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There are a few things to remember: More Muscle = Better Basal Metabolic Rate : The more muscle you have, the more calories your body burns just lying, standing, or sleeping. Everything will turn to fat : no matter what you eat (protein, carbs, or fat), it will turn to fat if you don't use it. Agree with the above. I'm…

You absolutely WILL lose muscle mass running 25 miles a week If you are restricting your calories whilst doing that sort of milage your body is going to eat into both your muscles and fat.

Too much running for the purpose of fat loss and overal health in my opinion can only be a bad thing. If your goal is to be a fast marathon runnner then knock yourself out but for the purpose of fat loss weight training is far better. Running day in day out will give you knee and hip problems eventually. Steady state…

I do 10-15 minutes of HIT strength training every 4 days.

Painful but well worth it if you can afford it

Try this to work out your daily calorie needs http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/harris-benedict-equation/ And this to work out your BMR http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/ Just start off by eating 400-500 below maintenance and monitor. Make sure your not eating too many carbs or eating any simple…

This is true. Light vs Heavy arguement is always coming up. It's very simple. A muscle is either growing (anabolic) or shrinking (catabolic). The bodies cells are constantly battling between these two. The best bet is to go anabolic and try and gain muscle for the reasons already spoken of. Using light weights and not…

Totally agree. There is absolutely no need to burn 700 calories a day. It's much simpler and easy work to just not put 700 calories in your mouth. People get too het up on burning x calories a day and don't pay enough thought to the foos they are eating. Your best tool for fat/weight loss is diet not exercise as you cant…

Max heart rate is not a case of 220 minus age. This is a very rough guideline. To get your max heart rate you need to do a max hr test

No need to do prolonged periods of HIIT. It's not the same as steady state cardio, HIIT will produce an elevated metabolic rate for up to 24 after the work so you'll be burning more sitting doing nothing the next day. Do some research you don't need to do more than 10-15 minutes in total of HIIT to have a profound effect

Looking your food diary you're eating too many carbs in my opinion. Calorie intake looks about right but too many breads and starchy carbs. Replace these things with fruit or veg and include more good fats from nuts and fish Remember to record monitor and adjust. If no progress is being made after the above is implemented…

The stretching also a good comment as is the shoes one. I wouldn't bother with a brace it only hides the problem temporarily. Walking is the same type of movement as running so I would avoid that, especially on an incline. Rest up, use the ice and stretching and cross train for the time being would be sound advice in my…

Sounds like tell tale symptoms of tendonistus to me. I had the same things. I used to do alot of running and had very simular symptoms. It's basically inflamation of the Achilles tendon hence the soreness. This a common over use injury in runners. There are some things you can do to remedy it. 1- Stop running and do an…

I agree. Doing hours of cardio a day is not all that important. If you dont like it or don't have the time you can manage your weight with a strict diet alone. If you feel like you need to cardio and you're short of time try some HIIT (high intensity interval training). It shouldn't last more than 20 mins and will give you…

'Again this confirms the 70% diet / 30% exercise rule of thumb for getting a fit body' I'd say it's more 95% diet and 5% training. Cardio is not required for a hard, low fat body. A spot on diet and combined with a structured strength training routine is whats required