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you need to slow down in your training. Your liver can't keep up with your fast twitch muscles. You can also eat some sugar if you train under the "no pain no gain" mentality.

yes I run any distance. The sticker on my car says 2.62

Been climbing since 2002. My tips: -learn how to tie in and belay. No one wants to deal with a gumby. If I can't trust you to catch me, you have little worth as a partner. Gyms typically wrap their TR's, so it's not too big of a deal. Consider some belay gloves. I wear them all the time. -Focus on your feet. In stead of…

apply an hour or so before you head out. When I used to spend all day out in the sun riding my bike, the second thing I did after a bathroom break was apply sunscreen. Allowing it soak in not only eliminates the eye burning, but I found further applications weren't needed. I use a hat as much as I can, but when hiking on a…

If you're truly training aerobically, it has little to do with "conditioning the heart." It has mostly to do with training muscle fibers appropriately. What you wrote above with respect to the heart is a misnomer.

I've got some "Sweatin' to the oldies" VHS tapes. Anyone want to swap VHS tapes?

Modern shoes require no "break-in." I've found wool socks to be excellent, but I don't suffer from (or at least I haven't in many years) blisters like most people. The 2 sock thing I found not to help much, but like my wool socks...ymmv. I've found the best "cure" is prevention. 1) I soak my feet at least weekly and give…

Depends on your definition of "strong." You can train your muscles to do what you would like them to do. If you want to squat more, train to squat. If you want large bulbous muscles, train for large bulbous muscles. The "benefit" is all in what one desires as an outcome(s).

I personally have found cycling to burn fewer calories than those touted here. It takes a lot of miles to burn anything significant. I put down 7000-8000 miles in 2011 (including PBP), but have since had kids and lack the amount of time I used to have. The key is...as everyone "knows," Balance what you eat with your…

I'm just a loser on the internet, but in the 2 cases I've ever had joint pain (knees and elbows tendonitis), the solution has always been antagonist training. For the knees, it was strengthening the hammys. For the elbows it is strengthening the lower bicep and top of the forearm. I would follow that logic to the wrist,…

Do you actually have an issue with your IT band? I feel that foam rolling provides some minor relief if you are irritating the IT band, but it doesn't address the issue, hence it doesn't make the problem completely go away. Otherwise, I'm a big proponent of not solving problems you don't have.

are you still a teenager? It usually resolves itself and is related solely to growth during puberty. In other words, are you sure you don't have some other knee issue?

I think my dad did about 4 months, and threw down a 3:15. That was the early 90's, and he's always been more balls than brains. I think 6-12 months is reasonable for anyone who truly understands endurance training and can dedicate the time to training. Many would require a quality personal coach for that kind of timeline.

eat less food. I like to eat small amounts, and when I start to get a little hungry, I eat something - banana, apple, almonds, smoothie etc. But the trick is to be hungry before you eat again. I also like to just be starting to turn hungry before bed and then skip the pantry and hit the hay. My guess is, weighing food and…

I log about 300 calories/hr for a massage. Depending on which essential oil is in the diffuser, this number can go up or 10%. Measure with a micrometer, cut with an ax.

you burn fewer calories doing it indoors than outdoors.

I'm going to go in a different direction.... Aerobic deficiency syndrome. You run too intensely and your aerobic muscles aren't developed. You then rely too much on glycogen and you're not eating enough... Just guessing from limited information.

Some, but like some things in this world, there is no substitute for the real deal. We can reason that if we work out our arms, those adaptations will not help our legs. But if we workout our thighs, that won't help our calves. And we can filter that down to all the small minute muscles. Cross over exists, but optimization…

I had petellar tendonitis in my knees in high school. It is not the same as having an IT band issue. I took a healthy amount of NSAIDS, but I finally had to be sidelined. A cho pat strap also helped. The real answer is to rest, and to address the muscle imbalance which is what 90% of joint issues are. My cause were weak…

I think cadence should take a back seat to aerobic base, but that is just me.... each person's body mechanics will have their own optimum (in terms of efficiency) cadence. I focus more on the crown of the head to the sky, shoulder's back, lead with the nips and getting rid of the anterior pelvic tilt (this is what fixed my…

There's also the lactate shuttle theory....For those not familiar, lactate is carried through the blood to other parts of the body to be used. E.g. lift arms heavy and your heart uses excess lactate. I would argue that LT runs aren't really what makes your "Aerobic" pace faster. Or your "race pace." It's the muscle fiber…

It's also important to remember that everything works together as a system. If one takes a journey back to high school biology, the krebs cycle is all you really need to know. "sugar" is used in the anaerobic process, with the by product being ATP and pyruvate/lactate. In the aerobic process, "fat" and pyruvate/lactate…

The primary reason It's important to remember, under normal training conditions for 99% of us, our bodies do NOT create muscle fibers. The fibers are scripted, and we have what we have. Slow twitch are slow twitch, fast twitch are fast twitch. BUT, there are some fibers which have a bit of an identity crisis, and those are…

It wasn't aimed at any one person in particular, just talking about the general "community." my self included. Didn't mean to offend you, toots.

Exploring. Climbing. Hiking. Skiing. What everyone else does in the mountains.

It also depends on how you train. I do lots of "slow" and "steady state" aerobic training. My body can run on my fat stores, which there is plenty of. My muscles demand mostly fats, and my liver can make whatever glycogen I need from fats. This translates into 18+ hour days in the mountains without eating or bonking. The…

If you just want to train hard your HR at various levels of perceived exertions, max HR and VO2max don't really matter. Go, and train hard and enjoy it. If you're really worried, you should talk to a Dr, not a forum of strangers who are wannabe experts.

What are you trying to achieve?

also depends, did you wallow through waist deep snow? or were you on a trenched out path?

Just to clarify, because I realize it may seem like I am talking out of both sides of my mouth. Not all stretching is bad, if it has a purpose and is needed for a specific activity, I can get behind it. But, we all don't need to be as flexible as a ballerina or a gymnast. When we increase our range of motion, we also…