Originally Posted by jinx2;69939645[B:
“]He may be a big man but he is also quite fit (you can not star in a West End show if you are not[/b]) and therefore weight will not just "fall off", saying that he has lost over 2 stone.
As for his knees, he damaged them very badly second week of rehearsal and was given the chance of leaving.
Mark loves Strictly so much he decided to not make a fuss and shoulder on but with no lifts and not as much rise and fall.”
What a silly, ignorant thread. But I agree with this post.
No matter what physical shape you are, you can be in good metabolic health, and that effects how quickly you loose weight when starting a physically demanding regime. Big or small, if you are not use to much physical exertion, then the moment you start doing intense (or any) training every day the weight drops off.
Big or small, if your body is used to moving around a lot and you have a higher level of metabolic fitness, then that body will be slower in loosing weight when upping that physical exertion.
Or to put it concisely Mark already had reasonable level of metabolic health and you cannot judge someones fitness by their size. You certainly cannot assume someone who is 'big' is unfit. This is now a proven fact. But anecdotally, as a runner, hiker, and long distance cyclist, I have seen many 'slim' people, who can barely run half a mile before falling on the floor in agony and breathlessness. Only to be passed by the 'fatty' who carries on to run 7+ miles, 3 or 4 times a week. These 'fatties' I train with don't loose weight either, but that's not their goal. They are a heck of a lot fitter than the majority of 'slim' people out there, for whom it would be automatically assumed are healthy.