and will hopefully watch it tonight or tomorrow.
  • tubbstattsyrup
    tubbstattsyrup Posts: 89 Member
    I'll never look at a chair in the same way again. Interesting programe.
  • roebuck1908
    roebuck1908 Posts: 185
    I have burnt my chair and am now sitting on a exercise bike whilst writting this comment. The bike is given my chalfonts hell :sick:
  • cupcake28
    cupcake28 Posts: 32 Member
    Missed it bump to watch for later
  • shedoos
    shedoos Posts: 446 Member
    bump to watch later
  • Goosiesnougs
    Goosiesnougs Posts: 420
    bump
  • bluemist248
    bluemist248 Posts: 207 Member
    Bump for later viewing :)
  • Silverkittycat
    Silverkittycat Posts: 1,997 Member
    saving for later :smile:
  • lorro
    lorro Posts: 917 Member
    I planned to watch it and totally forgot. Will watch it online
  • MYLOV
    MYLOV Posts: 17 Member
    Interesting.
  • IronSmasher
    IronSmasher Posts: 3,908 Member
    It was old news to me, and I'm not sure what the point in the fat in the blood part was illustrating. If there were trying to show how ineffective exercise was for controlling calories compared to diet, they could've done far better.

    For hitting goals, I can only see the need for practising a race pace.

    People have successfully trained for marathons using HIT, strength training is HIT, and for swinging your toddler without hurting your back there's kettlebells - 300 year old HIT.

    I can see from people's reactions, that there will be several more decades of people wasting time, effort, money and causing repetitive strain and debilitating joint injuries with hours and hours of cardio a week.
  • Lindsayrob
    Lindsayrob Posts: 247 Member
    Interesting but you simply cannot diet and do HIIT every day, from my experience with me and my clients. It is too demanding on the CNS, esp when combined with heavy weights and a calorie restricted diet. I get my clients if required to do it once every 3 days.
    They were only advocating it three times a week, not every day, and only for a total of three minutes a week. I thought it was an interesting concept, but I would have preferred if he had tested HIIT and NEAT over separate time periods, so that you could tell more clearly where the benefits came from
  • BerryH
    BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
    People have successfully trained for marathons using HIT, strength training is HIT, and for swinging your toddler without hurting your back there's kettlebells - 300 year old HIT.
    I know HIIT contributes to faster running times and improved aerobic capacity, even over distance, and I certainly incorporate intervals into my Marathon training. If you have an example I'd love to read about someone who has successfully run a Marathon using only HIIT as their cardio. I read Tim Ferris' 4-Hour Body and he was going to attempt an ultramarathon without putting in the miles. Two years later, there still a "Watch this space" on his website, so I can only assume all did not go according to plan :smile:
  • Picola1984
    Picola1984 Posts: 1,133
    I actually found it pretty boring. Don't know if that was down to the presenter or the content
  • Emagali74
    Emagali74 Posts: 132 Member
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  • zincalloy
    zincalloy Posts: 43
    I have burnt my chair and am now sitting on a exercise bike whilst writting this comment. The bike is given my chalfonts hell :sick:

    Ha ha, good man. It can be a bit precarious for your Jacobs as well.

    You do know that most people on this site won't have a clue what you're talking about.
  • Matt_Wild
    Matt_Wild Posts: 2,673 Member
    Interesting but you simply cannot diet and do HIIT every day, from my experience with me and my clients. It is too demanding on the CNS, esp when combined with heavy weights and a calorie restricted diet. I get my clients if required to do it once every 3 days.
    They were only advocating it three times a week, not every day, and only for a total of three minutes a week. I thought it was an interesting concept, but I would have preferred if he had tested HIIT and NEAT over separate time periods, so that you could tell more clearly where the benefits came from

    Three mins a week? God LOL :laugh:

    TBH my clients do SSCV 5-6 days a week, 40-50 mins a time and 15 mins post weights. HIIT is added in at the end if required to trim any fat in shorter time scales....
  • Florawanda
    Florawanda Posts: 283 Member
    I think the HiiT was for 3 x 1 minute sessions 3 times a week, so 9 minutes in all! But it did make the point that any sort of movement was better than none, and had 'fidget pants' worn by volunteers to test the movements they did during the day, to show how sedentary most people are - the exception was the waitress. They also said that some people are genetically not going to benefit from exercise - the science lost me a bit, but the programme's guinea pig turned out to be one of those!
  • peaceinside
    peaceinside Posts: 272
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  • chrissypops
    chrissypops Posts: 112 Member
    Think hitt or interval training is well known for increasing heart rate and good for metabolism because the heart rate doesn't stay constant therefore doesn't get used to it. Walking, again is a good ALL round good exercise. Even though it's " old news" to some, it might be what helps ppl who are sedatory and make " excuses " or place barriers in the way to redefine and think that it is possible to fit something into their lifestyle that will improve their health x
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