Should We Care About Mainstream Media?
Do you get pissed off when you are eating your morning omelet and you see this on the tv:
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First off you have a, “Medical Correspondent” who clearly has never heard of HIIT until the morning of the broadcast. Seriously? I will never blame general practitioners of not know this stuff because their scope has to be so broad, but she was asked to talk about the subject and to give her opinion as an expert.
Her opinion was that (interval training), “is the uber workout.” This video isn’t the airing I saw live. Where the host asked her if shed used HIIT and she said something like, “No, but I will now!”
Personally, I think it is good that people are getting some info out there on HIIT and hopefully strength training. Even The Biggest Loser has had some beneficial moments with the sled training and kettle-bells. Just remember the source and the commentary that follows it.
Oh man.
Yes, you should care about mainstream media. People are going to pick up on what is said through the media and that will become incorporated into their views and thoughts on exercise and health. SOMEONE has to respond to the nonsense that gets spewed. If you don’t address these things, then the few who question it will find nothing on Google when they do a search on the topic.
Please, don’t be like researchers I know that think people should just already be smart enough to understand your subject and if they don’t then they’re not worth your time. Part of your professional and social responsibility for being in this field is to help and educate people.