Short excerpt from a YouTube video titled "Are you simply too heavy to run??" (created/uploaded by James Laughlin). The speaker addresses whether high BMI should affect decisions about long-distance running, emphasizing joint loading concerns and recommending a gradual approach: extensive walking first, then walk-jog progressions rather than immediately attempting long runs.
Does BMI play a role in people who want to run, in terms of if people have a large bmi, should they be more considerate about long distance running? Yeah. So it's joint loading, isn't it? Just think back to joint loading. And I think if you're heavier, you've just, your ramp has got to be so much slower, doesn't it? You know, you get into walking before you're running. So if you're heavy and you want to start running, you can run. But you've just got to do a lot of walking. You should be doing lots, lots of walking. At least. You know, this sort of trying to get this hour to hour and a half of walking, which, you know, for most people is a bit unattainable, but that's what we should be trying for. Get walking before you're running and then you can start your walk jogging.
