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The treadmill will develop a lot of the muscles required to run as well as the cardio system, but not everything. The muscles in the lower legs which project you forward don't get any exercise at all. So if the majority of your runs are on a treadmill, and no matter how long you've been doing it, when you go outside to run…

Well, a pro racing cyclist would have a 15 degree angle away from fully extended. A road cyclist who looks for fitness and comfort would hve a 20-25 degree anlge, and a touring cyclist would have a 25-30 degree angle away from full extension of the knee. Take a look at pro cyclists. Their backs are flat and their knees…

Lower the seat/saddle. A lot of cycling problems in that area are caused by the seat/saddle being too high, and when people ride bikes they usually have the saddle too high as well. When you're peddling/spinning with the seat too high, as one of your legs are extended, at the bottom of the spin, then the saddle will dig…

I eat lots of carbs. I am losing weight, and I am diabetic (type 2). I do a lot of exercise which requires the high carbs intake. But this has no detrimental effect on and blood sugar levels which are really under control due to the exercise. It has given me so much control that I no longer require medication for diabetes.…

Take a look at a picture of a prawn - alive/uncooked - and ask yorself how much does that differ from an insect?

Upcoming Race: Cardiff 10K Location: Cardiff, UK Date: September 9th Duration: 10K Trail or Road: Road Goal Time: Sub 50 (lifetime PR is 41m19, but I wont get anywhere near that these days). First Race?: No Post Race Reward: Bottle of pear cider.

My Gamin said I burned 1699 calories on a 40mile cycle ride last Sunday. It's a shame I don't believe it. :P

Rest is as important as activity. Even top endurance athletes will take a week to a fortnight off every few months to freshen up. Rest days are important too as this is the time when your body can do all those repairs that have been stacking up. Try something light like gentle swimming or cycling for a week if you really…

Building a good aerobic endurance base is important and this is done by running slowly. if you find yourself going 'red in the face' and huffing and puffing, slow down. In fact, run so slowly that you would feel embarrassed to be seen running so slowly. Even elite pro runners regularly do lots and lots of slow runs. It's…

Nothing can be more high impact than going flat out. If you're doing that at regular intervals you're doing HIIT.

Speedwork sessions are fine, but what is also very important is stamina training. It's no good being able to go fast if you can't maintain it. To increase stamina you should do intervals at lactic threshold, which is around 80-85% of you maximum heartrate. For example, you could walm up for 1-2 miles then do 3 repeats of a…

When people start exercising regularly, not only doesthe body begin to increase muscle mass, it also starts to produce more blood in order to transport needed oxygen around the body. This innevitably results in an increase in total body weight as blood is quite heavy. My general rule of thumb is, as long as you're not…

Answer = Negligable harm. This means that It definitely helps because you dont need to drastically reduce all the things that make you happy in life. Just keep drinking it. The battle against weight loss is a psychological one as much as a physical one, and people can give in when they are losing the psychological one,…

Powerade do a zero calorie sports drink!! /scratches head Only takes a half decent marketing department and a fully uneducated target market to get away with tht one. :)

Coffee, tea, fizzy drinks aren't water and can not be counted as water.

You are correct about cholesterol in the diet not affecting blood cholestorol. That gets made by the liver from saturated fats, which is related to saturated fats "offsetting the benfits" which is the point of the post you quoted..

Drinking beetroot juice in those quantities signifies great dedication to your sport. :P Zipvit - Beetroot Nitrate - Performance Gel is a better way of taking the beneficial properties (if the reallyexist) of beetroot juice (if you dont like the taste). Although, I have to warn you - when you use it, EVERYTHING turns red…

"Eat less, exercise more and you will lose weight. Hmm.. How's that working for us? Record levels of obesity around the globe, surely this is NOT working" I gave up after reading the logical fallacy of this premise which sets up the argument. Those who are obese are simply not eating less and exercising more, and they are…

What if a food item contains carbs and protein - like most fruit and vegetables do?

I'm not sure whether it's a geographical thing i.e. where I live, but I've never heard of breakfast being referred to as a healthiest or unhealthiest meal. It's often referred to as the most important meal, which is a different thing altogether. It's 'healthiness' depends on what it contains, not what time of day it is.

Most fat on your body is an energy store that the body takes from when required. The only thing is, your body decides where to take it from of its own accord and you can't select areas by any type of exercise targetting. The only thing that can be done is to lose fat until your body decides itself to use the fat that you…

This is the one 'll be following for a 10 mile race/run in the summer: http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/racing/rws-70-mins-plus-10-mile-schedule/88.html

I eat some of them back only because I've reached a point where eating them all back would be eating for the sake of eating.I am never hungry enough to eat them all back, and I find it's easier to go over on days that I don't exercise. Then I have to be a bit more careful. It's taken a few months to reach this point,…

If you do high intensity exercise your muscles use glycogen for fuel, and it takes around 2 days for them to refill with glycogen. This is why you need to take in carbs after exercise, especially high intensity (anaerobic). Feeling tired and out of energy can be a symptom of this.

Wait until it's completely healed.

Listen to how your clothes are fitting instead of those numbers on the scale (which can fluctuate by a number of pounds throughout the day depending on a range of factors).

Around 20 years ago when I was in my late 20's/early 30s, I used to do a huge amount of cycing, doing time trials and one day road races, and my quads were huge compared to what they are now and before, and I never went anywhere near a gym to do weights. They increased just through cycling. Granted, that if I did use…

Your quads and thighs get built up with resistance. Just look at the legs on professional cyclists that get developed from doing all those miles and hills. But as with those cyclists, you have to do a huge amount of riding a week to get them well developed. Spinning makes ligaments and the calves and hamstrings more supply.

This^^ Resting heart rate can be improved/lowered with fitness. Whereas maximum heart rate is a fixed quantity only affected by age, and it gets 'uncovered' as you get fitter. Some people have maximum heart rates way above what any of the equations tell you it should be, which goes to show the eqations are only estimates…

When I was in my late 20s and early 30s I used to do an incredible amount of cycling, which included time trials and a couple of triathlons. I ran a 10k in 41m19s. But I was quite a heavy smoker. Later in life, I gave up the exercise but not the cigarettes and my health suffered badly for it. I haven't smoked for a number…