Bretthunt

Probably time for new shoes after 1.5 years. But, for the blisters, try Wright socks, they have two layers and totally eliminated my blisters.

Does it go back down after a while? It could be your heart rate monitor, I have noticed that mine will sometimes spike early in the workout until I start sweating enough to get it wet. At times I've seen it hit the max which is think is 239. At first it kind of freaked me out, but then I noticed it would settle down after…

Well, my experience is that it depends on where you're starting. If you were previously working out 5-6 hours/week and now you're trying to bump up to 6-7 you're probably ok, you just need to get through the transition period. If you are starting from zero, you will probably burn yourself out and end up quitting before you…

I think the South Beach diet (which I am following) is somewhat designed to lower cholesterol while also losing weight. But, I think it would depend on just how high your numbers are - the South Beach might be ok if you're just a bit over, but if things are severely out of whack you might need more potent action (e.g.…