BrianSharpe Member

The only way is to reduce your overall body fat and everyone's body seems to have a different idea where that happens first so it may take some time depending on how much weight you have to lose (if it's a small amount it can be a slow process)

Most mountain bikes are geared so you can practially ride them up a cliff (slight exaggeration) it sounds like you're trying to grind it out going uphill. Slow down and use the appropriate gears (it's not unusual to feel the extra exertion on inclines, FWIW according to my Garmin my HR hit 183 this morning but my average…

There's no cut and dried answer. It depends on your current level of fitness and the nature of the workouts that you're doing. For example both weight lifting and running require more recovery than walking, swimming, biking etc. Personally I tend to do something every day but I vary both intensity and levels of impact,…

I'd stick with the plan as it has you running your peak mileage at the right times, move the schedule ahead and you may be peaking too soon.

Is there a reason that you're looking at this one rather than other power racks? Looking at it the 17" space is a little confining if you're worried about falling backward or having to dump the bar. There are lots of other power racks with more convential footprints out there in the same price range as the Rogue (I find…

To be fit and healthy - definitely, to lose weight - hard to say as you didn't mention anything about your eatig habits (other than stress eating). There's an old expression....you can't outrun a bad diet; if you're not eating fewer alories than you expend. Keep on working out but track your food intake and eat a balanced,…

I'll echo what AnnPT77 said. When I upgraded to my Fenix from my trusty old 920XT I got all sorts of weird things like 33 hours recovery after a 5 K run and V02 max numbers that were nonsensical (had my fitness age 10 year older than my chronological). Now that I've had it for several months everything is normal. I looked…

I de cluttered my man cave last year and pitched out about 10 years worth of bibs that I hand hanging on a hook. My medals are hanging on a curtain rod behind my guitars....

It's completely random depending on what's going on at work or with the family. Most of the time I just enjoy the scenery (I live a few hundred metre away from a recreation path along a river) and listen to the river & the birds. It's almost like meditating at times.

For a wheel that doesn't have a hub you'd need to track down a magnet based speed sensor (magnet mounted on wheel, sensor on fork).

Most days it's oatmeal with blueberries, cinnamon, maple syrup & peanut butter.........sounds kind of gross when I type it out but it's delicious.

^^ This, without knowing wattage it's hard to compare and/or determine how accurate either may be.

Tracking what you eat is far more important than tracking exercise (my devices give wildly innacurate estimates). Exercise is for healh and fitness, eating at a deficit is for fat loss.

Yup, go with the lowest number. MFP is notorious for over estimating.

I'll echo lorppb's comments and I'll add that 16 seconds off your 5 K pace one time may just be the result of "great" vs "ok" runs. Every runner (even those who have been running for decades) will find significant variablity in their pace based on sleep, hydratiion, temperature etc - watch for a trend rather than a one…

No reason to delay strength training. If you're eating at a deficit you're unlikely to put on any appreciable amount of muscle (you will preserve what you've got and get stronger)

You can go under the exercise tab and delete the Garmin calorie adjustment.

I know that Garmin makes speed sensors that fit on the hub of your rear wheel that can be used on road (a little redundant if you're using GPS) on an indoor trainer. You may be able to find one of the magnet based speed sensors that you could adapt to the cast wheel that spin bikes use (I think Timex still makes one) but…

Have you lost any weight recently? When I was heavier I had a layer of fat on the back of my hands that made them less noticeable but as the weight came off they stood out more......it's perfectly normal (one of my non-scale victories was having some noticeable veins popping on my biceps).

Silly question.... are you using any pre-workout supplements?

Interestingly MFP uses the estimates from my Garmin to the calorie but that may have something to do with their algorithm calculating net calories expended rather than gross (when I manually calculate a run using the .63 x weight x distance formula it's pretty much bang on)

You'd be surprised. You need to measure & weigh every morsel that passes your lips to have any kind of certainty as to your intake. It's been demonstrated time and again that we have a tendency to underestimate our consumption if we're just eyeballing the portion sizes.

I've been using Garmins since I started running consistently and wouldn't consider anything else. But then again as a triathlete what I need may not be the same as you do.....

We evolved on the savannas as hunter gatherers who walked log distances every day. I wouldn't necessarily recommend going from zero to 7 days a week but if you've been walking consistely for 3 months and aren't experiencing any undue soreness or fatigue there's no reason you couldn't be walking 7 days a week if you were so…

Agreed 100%.

Running 3 or 4 times a week, I'm riding on my trainer too (at least until things warm up a bit more and the flooding on the bike path subsides) and trying to be more consistent with my rowing & strength training.

Ottawa Race Weekend has been canceled but they're inviting participants to run virual races for whatever distance they've entered and will be sending out shirts and medals. I wouldn't be surprised of the Ironman 70.3 at Mont Tremblant in June is canceled too, it gives me another year to train (pools are closed so no…

Blisters are caused by friction and improperly fitting shoes. Your stride changes in subtle ways when you're off the treadmill and minor fit issues start showing up. I'll second the advice to go to a wicking sock and add that there are double layer ones available that you may find helpful.

Training for races, it looks like there won't be too many of those for the foreseeable future (which gives me time to really prepare for them in 2021 when I move up an AG).

I should start doing yoga just to improve my flexibility, tight hips and hamstrings combined with old age suck.....