ColoradoClyde

Sounds like you are doing great so far. It's time to start adding some resistance training to your workouts; this will complement your aerobic workouts. It does not have to be the standard weight machine stuff, if you're not into that. I use resistance bands, dumbells, a fitness ball and a BOSU. Technique is pretty…

Jeff Galloway, an experienced marathoner and coach, recommends alternating running and walking as a way to avoid injury. There's absolutely nothing wrong with taking a few walking breaks during your run -- you may be better off doing it that way.

I'm neither for or against the paleo diet, although I think the general idea of cutting down on sugar and refined grains is a good one. But I would point out that I don't actually think 30,000 years is all that long in evolutionary terms, so this finding doesn't really change the argument one way or the other.

Well, how do feel about running on the treadmill? I can cycle for an hour at lunch, come back and complain that I would have gone longer but I had to get back to work. But on a stationary bike, 30m minutes and that's it, I'm done. Maybe you're running faster outside because you like it more.

Swimming is great exercise if you 're working pretty hard at it. I do swim occasionally; maybe I'd swim more if I lived in Florida ... It's also a really good change from other types of cardio such as jogging, since it works the upper body and it's non-impact. On the other hand, as a long ago competitive swimmer, I can say…

I tend to eat most of them because working out makes me pretty hungry :smile: I try not to eat ALL of them just because I don't trust that the workout numbers are accurate. And I know the numbers on the cardio machines at the gym are wrong, since they never include your base metabolic rate.