lisa_lamb Member

Great running :) which marathon are you doing?

It's supposed to help if you lace up the top 2 holes on your trainers and pull them tight and downward. I think it has helped me but hard to tell as my toenails were already knackered!

Hi guys, I want to lose about half a stone and tone up a lot! I am trying to cut down on sugar as much as possible and am running 2-3 times a week and doing a few gym classes. I get married in May

I would say you need about 12 weeks to build up your long run for a half marathon, starting from about 5 miles getting to 12 miles 2 weeks before the race. So you're way ahead of where you need to be with your training! I wouldn't be trying to run further until nearer the time! Maybe focus on shorter faster runs, keeping…

I have a rough itinery but I try to mix it up a bit. This week I did: Tuesday: Spinning, C25K Wednedsay: Bodypump Thursday: C25K Friday: Trained my arms with my Personal Trainer Sunday: 2 mile outdoor run At the minute I am training for some running events so have to fit in 3 runs a week, so have to fit that in among my…

Girls who walk on the treadmills wearing canvas shoes! People who up the incline on the treadmill then hang on to the machine cos its too steep for them. People who stand too close to me in classes so I have no room to work out!

For crunches/ sit ups, place your fingertips each side of your neck, don't hold on to the neck. Keep your elbows wide. As others say, planks are great. Try mountain climbers, I love them!

I am eating to maintain. If I carry on doing this while lifting heavy what will happen? Can I still gain muscle or do I need to eat a surplus?

thanks :) I am pretty obsessive about making sure I get enough protein haha

Ok so this is quite scientific! I need to work out how much I need to eat in order to build muscle and burn fat? My general exercise week consists of: Monday: Bodypump Tuesday: Boxercise follwed by PT (I will be weight lifting) Wednesday: Kettlebell class Thursday: Rest day Friday: Abs class followed by Bodypump Saturday:…

Hi, Mine have shrunk a little and whilst I was a bit disappointed at first I am ok with it now! I would never have surgery but that is just my personal opinion. I think the other benefits of exercise outweigh that one small negative :)

I wear them cos my hands sweat loads and it makes it harder to grip the bar. Before I wore gloves I had to grip the bar harder due to the sweating, and my wrists and elbows would hurt. So gloves also help my technique :)

I'm guessing you mean US sizing and mean a US 12/UK 16? A UK 12 is a US 8- hardly fat! I am a UK 10/12 so that makes me a US 6/8? 5ft 5.5 137 pounds

Thanks guys, I will try your suggestions :) I am on a waiting list for an NHS Physio and have been told it will be 5 weeks. Can't afford to go private unfortunately :(

I am suffering from Chrondomalacia and stumbled across your post- thank you! I will google the cho-pat brace and give it a try :)

I didn't actually measure my legs.. doh. I'm glad you advise weight lifting as I enjoy it, I will give this a good go!

Ok, I have set it to maintain but should I enter my exercise goal in or leave that out? With the exercise goal entered my maintain calories are 1740. Thanks for your help

Thanks for that, I was worried I may not be eating enough, but its hard to get myself out of the habit of eating less to lose weight. A smaller calorie deficit is better then??

Thanks for the advice, thats very interesting. I have been doing a lot of cardio- bums and tums class, step class and spinning. I do a little bit of weights in my exercise classes but I want to do more. I will try doing them at home and see if it helps :)

Ok, so it takes a bit of weight to come off before the inches do then? I don't have much to lose though, only about 13lbs. I thought with all the exercise I am doing that the inches would just melt away lol. Just reading the measurements for size 10 UK clothes and I need to lose at least 2 inches off waist and hips to fit…