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Weights training requires an entirely different approach to the usual cardio-based weight loss you see on MFP. For one thing if you are weight training, your focus should be on supplying sufficient protein to your muscles to enable you to gain muscle mass. Successful weights training means putting on weight, without…

I faced the same problem when I started out. I agree with everyone who has said to start with carbs. For me that means every morning, I have oats with a scoop of chocolate protein powder. If you make the oats up with water, but then mix in a scoop of protein powder, it tastes like coco pops but is very low in sugar and…

I hate stretching. If I've got 60 minutes in which to train, I want to be going hard for the full 60 minutes. Those five minutes of stretching at the start and end frustrate the heck out of me, because I think "I could be burning calories or building muscle right now). I try to stretch anyway ... but sometimes I don't ;-)

Tigerlily, Well done you for hitting the road! Honestly no other form of exercise is the same for straightout calorie burning. Can I make two suggestions please? First, you might want to look at a marathon as a 3 year goal rather than a next year goal. Most marathon running festivals include a variety of events - 5km,…

If you use a heart rate monitor (and if you don't you really should, they help a lot) then it can be useful to wear one for a few hours of "normal" actvitiy and get an idea of what your standard, everyday heart rate is. This will be somewhat higher than your resting heart rate. If that's your normal heart rate, then that…