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I find that my apps always claim I am in the max heart rate zone when clearly I am not. If you were actually in your max zone, you wouldn't be able to hold it for an hour most likely. I suspect your max HR is just higher than the app thinks it is.

I doubt it will help much, and it might put you at a higher risk of injury during football if you suddenly start running 6ks when you have not done so in the past. There's a reason that football is not a recommended cross-training for distance runners...

You probably don't need to change your ratios unless you are currently eating very very few carbs. Maybe towards the final 1/3 or so of your half marathon training you might consider it, but even then it might not yield much benefit. And it can be easy to over-eat on a carb-heavy diet. I gained a few lbs training for a 20…

Resting heart rate is supposed to be taken when you first wake up in the morning. Too many variables influence taking it at random times of the day.

In addition to the exercises mentioned above, don't neglect medius gluteus exercises (side step lunges, clamshells, side leg raises etc.) or oblique (side plank)

I've never had a better lower ab workout than when using an ab roller. Total lower ab scorcher in my experience.

Seems kind of lazy. I doubt he even did any planks today.

Why would you want a glass of wine in the shower? I guess to wash down the flavor of sludgy, germ-riddled, saliva-laden chocolate cherry? I probably haven't been the MOST romantic person in the past few years, unless staying by my wife's side in the hospital for a month until she recovered counts. But I did once write her…

Between the two, I would go with #1. Convenience is huge for me, no matter how much I kid myself into thinking I'd go often enough to a nicer place 20 min away. But at that point I'd have to consider just buying a treadmill or weight machine.

How much are you running? I don't think your carb ratio needs to change much until you start getting into higher mileage.

This week it will be: Monday - 5 miles Tuesday - 10 miles Wednesday - 5 miles Thursday - cross train Friday - rest Saturday - 20 miles Sunday - rest

I used to rotate among a few different models of shoe. I probably would still do so if I weren't marathon training. Once I started getting into higher distances, only one shoe that I've tried so far worked for me. Every other shoe had some sort of issue that became apparent only on runs > 10 miles. Some caused IT Band…

Yeah... 184 is high. Very difficult to sustain. That's about what I hit when doing hard, short interval work.

A lower RHR means your heart is stronger, maybe larger, and pumping oxygen very efficiently. I am not really understanding why you are thinking this is a problem.

Certain rice cookers have a timer feature and recipes+instructions for cooking overnight oatmeal and porridge. Basically involves setting a timer to start it at a specific time and dumping all of the ingredients in to soak overnight. My zojirushi has such.

Just started trying these after buying a box of them at costco. So far I would say kind bars are great if you want to eat something that has a lot of protein yet somehow tastes like a glorified rice cake.

I have not worn an HRM while lifting before ... is it normal to have a heart rate that high while lifting? For me, 160-170 is when I'm running at a decent clip, and that's not factoring in that my max is closer to 195.

Body Pump would be good for someone like an endurance athlete to cross-train with because it builds endurance in your muscles and helps support sustained activity in other muscles that you are doing with cardio work. It does work your muscles, but if the goal is significant strength gain then I don't think it's the right…

It's about 7 weeks out so that might be an appropriate amount of time to go from 5 miles to a half marathon on a conservative plan like Hal Higdon or similar. But running them back to back when she's only ever run one half marathon before? That seems like a recipe for injury. I am pretty sure I'd have a hard time running…

If you can do 10 miles you most certainly can do a half marathon. Some of the half marathon training plans don't even have you run more than 10 before the half marathon race.

This post made me reflect on my own progress. Today in my running class I heard people ask us to join them for a run on wednesday. They said it was at a "slow" pace. When I asked what that meant, it was a good 3 min/mile faster than I run. Was feeling pretty crappy about myself until I remembered, thanks to this thread,…

Never heard of left lane sports. Thanks for the tip. My wife does whatever the opposite of thanking you is. Which Altras do you use and would you say they are a similar style to the Kinvaras? Just switched to Kinvaras and loving them. Been curious about altras but the couple of times I went to a LRS they didn't have any in…

The top culinary schools might have a requirement for some working experience in kitchens. It certainly will help him out either way.

Mine went away after a change of shoes. Was using five fingers and loving them, but I guess my arch was too unstable, thereby causing PF as the mileage got higher. Switched to various regular shoes and haven't had it since.

I was told by a supposedly genuine medical doctor at my HMO that men only need 1200 calories per day. So I should eat 1200 calories per day to maintain. Then if I want to lose weight, walk for 30 minutes a few times per week, which burns 400 calories. Suffice it to say he was not my doctor any longer.

I had the most success when the routine was changed every couple of weeks. The gym I went to believed this was important because progress drops off once your body acclimates to a particular movement. Not sure if that's what they meant by consistency.

It's been three years for me and I'm still chasing my goal weight. I would not set a deadline for your goal weight for yourself. 2 lbs/week will be hard to maintain as you lose more and more.

There are a lot of ways to work out, and a lot of ways to approach working out. Going to the dreadmill or the elliptical and churning for 30 minutes is one way, but there are a lot of other ways, many that don't require a gym. Walking, biking, swimming, quick workout apps, exercise dvds, yoga, various sporting activities.…

Tomato Pie usually has cheese. I am not sure why people keep saying it doesn't. Just made slightly differently, usually.

Look, I live in one of the cheese meccas of the known universe, and even i can appreciate a good neapolitan pizza Marinara. No cheese. Delicious. I am pretty sure they use a can of air to spray the cheese off, too.