Runners face!

mood

I saw this mentioned recently on a women's fitness magazine website as far as I can remember. Does it really exist? I looked it up briefly on the internet and it seem to be the gaunt and wrinkled appearance they say is a side-effect of too much jogging. I am going to start couch to 5k soon but this is worrying me! I only intend to run enough to keep fit as I don't need or want to loose weight. Should I be concerned?

Some info below:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2063984/Is-running-fast-track-wrinkles.html

daenerysstormborn3

I'd say living their lives in excess has probably lead to their appearance. Madonna with her extreme plastic surgery and injections of all sorts and desperately trying to cling onto her youth in any way possible and Renee Zellweger's extreme eating habits (I believe she had an eating disorder in the past) have probably caused damage to her skin and appearance in general.

I don't think it's anything to do with "running". I know plenty of women who have (a) chosen running as their main form of exercise all their lives and they don't have more wrinkles than anyone else their age and (b) women who have taken up running as they have gotten older and they don't have more wrinkles than anyone else their age.

mood

pixiebean22 wrote: »

I'd say living their lives in excess has probably lead to their appearance. Madonna with her extreme plastic surgery and injections of all sorts and desperately trying to cling onto her youth in any way possible and Renee Zellweger's extreme eating habits (I believe she had an eating disorder in the past) have probably caused damage to her skin and appearance in general.

I don't think it's anything to do with "running". I know plenty of women who have (a) chosen running as their main form of exercise all their lives and they don't have more wrinkles than anyone else their age and (b) women who have taken up running as they have gotten older and they don't have more wrinkles than anyone else their age.

I was think the same. The famous people they use as examples seem to have VERY low body fat and take dieting and exercise to the extreme. I am naturally quite thin but I don't intend to reduce my calorie intake. I do intend to eat healthier but surely including more good fats, green veg and less pizzas etc won't result in weight loss!? I just want to run enough to get and stay healthier. I'll also be using some free weights at home.

JJayoo

Any activity which involves long duration in the Irish weather will be severe on your skin.

Davei141

You should be very concerned IMO, reading the Daily mail & a women's fitness magazine for fitness advice is very detrimental to your face and brain.

mood

Davei141 wrote: »

You should be very concerned IMO, reading the Daily mail & a women's fitness magazine for fitness advice is very detrimental to your face and brain.

I know

floggg

Well if the Daily Mail say you can get "runner's face" I think it's pretty safe to say that no such thing exists, and even if it did, it's none of your business who it sleeps with!

mood

Davei141 wrote: »

You should be very concerned IMO, reading the Daily mail & a women's fitness magazine for fitness advice is very detrimental to your face and brain.

Just for the record I don't read the Daily Mail or female fitness mags. I was looking for fitness gear online and stumbled across a well know female fitness mag mag that had article about 'joggers face'. I then searched for 'joggers face' and came across the Daily Mail article amount many others.

Davei141

The internet(and rag mags/papers) is full of stuff scaring women away from proper exercising unfortunately, just ignore it and enjoy your jogging. If you wan't to stay the same weight and you burn X calories from jogging just eat an extra X calories on top of your diet.

btkm8unsl0w5r4

Shocker, having low bodyweight and body fat will lead to a thin face..who would have thunk it.

Seriously you cant win with these rags....too fat...too thin...

Transform

mood wrote: »

I saw this mentioned recently on a women's fitness magazine website as far as I can remember. Does it really exist? I looked it up briefly on the internet and it seem to be the gaunt and wrinkled appearance they say is a side-effect of too much jogging. I am going to start couch to 5k soon but this is worrying me! I only intend to run enough to keep fit as I don't need or want to loose weight. Should I be concerned?

Some info below:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2063984/Is-running-fast-track-wrinkles.html

Written by a journalist with no real coaching experience that gives running classes - go figure - http://www.petabee.co.uk/about-me.html

Listen to people that make their living by getting people in great shape not journalists

Also another great example of how women can be complete b1tches towards one another.