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I second what Melaniecn77 said, try not to hold on. I used to find it a nightmare but worked up to 4000 stairs in an hour, now working on speed. Juat keep at it, i found intervals work best (i did 500 stairs as fast as i could, then slowed down to around level 4/5 for 500 stairs)

I'm currently on 1350, so feel free to check mine as well :smile:

I haven't read all the replies, but when i was getting back into running i was getting really bad pain along my shins which sometimes extended to my calves a bit. Its now completely gone, a mixture of stretching (focusing on hamstrings and calves) and foam rolling my calves solved this for me. I had gone to a physio who…

They are good, just take a long time to dry... and are a bit warm for spring/summer

I do get the 'wear what your comfortable in' idea, but its hard to find things i do feel comfortable in, and as my boyfriend tells me, if you dont give something a go, you never will expand your comfort zone.

Really silly one... but there is someone in my office who eats apples wrong... from top to bottom.... i didnt even know you could eat apples wrong! but for some reason this really bugs me

i want a park like that!

I'm sorry i don't quite understand your question. If your asking what equipment you need for a home gym, well me and my training buddies are looking at bench with squat rack (http://www.fitness-superstore.co.uk/multi_press_racks/bodysolid_multi_press_rack_package_grey/7443_p.html), Olympic 20kg bar with 180kg of weight…

have you tried the pill? i found that helped a lot. i know some people have had trouble with weight gain on it, but iv been taking microgynon for years and no problems. my problem is that my stomach hates me and sometimes has bad reactions to some foods so i can go on a run and get major stomach cramps and have to limp…

peppie chadwell..... i do not like

this is what we need to help us keep going :)

the only way i can grasp this to work would be if they work in the same way as these sorts of things -…

my bmi says i'm nearly overweight (my bmi is 24.6 when max for healthy is 25), i have a fat % of 23 when the recommended % for females of my age is between 20 and 29, so i'm on the lower half of that. i'm going to look at fat %.

people consider this slightly extreme, although its considered one of the most effective ways of cutting, and "real" toning. What you do is go to the pharmacy, and buy ketone stix, or Ketone sticks, this is a strip that tests your urine for ketone bodies. Ketone bodies are created by the body when you go into a state of…

a little while ago i had bad stomach problems. went for a run, then a mile from my house i had some of the worst stomach cramps iv ever had, and had to walk the rest of the way home. my mum doesn't drive and my dad was at work. was so horrible. almost put me off running. but i love it too much :)

my new routine means i weight lift 6 times a week, i split it in to muscle groups so i have a break between when i work each muscle. Monday- chest and shoulders Tuesday- back and abs Wednesday- arms and legs Thursday- chest and shoulders Friday- Back and Abs Saturday- Arms and legs. I also swim (or other cardio) 3 times a…

Height: 5'2" Age: 21 SW: 140lbs CW: 133lbs GW: 120(ish) lbs depending on muscle gain

Thanks for posting these. As a girl who works out with two guys (and rather strong ones at that) i kinda needed the muscular female pics as motivation and goals. especially since every time my mum sees my arms or legs she tells me to stop weight training!

iv stopped logging everyday because i realized that calorie counting wasn't working for me as i want to build muscle and therefore cant afford to be cutting that much, and seeing how many calories iv eaten then just makes me feel bad. so i keep logging in to read the boards. but i only log once in a while.

good for you :) i did the same, i went from not being able to do one real push up 3 weeks ago to now being able to do up to 15 in a row :) it seems that once you can do one, improving is easy. in that time iv also added 10kg to my bench press (from 30 to 40) so im rather proud of my chest muscles at the moment too keep up…

cutiepie2628, woman dont really bulk, so you dont need to worry about that. im up to pressing 45k on my chest and am no bigger than when i struggled with 20k. you will gain muscle which weighs more than fat (so dont let the weight get you down), but remember muscle burns more cals, so the more muscle the easier the weight…