The Cover of Women's Runner Magazine
CrazyGeorge
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Note: This is real. This is not made up, they actually put this on the cover.
What is your reaction?
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I don't care what people say, being severely overweight and underweight is a health problem.
just go on a simple freaking diet, its not that hard. if i can do it so can you.
It's not like I'm not using women's running magazines to jerk off to, so it doesn't really matter to me. Good on her for trying to get fit, I guess.
She is not trying to get fit, it was faked. She admits to not being a "runner." In another article i read.
Eh, whatever. I still don't understand the fuss.
A thought runner magazines we're supposed to feature runners? I've never read one of those but aren't they supposed to be of pro runners?
Isn't trying to inspire overweight women to take up running a good thing, then?
I think it's dumb that people are celebrating unhealthy bodies. It's not that hard to get in shape, and healthy weights vary. But she isn't a healthy weight.
There's nothing wrong with showing an overweight woman who appears to be trying to lose weight by running on a cover of a magazine dedicated to women running. She actually is a runner, as she runs at least once a week, although she doesn't do it for sport (she has participated in marathons for charity though). Which is fine for this particular magazine, since it's a standard fitness magazine dedicated to women running in general, not professional runners.
I'm obese and I'm a runner. I was at one point over 200 pounds overweight, and I'm now about 100 pounds overweight, so since it's taking a long time to get all the weight off, my body is now used to the workout even though I'm obese. Just because you're that overweight doesn't mean that you can't run. Once your body gets used to the extra work, you can exert the amount of energy needed to run, no matter how much fat your body has stored.
In my experience, it's actually the women who are obese who read fitness magazines the most, as they read them since they really want to lose the weight. So, it makes sense to give them an image they can relate to rather than an image that seems like an impossible goal. That's the whole reason why Richard Simmons was adamant to show obese people in his workout videos in the 1980s and 1990s.
you got the actual weight related article? i assume a womens running mag would write articles trying to get women to run so this might actually be a "get fit" message with a "look, she can do it too!" cover
A whole magazine about running? The world has gone mad.
I'm referring to the 3 Reasons Your Weight Doesn't Matter.
I don't really see anything wrong with the picture. I think it's encouraging.
I hope people understand that being overweight can be dangerous and not something to be proud of. I guess this picture is supposed to be encouraging.
Cool... I guess? I don't understand, what am I meant to be reacting to?
That's an issue...Of course your weight matters, overweight and underweight are serious health issues. Let me guess though, the reasons are all about being overweight and how you should be happy with who you are.
It's a fitness magazine dedicated to running, so I highly doubt that. More than likely it's three reasons why your weight doesn't matter when it comes to whether you can run.
There's also one of sports bras, I doubt it.
Also, if they did mean it then why didn't they put that?
what
run strong stay cool
Running puts extreme stress on your body. Ligaments, joints, bones, back. But most of these things you also train by running, so it's a balance.
If you start slow, if you don't overdo it, and if you have a thorough health check before starting, yes of course there's nothing wrong with running as an overweight person. And don't think for a second that all too many people would run to lose weight. Hah, in the beginning stages, with all those muscles growing, you can actually gain weight running!
However, if you think the person on that cover is severely overweight... you must not be living in the US (or most of the other FW countries). These legs are defo made for running, full stop. Hell yeah, Erica Jean Schenk!
I've been working hard on my running for years now, without real overweight to begin with, and a marathon is so far out of my reach I don't even
My opinion is the images on the front cover should inspire you to work out
If I was obese I'm not and saw that I would be delighted runners are fat and I'm fat sitting here eating so where is the motivation to change it won't make a difference I'm already an athlete judging by that I don't need to change or run
If you saw a very fit athlete it would make you want to change to met that standard and know the secrets you would understand to get fit and reach a healthy weight you will need to run or something else
What about unhealthy skinnier people who want to get healthy or fitter who may smoke and do nothing seeing this RUN it will make you obese why would they?
Personally I want to read magazines about super fit and athletic people to get tips and advice not obese people that won't inspire me and I don't want that advice they used imo why would I XD
Work out follow the tips of this person and get obese HELL YEAH I'm inspired
We should promote a fit and healthy weight that should be the standard to achieve
but that's just my opinion
When the zombies come fat chicks are gonna want to run too.
HELL YES TLOU 2 full of bloaters would be impossible
I disagree. I think it's meant to convey the point : "you're never too overweight to start getting in shape and take control of your health."
Good point
Frankly, I don't give 2 shits about her weight. I think she looks beautiful and is very brave to be on the cover.
Brave? Beautiful, sure, but brave? Can you explain?
Because putting yourself out there on a cover to be judged by thousands of people and objectified and have your health and body ridiculed sounds scary to me. She obviously doesn't fit the norm of a woman on a magazine cover, so I think she is brave for posing in the shoot and inspiring women who may not be thin to still go out and run.
Fair enough, though models are usually brave in general to be on anything. I wouldn't call her any more brave than anyone else.
THOSE bastards...
I don't see anything wrong with it.
I definitely don't think there is anything wrong with a fitness magazine encouraging overweight people to exercise. From the looks of it, they are trying to encourage a broader demographic of people to take up running (or otherwise general fitness) outside of people who are already fit, and there isn't anything wrong with it in the slightest. The only fault I could see would arise from them encouraging people to not take the initiative to improve themselves, but I don't think that promoting the stagnation of your health and wellbeing was the intention of this cover.
I'm really hoping that this thread wasn't meant to passively troll the woman on the cover by body shaming her.
You are a mean girl.
Your hopes are too high.
I would imagine that models are more likely to have the expectation that they are good looking though (even though that's not necessarily a guarantee that they have high self-esteem), so I'd definitely agree with AllThatRemains in that being an obese woman on a fitness magazine cover would require more bravery (in the form of self-security or self-esteem) as opposed to being a fit woman on a magazine cover. As ATR said, the social connotation of an obese woman appearing on a magazine marketed towards an audience that takes health seriously (therefore placing the woman under more heavy scrutiny) would take some serious stones.
I still disagree, hell, it's the norm in America for more over weight people. Obviously, the only people that is upset about this is the people who are super fit and are angry there's a unattractive person (In their eyes) on it. All models need bravery or at least self esteem to get on a magazine, there are several heavier models, even on sports magazines. Who's to say she was scared to be on there? She isn't braver than other models, it's just a job.
I never said she was scared - just that most people in her position would require some bravery, which is commendable. As you said, obese people are fairly common in America so there's nothing wrong with appealing to a broader demographic as I said in my post below.
What I (and I assume AllThatRemains as well) were getting at is that, the magazine's demographic is likely to consist of people that wouldn't appreciate an obese woman on a fitness magazine cover as you already said. From what I'm seeing here in the thread, people including myself are in support of her - which is great - but that doesn't mean the magazine's main demographic of fit people would be inclined to see things in the same light even in spite of obesity being fairly common in America.
Heck, look at the way that the main post of this thread was phrased - it's hard not to get the impression that this thread was some passive attempt at body shaming the woman on the cover.
All models, or anyone who is in a position where they can get scrutiny and be judged are commendable. Just because one of them is heavier than others doesn't mean they're braver than the rest. I think that's what you're all missing from my posts. She isn't braver than other models just because she's over weight. It's a job to them, you go in and get a picture done, they're prepared and expect hate and at the same time love.
You know all the people who are hating on her? Look that this thread and other outlets, for everyone one who is judging and hating, there are people who are loving and shaming the others. Quite frankly, who cares if people are shaming her? Several more at applauding her for getting her picture taken. Anyway, I'm done talking about this, my opinion isn't going to change that she isn't any more brave than other models, who are usually more abused although we don't care because they don't cater to the norm of the major population.
For your last point, it's the person who posted it, if you look at who posts what you can learn why they do it. No offense to George.
This is what is now considered controversial to some people? Man, John Doe was so wrong about hitting people over the head to get their attention, God forbid a woman who is over a size 2 is on the cover of a magazine.
Cause obviously only skinny toned chicks run, obviously.
but muh fatphobia
It was.