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Often it is. You see a lot of people with pretty poor form in a variety of exercises who do not seem to care about form and would rather use a completely absurd form and lift more than focus on technique. Especially in functional fitness classes.

What kind of incline are you talking about here? I usually run in my treadmill class but one time I was worried about a foot injury so I walked and set the incline to max. I ended up straining my popliteus muscle because of the steep incline. Be careful of going too steep.

I find that it gets harder the closer you get to a healthy weight, because you have to keep eating less and less and/or exercising more and more as you get thinner and thinner. My first 40 lbs were pretty easy -- I barely adjusted my diet and did a decent amount of exercise. The next 10lbs were harder and required me to…

The Workout app is not "Very good." It lacks very rudimentary features such as statistics, maps, split times, etc. And they have locked out apps from accessing the HRM so it effectively is not a useful device for runners or cyclists who do any sort of heart rate training. I'm guessing it will eventually be a good app, but…

Just for the record, a large percentage of runners look silly while running. I know I certainly do.

I wouldn't run with music on a 5k race, personally. And I doubt it would do much for your performance since you will be chock full of brain chemicals making you feel magically fast already. With friends, it would help if they are faster than you and be less helpful if they are slower than you. But pace groups can help a…

50 is a pretty good temperature. It will be cold at first but once your body warms up, it will be just about perfect. That said, it sounds quite challenging to me. "technical" to me means "ankle wrecker"

I wouldn't worry about the midfoot vs heel thing as much as making sure that if you are heel striking that your heel is landing mostly underneath your body and not in front. That will make a difference for sure. I think a lot of the issues with heel strikers is that they hit the ground with their heel in front of their…

I believe recent research suggests that if you are trying to control insulin resistance or diabetic issues in general, it is better to eat and then walk to get the right insulin response going in your muscles.

What do you mean you can't slow down? Contrary to popular belief, sharks generally will not die if they stop moving, so if you are a shark then feel free to slow down.

What worked for me was somehow shifting my mental state from, "I hate doing this, and I'm not going to do it anymore" to, "I hate doing this, therefore I shall do it so that I can prove that I can." I began to relish in the completion of something hard and seemingly boring. It made me feel good to prove myself capable.…

only in delicious cocktails. so, yes.

I'm a fair-weather commuter. I will stop commuting once the ice sticks to the road. About 6 miles each way. I have been off my game this summer, though, because my legs couldn't handle it while I was also marathon training. I'm hoping there's enough non-icy road days left to get a fair amount in still this year.

And also helps avoid injuries due to always running on the same camber and other situations. If you are going to run the 1 mile loop be sure to run it backwards every other loop.

What are you currently doing as far as running goes? How often, how far? Intervals? Have you had your running gait assessed? 2 months to gain that amount of speed seems optimistic to me but it really depends on where you currently are as far as running goes.

Progress is always really slow in fitness. For me, the key has been to have specific and tangible milestones. One milestone was a blue belt in brazilian jiujitsu. Another was a half marathon. Those took a lot of time and dedication and, most importantly, patience.

That is incredible. I bow before you. I just completed a marathon and cannot imagine how much dedication what you did took, because just training for 26.2 miles was emotionally and physically exhausting. Very impressive!

Nice work! That's faster than I was after a c25k program. I forgot about those apps! I'm trying to re-start my running again after a post-race injury layoff and this has reminded me that I really enjoy the zombie apps.

Not sure how cold you are talking about but I've run in temperatures in the 20s without any true winter gear. I just wear two to three layers on my torso and legs, a relatively warm technical head cover, and sometimes gloves (though I prefer to avoid gloves since it's a pain to mess with my phone - normally I just run with…

What do you do about the plantar fasciitis?

What's your workout like on the treadmill? Have you been increasing your pace, doing intervals of increasing difficulty, etc.? Your body will acclimate to steady running over time and do it more efficiently while burning fewer calories. Have you checked your heart rate over the 6 months?

I don't think the FT7 will work that far away. You need to be quite close to the strap for it to record with that type of HRM. There are polar HRMs that work over bluetooth that could possibly work that far (20-ish feet I believe). I've been meaning to experiment with this myself during martial arts since I have a…

Have an audio app or watch that tells you frequently how fast you've been going. I have mine set at 0.5 mile intervals but used to have it set at 0.25 so that I could monitor my pace, heart rate, etc. and adjust accordingly. That said, it could be that you are actually physically fine running a bit faster than your…

I am glad you are learning that it is ok to slow down, but I'm unclear on your math. Those are almost identical overall paces. I would guess that the 54' pace was an error or when you stopped briefly. That is an extremely slow walking pace even. When I did c25k, I basically wound up at the end running for 40+ minutes, but…

Well, I guess you could go with hard alcohol straight or on the rocks. A little goes a long way. Then, either you won't have too many calories or you will uncomfortably learn not to drink so much hard alcohol. ETA: If you do drink, chances are good your weight will temporarily bump up the next day or two. Happens to me…

Try it out. You might like it. I used something similar for much of my summer running. Just make sure it's secured and tight or you will get chafed. And even if it is, after you start reaching a certain mileage, it might chafe still unless you lubricate.

When it comes to walking and running, always compare to yourself in the past, not others in the present. I struggle with that often, but always when I am able to think back on where I used to be, I am always pleased with where I am now. I had a fairly disappointing race recently but when I remembered back to February, I…

I don't usually feel it (or maybe just don't notice I feel it) during the run. It's usually afterwards... sometimes it doesn't feel like it starts until about a half hour later. I feel like it happens most often after interval running, but I don't know that for sure. certainly not consistent. It feels pretty good, though,…

What will you be doing with them? When I used to listen to music while running I found it hard to beat the value of Koss KSC-75 headphones. I don't listen to music anymore and now use yurBuds Ironman buds. Fairly terrible music quality but they check all the boxes of my current needs -- built-in mic, more or less…

Lower weight, high-rep lifting is not only no problem, but generally recommended. Especially if you are working lesser leg muscle groups.