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I put craisins and almonds!

Yeah, I sympathize with what Jynus is saying, because my own over-eating started when I was a kid, but small children can't always self-monitor like that. Parents have to make sure their child is getting enough (and the right kinds of stuff). OP, in general, as long as he's growing and healthy and active I'm sure you're…

I used to listen to all kinds of different music when I ran and I'm sure it was a distraction. Since I read Chi Running and I started trying to move my feet at a certain rate I've been listening to music at that tempo (Dreyer suggests a metronome) and it's helped a lot. My form was so terrible (slouching, heel strike, toes…

I would only recommend this if you already spend a lot of time barefoot. I went from wearing shoes most of the time to trying to run barefoot on asphalt and it was terrible. I could only go one very slow mile and my feet were almost raw and I had a lot of debris stuck in them. I actually got sick that night. Now that I've…

Yeah, turnover is definitely independent of pace. If you try and change your speed just by changing how fast your legs are moving, you're limiting yourself to pretty small range. At slower speeds, you'll be using your legs too much by supporting your weight for too long at a time. At higher speeds you'll also be using your…

Have you taken your heart rate manually during any of these episodes? What kind of monitor do you use? I ask because I've had a similar issue. I've been trying recently to keep my heart rate around 145 while running. Some times my monitor would report numbers that high (220-240). When I stopped and took my pulse manually,…

This is the first time I've commented on one of these "food fight" threads, so let me know if I'm doing it wrong... This is something I've thought about a lot. It hasn't led me to be a vegan. I like to know where my food comes from, so I tend to buy from local, humane farms. I think that how we treat animals is very…

I've only been using runningahead.com for a few months, but I love it. Apparently I'm not even using all of the features. I use it to track my distances and types of runs. It shows me how far and how long I've run for each week, month and year. It also keeps track of the different kinds of runs I do and how far I've run on…

I took a couple of classes from Grandmaster Floyd K. Mims. He was totally against sparring/competitive fighting. His philosophy was to do everything possible to avoid confrontation. When it was unavoidable, end it with your first technique.

I've never been in a fight, but I imagine that I would curl up in a ball and try to cover most of my softest bits. Y'all feel free to keep that in mind while you're sizing me up.

That's how I thought until I increased my mileage farther than I ever have this year and ran most of those miles at an easy pace (conversational). I added speed work back in last week and I have definitely gotten faster while I wasn't doing it. Lots of slow running will develop your aerobic system. Then you can run faster…

I think you may be right. It's certainly one of the best I've tried, but way too costly to get very often. I saw an oak-aged Old Rasputin at the store once that was just slightly more expensive than gold. The saleslady suggested that I use my tax refund to get me a few bottles. I suggested that she give it to me for my…

I could not possibly pick a favorite beer. I couldn't even pick a favorite brewery. In fact, I can't even pick a favorite type of beer, but the top few would be: Cascadian Dark Ale American Black Ale Indian Brown Ale India Pale Ale Maibock Imperial Stout Marzen Black Lager Pilsner We're blessed to have some great breweries…

Thanks for the info! This was the thought I was trying to respond to. I've heard this said a lot on MFP and it just doesn't make sense to me. It seemed that people were using their HRM results as some kind of scientific proof when they shouldn't have. It makes sense that the settings might just need to be changed, though.…

To actually answer the question though, I think my HRM is pretty accurate for easy runs, when I'm keeping my heart rate in the aerobic zone. The database doesn't take elevation or terrain into account, and the elevated heart rate will add some calories for that. On the other hand, when I do intense workouts, the HRM gives…

I would question the premise that an increased heart rate means an increased calorie burn. I think it often will, because they're strongly correlated. For instance, if I run the same speed up a hill that I did on the level, my heart rate would go up. I would also burn more calories, because of the increased work load of…

Yeah, maybe. Could be pint vs. 12 oz, too. The black lager actually is a dark beer, though.

So, I know this is kind of a hijack, but I don't know why everyone trusts their HRMs so much. It really doesn't seem likely that you could burn twice as much over a given distance just by going faster (even if there is some slight difference). Let's try a thought experiment: Say I go out and run a mile at an easy pace and…

My answer? http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/64/1161/ Not sure about calories. Google's saying mostly 238, but one site says 175.

Google says 125. If you don't like stouts, they make a black lager, too = 135 calories.

So, I just want to say first of all that I think lifting is awesome. Right now I mostly do body-weight exercises, but I plan to start lifting weights again as I get stronger. That said, I really doubt that "there are plenty of skinny people out there who can run for miles, but can't pick up a 5 pound dumbbell." In fact, I…

I'm actually planning a 3 hour run for tomorrow morning. Since I want to run my first ultra next year and a 100-miler is part of my "5 year plan" I am interested in any research that definitely shows it to be unreasonably dangerous. Right now, though, I can look at my family's medical history and realize that being…

I'm curious about what exercise you're doing. We're about the same size and I've looked through the MFP database to see how I can burn the most calories in the smallest amount of time and I haven't been able to find anything quite that high. The only one higher was running 11 miles in an hour, and I can't do that.

Does anyone want my dog? He has separation anxiety, displaced aggression and a tendency to eat things that might kill him. I don't even need a phone.

I did 26:55 on a trail 5K, which was my first trail race, and 26:07 for the last 5K of an 8K after going out way too fast and doing 13:41 for the first 3K.

I would recommend getting a pull-up bar for your house, too. Pull-ups are a great exercise that work multiple muscle groups. Simple push-ups are great as well and you can do a lot to mix them up (elevate feet, close grip, etc.). When you get good, though, you'll want to add weights to continue adding resistance. I'm going…

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Great work! Your before picture is at my peak weight and your after is close to my goal, so that's definitely inspirational! Good job!

I think you probably would be working harder (and maybe burning more) the longer your feet are on the ground, but that has more to do with stride rate than speed. This is why it's recommended to move your feet at around 170 steps per minute. It's more efficient and isn't using up energy supporting your body weight that a…

Estimates based on heart rate aren't particularly accurate, because there are different reasons your heart rate may elevate. Do you get a little nervous when training someone else? Anxiety could raise your heart rate and skew your results. Do you do a lot of talking while training? That can make your heart have to work…