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Well, of course, Rippetoe's Starting Strength book is an established bible of sorts. I don't think there is anything special with teenage boys, beyond making sure they attend to proper form and do exercises beyond the bench press and curls. Younger males tend to want to look good in the mirror. They sometimes assume that…

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Where I live -- Sacramento, California -- it is legal to ride on the sidewalk in residential areas, not in commercial areas. Makes sense, i think. Fewer pedestrians in the residential areas and more kids riding their bikes. I think kids should ride on the sidewalk. As a cyclist myself, I don't trust drivers.

Sounds to me like your training is appropriate. You are, after all, squatting and deadlifting. I run stairs in a stadium a lot and I think it really does help build strength. Will you build size running stairs? Meh. Probably not. But I doubt a person would lose size either.

I thought it was very fun -- watched every episode. Ultimately, though, I thought it was kinda unfair. That is, if it was supposed to be something of a comparison between the different training disciplines. Mattie Forberg had clearly never hit a softball before or kicked a soccer ball or even sprinted much. So the…

I would reiterate what the others say: Take a class or work with a kettlebell trainer first, and go slowly. That said, they're fun and this guy (below) has a bunch of single-kettlebell complexes a person can do. https://www.instagram.com/primal.swoledier/

I had knee surgery that required me to be on crutches for almost three months. Crutches are really tough. If you try to get around like you used to, your underarms will constantly be chaffed and sore. As will your hands from all the weight. I eventually bought gloves to help support my hands. They once did a study where…

I loved going with jogs with my children in the stroller. They enjoyed it. I liked the company. I found it isolates your leg work a bit since you cannot swing your arms, which are pushing the stroller, and since you are pushing more weight. But, a triple? What happens when they get to be 25 pounds each, and the stroller…

I bought my first pack when I was 13 years old, I think. I started daily smoking when I was 14. That is not unusual. Studies tend to show (though it might be different now) that most people who smoke start before they are 18 years. If you wait until you are 18 years to consider it or try it, you are less likely to ever…

Most important: Doing what you like and will be consistent at doing, be it dancing or powerlifting or roller skating or jumping rope or badminton or, yes, yoga! People don't think yoga is a workout? Try Ashtanga sometime.

Okay then.... Wow. "irrelevant" was probably an imprecise term. But, if the calorie burns of the people doing moderate intensity exercise for longer were so much greater, why did the other people have greater reductions in fat, in the same number of weeks? Recovery is individual. I go for 10-mile runs and I go to the track…

K. You misstated your case, though. You did not say 'Is a program of ONLY intense interval training ...." You said: "If your goal is purely burning calories then (real) HIIT is a dreadful choice as it's a low calorie burner due to the very short duration, of which at least half the time is recovery so the average is…

I am not going to pull out the quotes for you. What it says is that the people who did high-intensity interval training and sprint interval training spent sigificantly less time exercising and acheived greater reductions in total absolute fat mass. How can that not be helpful in a program of weight loss?

I think it suggests that maybe your body gets adapted to steady, moderate exercise and probably it is good to give it a shock periodically. Certainly it is a review, and all such meta-analysies are imperfect. But it is the best there is at present and it clearly shows that the people who did HIIT lost more fat mass -- in…

I am not really why you say HIIT is "a dreadful choice" for expending calories? Seems to me it probably should be included in some form in one's exercise routines. https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2019/01/23/bjsports-2018-099928

If I were you I might Google "Intermittent fasting and HIIT." Posting on that topic might start to give you some answers. In general, I think recent studies suggest that one burns slightly more fat doing really intense exercise sessions, like HIIT, than one does for relatively equal amounts of regular, old, slow-and-steady…

I have found that to be true, basically. If you are trying to improve your running, you have to run well when you run and you probably have to run well about four times a week. Lifting heavy interferes with that. It just does. Probably the PT has given you your core routine, but if you are looking for something different…

I am not sure what you guys are talking about here? I think the most prominent proponent of cross-training for runners has been Alberto Salazar. He was the first to make it a big deal anyhow. Now, it is true that the gym-exercises program that Salazar advocates is not what any serious weight lifter would consider weight…

Sorry to argue. Don't want to derail this discussion. I am sure that more extensive rehab can be helpful and, undoubtedly, was for you. But my surgery was an ACL repair, a trim of a meniscus tear and an OATS procedure to fix torn cartilage. I went and had my surgery at the sports medicine practice at a major US teaching…

This ^ is just so true. Be patient. It will take time. Start slow and short and let it build up organically. I always want to be ambitious. But you are making changes for a lifetime -- or trying anyway. So keep things comfortable. When I started running, I went around my apartment building. Once. That's all. Over time, I…

https://www.runnersworld.com/training/a20865330/weight-training-for-runners/

I am no expert -- ergo, I should probably keep my opinion to myself -- but I think that definitely counts as cross-training. If you are lifting, you are strengthening core and leg muscles to a degree that running does not. But having those muscles strong, and used to firing, will definitely help your running. Now, as to…

I had knee surgery that required me to stay off my knee completely for 12 weeks. Drove me nuts. I just went to the gym and hobbled on my crutches to upper body machine after upper body machine. I didn't take any chances. I listened to the doctor and the PT and did everything they told me, which I think is wise. (Ha! First…

I concur with those who have posted already. But, you are going to need to do some sprinting. I recently saw that John Terry does (used to do?) a kind of sprinting workout on the treadmill where he would sprint for 20 seconds, rest for 40 seconds, sprint for 20 seconds, rest for 40, etc., etc. I am loathe to mention how…

Most people are not going to need much water at all, or a gel, for a race of that distance in early spring. I would guess you are going to want to run through the water stations, maybe grabbing a paper cup of water as you do, and drinking it as you run. Have fun!

I hate every kind of good food that they adulterate to try to make it "healthy." Sugar-free cookies. Low-fat ice cream. Diet soda. etc. If you want a treat, but you don't want to be unhealthy, eat a piece of fruit or some raw vegetables (which I like) or even a small piece of dark chocolate. But don't take something good…

I do too. Seems everyone is intent on arguing the utility of keto. But, that's not what the OP asked. She asked if others who are doing the same have any pointers for her. Let's stay on topic, folks.

I like the fact that the El goes around in a circle in the Loop, passing close beside high-rise buildings. It's a bit like an amusement ride. I also like the fact that it has a lot of pizza. My wife is from the South Side. She met someone out here in Sacramento who had just moved here from Chicago and he mentioned that he…

I too was going to suggest speading your feet a bit wider and/or front squats. Everybody's anatomy is a bit different and everyone squats a bit differently. You're going to figure something out.

Hey Megan, I am not trying to lose weight. But I practice yoga regularly. There is here on MFP a yoga group. It is just called 'general yoga group.' It is not very active, but you might make a post there and you might make some connections. Good luck.