Who does Biggest Loser think they are kidding? (Read 1060 times)

That's cuz you're soft.

Cold. (Only said because you beat me to it)

Plopping someone who isn't used to sprinting onto a fast-moving treadmill is stupid, dangerous, and serves no useful purpose from a standpoint of weight loss. Like I said earlier, 14mph is a 64-second quarter, and a 32-second 200m. That's sprinting for most people.

32 seconds is almost exactly what my 200 time was in HS...when I was scrawny and training specifically for that distance. Even then I was very average, but I was still in good physical shape and not overweight. I think I'd be hard pressed to run that fast now, and I'm not obese (though maybe if I were 10-15#s lighter I could get close). When I was 50#s heavier and not as fit as I am now I think that sort of effort would have made for a very bad ending, indeed.