Obese benefit claimants should be made to run 20 mins on a treadmill before payment?

Why don't we just put benefit claimants in a gladiator ring and let them fight it out?

Or set up The Hunger Games - we even have an example to work from.

Except that the government will be liable for injuries, because the government are saying "Run or starve in the cold, in the dark, and in your own filth".

I think we should do this and then broadcast it live-it would be effing amusing.

like i just said we would have two tiers of payment, so no it won't be forced. But doing it for YOUR own good.



Another possible revenue stream i guess.

Getting fatties to go on a treadmill is slightly different to asking people to fight each other in gladiatorial battle. Way to strawman an argument.

like i just said we would have two tiers of payment, so no it won't be forced. But doing it for YOUR own good.

Do we? Not everyone who is overweight claims because they are overweight. They often have other serious underlying medical conditions.

Getting 'fatties' to do something that is not only possible but given it's 20 minutes of high impact exercise, seemingly with no warm up, is probable to get them hurt - maybe just soft tissue injuries but also long term knee problems, back issues, neck issues, could raise their heart rate and cause problems there - while also making them sign away your liability for said injuries while broadcasting it for ****s and giggles is not that dissimilar to a gladiator ring, to be honest.



Oh, I'm injuring myself without any recourse on the government, for MY own good?
Yeah, sure.

I think we should do this and then broadcast it live-it would be effing amusing.

Because exploiting the poor for entertainment in order for them to not be in poverty is a perfectly healthy thing for the goverment to do.

Getting 'fatties' to do something that is not only possible but given it's 20 minutes of high impact exercise, seemingly with no warm up, is probable to get them hurt - maybe just soft tissue injuries but also long term knee problems, back issues, neck issues, could raise their heart rate and cause problems there - while also making them sign away your liability for said injuries while broadcasting it for ****s and giggles is not that dissimilar to a gladiator ring, to be honest.



Oh, I'm injuring myself without any recourse on the government, for MY own good?
Yeah, sure.

Do we? Not everyone who is overweight claims because they are overweight. They often have other serious underlying medical conditions.

You've hit the nail on the head! It's not just healthy, it's hilarious!

So how is this supposed to aid anybody. I mean the only "advantage" I can see from this is that it would severely deter overweight people from claiming benefits even if they need it.

1. Entertaining
2. Makes them more healthy
3. Less benefits claimed
4. Revenue from electricity and live broadcasting
5. Entertaining

Yeah it's called an addiction to cake

How to you decide who is obese, considering that most serios amature sportspeople are obese by BMI?

How to you decide who is obese, considering that most serios amature sportspeople are obese by BMI?

Also static bike would work better than treadmill

That's incorrect.

Pretty much every sportsperson isn't obese apart from powerlifters and maybe shot put/hammer/disc throwers