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I'm not a lifter, but I can say that we get the same recommendation as distance runners: a light mileage week every 3-4 weeks inserted into any training plan. The theory seems to be the same: much as rest days help the body recover light weeks give you a chance to consolidate gains and move forward stronger. I've ignored…

You likely did minor, but possibly permanent, damage to the circulation in that toe. You'll probably have some minor issues with it for a long time or even forever. It sucks, but as far as I know there's nothing to be done for it. Gore-tex shoes or even socks as someone else suggested may be enough to keep your feet warm…

This is the rule of thumb that almost every fitness type instructor/book/magazine/guru seems to use and it usually works for me. As others have said, avoid the public gym if you're contagious regardless of whether you "feel OK". Under no circumstances work out with any significant fever. Exercise aggravates fever (both…

Put me in for 100. Thanks!

Finally! Cross training I can get into :-)

Did 3.5 yesterday and 5 this morning (Back in Boston this morning, amazing how much a week in Florida can spoil you). 75 MTD, just gotta get five more miles done to make goal. In the snow...

Did 4 miles on Tuesday, 3 yesterday, and 5.5 miles today. Takes me to 66.5 MTD. Should probably make my goal despite the early month flu.

5.5 miles on Saturday, 8.5 today. 54 miles MTD.

Did 4 on Tuesday and 5 tonight. takes me to 40 even for the month.

Straight up, you're going WAY to fast. I'm a better than average recreational runner, I do 5ks in around 22 and change. That's good enough to finish in the top 10% of most races, even large ones in a big metro area. I'm not amazing or anything (at least one poster above does a good bit better than me), but definitely above…

Well, I'm no doctor, but it sounds like you're overdoing it. Normally after a week or two of maintaining regular exercise (say three days a week or more) your body should adjust. You'll still be tired right after, and maybe even a little sore the next day or two, but being debilitatingly sore after every workout for a year…

I hate treadmills, but like most runners I find them an occasional necessary evil. I usually just don't set a time on the treadmill or set it to a much longer time that I actually plan to run. When I'm done I either do a shorter cool down manually by slowing the belt down or just hit stop and start doing some stretching.…

My trainer did a pretty awesome back exercise with me just yesterday called a "Good Morning". Take the bar across your shoulders like you're going to do a squat, but with much less weight. Might want to start with just an empty bar, no weights. Keep your feet together, and keeping your back straight, lean forward like…

Pick a day, once a week, and a time (probably in the morning right after you've taken care of your bathroom needs, but before you eat or drink anything). Only weigh yourself then. Even this isn't perfect: if you had a salty dinner the night before, or worked out particularly hard, or whatever; there can still be…

You aren't really giving very useful information from a weight loss perspective. "Breakfast food is usually made of wheat flour." So like, a slice of wheat bread? A stack of wheat pancakes? A whole wheat muffin? There's a huge number of things that can be made with wheat flour and they can have anywhere from 100 calories…

You're using the wrong trainer, and/or not adequately describing what you want them to do for you. Personal training is like any other professional service, there are good PTs and bad PTs, and even the best PT can't help you more than you're willing to let them. If you go in and say "I want to get in shape", the PT will…

It's true that you don't know what you're capable of till you try, but that said you can hurt yourself trying to do to much to fast when running. Consider the risks alongside the rewards. Sure there's some tough girl cred being able to say "I trained for a half marathon in 4 weeks." It looks like real guts if it works, but…

As other have said, probably not a good idea. Here's an article from Men's Health magazine where a guy (already in really good shape) managed to train for a half in 4 weeks, based on a fairly insane program, but even he says it probably wasn't a great idea. He also says that if you can't run at least 7 miles at a go before…

Three miles today takes me to thirty-one Month to Date.

Ten miles today. Felt good to get out and do some real distance for the first time in a while. Takes me to 28 for the month so far, hopefully I can make my goal despite the flu.

Why would you not want to eat a little load of vitamins and minerals? I don't even like the things, but I eat them because they're such excellent little all natural vitamin pills.

3.2 miles last night takes me to 18 MTD.

Long story (and arguments) short, it depends. if you spend 30 minutes 3 or 4 days a week on the elliptical, it really doesn't matter which you do. You're trying to lose weight; you'll probably lose it a little faster if you don't count the exercise calories. You'll probably still lose it if you do. Three or four hundred…

Managed my first "real" run of the month with 5 miles last night. Collapsed into a coughing fit when I finished, but I felt good for the run itself, and I seem to have suffered no long term ill effects. Try again tonight, need to get back on track. 14.8 MTD.

I have no answer for you, but your subject line brought to mind the funniest images of bench pressing kids, or running with a toddler strapped to each leg. Thank you for entertaining me, and my slightly warped mind.

Insanity has lots of pushups. Pushup drills, single arm pushups (in the second month), pushup jacks, walking pushups, you will push the up. No pull ups though. Pretty fair amount of plyo, cardio, some yogaish stuff, but usually at least 50 or so pushups per DVD, more in month two. That said, I enjoyed the Insanity workouts…

Managed to cough and hack my way through 3.4 miles yesterday, taking me to 9.8 for the month. Hopefully I can pick it up and finish my goal.

Good thing I chose a relatively low mileage goal this month. Picked up the flu on Monday and haven't run since Sunday. Hoping a pick up after a bit less than a week off tomorrow,

First, the results here are extremely arguable, and you'll find as many people in the scientific community that disagree as agree. Second, if you read the entire article, even this study indicates that runners in general live longer than the average by a pretty goood amount. The "dangers" this study points out are in…

3.3 on Saturday, 3.1 on Sunday. Sunday was the Cambridge Yulefest 5K, I ran in 22:48, a new PR by about 40 seconds and beat my last time on this course by nearly 6 minutes. First week down 6.4 miles, 6.4 MTD.