It's common wisdom to wait at least an hour after eating a meal before you exercise. But the question a recent, strangely watchable TikTok trend poses is, what if you exercise while you eat? This trend revolves around two people, a rock-paper-scissors match, an ill-advised amount of fast food, and a lot of cardio. After each "one-two-three shoot," the loser breaks into a wind sprint while the winner eats as much of the meal as possible before their opponent returns, typically as close to the camera lens as possible.
If you don't win rock-paper-scissors, you don't eat. The videos are bizarre and fascinating to watch, but also a little bit disappointing (we've seen more entertaining TikTok trends in our time). Naturally, we have some questions.
Who are the people embarking on this challenge? How does someone win, exactly? And what kind of impact does it have on the body? By that I mean, will it make you hurl? Answer: possibly. Meet the challengers (and the challenge) The most popular rock, paper, scissors TikToks feature couples. The twist in this challenge: their love language is competition.
That dynamic can spark fun tension as couples endure the ups and downs (and back and forth sprints) of the battle. That's reflected in the most popular comments, which respond to the couples' fun interplay, and less to the prospect that one or both might lose their rapidly-inhaled lunch. But even with the most fit and conditioned competitors, one problem with these videos is that they tak.