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I'm not going to disagree with your general premise. You're correct that most trainers recommend deep squats and for good reasons (assuming healthy knee function, etc). But really? Babies do it so it must be "natural" and "correct"? Babies learn almost everything by watching us. They can't even stand till they learn the…

I'm a little shocked that your trainer would advise you to go against your therapists advice. Even if he disagrees with the advice, it's never a good practice to ignore a medical professional as a trainer. If something happens and your knee gets worse (even if it's not his fault) he's opened himself up to possible…

I use an iPhone with Runmeter and and a Wahoo BlueHR monitor. It's extremely effective, and cost a lot less than a dedicated GPS/HR monitor setup. The BlueHR gets great reviews and I personally really like it; be warned however that the low power Bluetooth standard is still in flux, so not every device works with every…

This is good info, and the way that most "professional" running programs are designed. The 10% rule is certainly a useful tool for minimizing over training, but like Carson points out it's a compound interest problem. The more miles you do, the larger 10% becomes.

Water retention in the muscles to aid in repair. It's normal and there's really nothing you can do about it (nor should you). The scale is a crude tool for fitness at best. Follow the program, do your measurements and look at your before and after pictures. Weighing yourself is fine, but try to avoid doing it more than…

I missed logging yesterday, so since today is a rest day I'll just do it now. 6.5 yesterday takes me to 38.5 for the month so far.

Calories from walking/jogging are more based on miles than time or speed. There is a bump up in calories per mile when you go from a walking gait to a running gait, but speed per se doesn't affect calories burned per mile very much. So for example: let's say you burn 100 calories per mile walking 3 mph. Walking 4 mph…

Lots of great answers here, and for the long term I think swimming and water aerobics are your best bet for sustained activity. That said, if your problems with your feet and ankles are related to weight and/or strength (as opposed to something more physiological like muscle or ligament damage), look at walking short…

It's considered one of the higher burn activities you can do. Along with that, it uses most of you major muscle groups and the water provides resistance, so it's one of the better strength and muscle builders among cardio activities. Also I need to get much better at it if I'm going to do this Olympic distance triathlon…

What is his objection specifically? Seems odd to me, as long as you're not pushing her to do excessive exercise or giving her body image issues or something, what's the problem? A lot of boys start wanting to go to the gym around that age. How is going to the gym different than joining a soccer team or martial arts classes…

If I understand what you're asking, it's when you are at or near your goal weight, and rather than trying to "lose weight" you're trying to keep your weight more or less the same but lose fat and build muscle. So to use myself as an example: I'm six feet even, I currently weight 200 pounds, and have about 25% body fat. I'm…

Three miles today is 32 MTD.

Yeah for most of us it lasts until the first time you're sidelined for a month over something that could have been taken care of in a week if you'd done something earlier. Or at least those occurrences make us paranoid for a few months afterwards :-)

Just switch them out if you're going to run on the treadmill or use an elliptical. Things will kill your ankles after a mile. For lifting thought it seems like they'd be perfect.

My only "downside" to this app is that you have to be careful if you turn on zombie chases. If they hit at the wrong time (like when you're trying to cross a big street) you either wind up doing something dangerous or losing items. I've only had it happen a couple of times, and otherwise I love the app. If you trail run or…

Couple questions. First, how does the pain feel? Is it a cramp, a sore muscle, of does it feel like something may be seriously wrong? Second, what kind of mileage do you do on your runs? Finally, what other exercise do you do? This could be something as trivial as a cramp, but if you've got a pulled groin or something it…

Jumping over to this tread so I don't have to keep finding the weekly checkin thread (Lazy? Me? The Hell you say?). Five miles today, 29 MTD.

You should probably see a doctor (preferably a Sports Medicine Podiatrist, I got lucky and found one easily). They can take X-rays and verify that your problem is Plantar Fasciitis. I say this primarily becasue I once posted a big long advice thread telling someone they almost certainly had PF, and it turned out to to be…

OK, here's my take and I've posted this in quite a number of similar threads. For people that exercise moderately, say 300-400 calories 3 or 4 days a week, it's relatively unimportant what they decide to do with the excess. A few hundred extra calories at the end of the day here and there aren't going to cause any kind of…

7 miles today takes me to 24 MTD. Little tiny bit behind, but shouldn't be an issue.

I swear I'm going to copy and paste this response into a text file so I don't have to keep retyping it. :-) This is an incredibly common question, and lots of people have give pretty good advice. I'm going to add this bit since I haven't seen anyone else say it. If you're burning relatively small numbers of calories…

5 Miles today. Outside for a change; the weather was beautiful, but the remnant snow and ice on the side walk kept things slow. 17 MTD

This. Trying to clean up from a run with baby wipes would be an exercise in frustration for me. Not even remotely possible.

3 miles today. 12 MTD

6 Miles on the treadmill today... Bright Gods I hate the treadmill. Still can't run on the sidewalks near my home due to ice and snow though. :grumble: Supposed to warm up after today, so I should be able to run outside this weekend. 9 miles MTD

Um.. No. First of all, for an average person of her weight running for thirty minutes won't burn more than 350-400 calories. I burn about 500 in a half hour, but I outweigh her by more than 50 pounds and my pace is considerably faster than most beginners could maintain for that time frame. Even 500 calories a day, while…

Starting the year off right with three quick miles. And by quick I mean actually kinda slow. There's a lot of snow and ice out there. I'm not sure what I'm going to do tomorrow. Most of the side walks aren't clear of snow, and while the roads weren't too bad this morning: it's not rush hour, it's light out, and I didn't…

You don't want to "beast through" the flu anyway. Fevers and exercise don't mix. Rest up and get back on the pony in the new year.

5 miles today takes me to exactly 80 for the month and goal complete. I didn't exactly get there the way I planned, but I got there.

Good advice in general in this thread. RICE (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation) are the best treatment for shin splints. A couple of additions: 1) The root cause may be old or improper foot wear. If you haven't done so, go to a good local running shop and have them do a gait analysis. They can recommend good shoes to…