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Second the Musclepharm Combat powder. Generally ~120-130 kcal and 25-ish grams of protein. And tastes good. I've also liked the Muscletech Phase8. Currently using some BPI best protein, it's not bad. Not my favorite, but I'm not ready to barf when I'm done with it. Syntha 6 is good, too. Especially the strawberry…

I work out at lunch using my company's gym (better than a hotel gym, but not near an established chain gym). It's nice, but doesn't have a lot of the amenities that a chain has (no towel service, things like that) In rotation: Workout clothes appropriate for whatever I'm doing that day Clean post-shower towel Washcloth In…

Thanks to those who answered above. You were all correct. My Forerunner 210, aside from its general "I'm getting old" wonkiness, worked without additional flaws.

I just upgraded my headlamp from a cheapy Duracell one I bought at WalMart to a Princeton Tec Fuel 70 lumen head lamp. Definitely helps as I run country roads to be able to see. As for reflective things...I have an Amphipod reflective vest (roadrunnersports.com/rrs/products/AMP113/amphipod-reflective-xinglet-vest/?cc=NA)…

Suwanee Fest 5K and 10K this weekend. Not a highly competitive race set, but I like doing the back-to-back and it fits my training for an end of October half marathon. 5K was mildly intentionally slow (24:00/7:45) 22nd overall, 2nd in my age group. 10K wasn't as fast as I would have liked (47:12/7:36) 6th overall, won my…

Same thing. Every day. 1 whole egg 70-75g egg whites green pepper sweet onion mushrooms light english muffin Sorry. I'm no help in the "get me something other than scrambled eggs" question...

Bettered my time at the D-Day Memorial Run at Camp Toccoa 10k this morning. If you watched Band of Brothers, they were training there for WW2. Mile 3 of the race is a 600 foot climb. The only good part of the climb is you get to run back down. Near reckless-abandon style. Finished 6th overall, but 3rd in my age group :s I…

My older one was doing that and, even after replacing the battery, would struggle. Wonky results or just intermittent data. The strap was about 6 years old, so I figured it was just plain worn out after the years of use and abuse. I wholly replaced it with another Garmin strap. The battery that was installed in the strap…

Anyone have any thoughts on the Garmin 225 coming out this summer? It's got a wrist-based heart rate monitor based on the Mio heart rate tech embedded in the watch (something about skin reflectivity/transmissivity as heart rate increases). My 210 is still working, but old and sometime struggles to get enough satellite…

I use mine in front of the kids all the time. As a matter of fact, my daughter, who is soon to be 8 years old, also uses it. They spent a lot of time talking about calories and nutrition in her 2nd grade class this year. She's started reading labels (huzzah at such a young age!) and, after dumping a huge bowl of Cocoa…

A link to go with rabbitjb's suggestion: nerdfitness.com/blog/2009/12/09/beginner-body-weight-workout-burn-fat-build-muscle/ The workout is 2-3 rounds of: 20 body weight squats 10 push ups 20 walking lunges 10 dumbbell rows (using a gallon milk jug) 15 second plank 30 Jumping Jacks

I've seen police or volunteers direct cars through, but never when there's runners approaching the intersection, only when there's enough gap between runners to get the car through without impeding racers. And I was running one half-marathon where a guy was leaving a bed and breakfast and just decided to pull out across…

Never geese. And the dogs I've encountered on my runs are usually restrained by good fences (thanks, good neighbors!). Only two things have stopped me dead in my tracks when running or preparing to run. First, on a family vacation in Gatlinburg, I decided to hit one of the trails early in the morning, before the wife and…

Same thing every day. 1 whole egg (the yolk is not evil) Egg whites green peppers sweet onion Sriracha all cooked on the stove-top and served open-face on a Thomas's Light English Muffin. Microwave eggs are teh grossness.

Eat less, move more.

Your calories aren't coming from the coffee, they're coming from the milk and sugar. The USDA database lists an 8-ounce cup of coffee at 2 calories (sorry, all you "it has no calories" crew). Tea is about the same. Coffee, brewed from grounds, using tap water: http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/4287? Tea, black,…

Does the small tear in the labrum of my right shoulder that I've been carrying around since I was fatjason in high school count? Living proof why you should put a shot and not throw it. Other than just general soreness that 5-6 days of working out per week gets you... The big toe on my right foot decides to remind me every…

Hadn't posted the last couple results, but this is one I'm really proud of. Ran the Spartan Sprint in Conyers, GA, yesterday. 5.1 miles, 28 obstacles (and 120 obstacle-penalty burpees). 1 hour, 55 minutes and change. Scrapes, bumps and bruises and it feels like someone took a baseball bat to my calves and back. I learned…

For mid-week runs, which happen right before I eat lunch, I don't carry anything other than a smile (and my Garmin). On Saturday I get my long run in. If I'm going first thing in the morning, I'll take a shot of pre-workout just to get the juices flowing. If I'm going longer than 9 miles I'll carry a Gu and a bottle of…

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This, ftw. Wait for them to go on sale (typically a 48-count goes on sale around $38 per box) and use your 20% off coupon. That's a better price than BJ's or Costco

Agree with psulemon, eat some high magnesium and potassium foods (bananas ftw!) but the best thing you can do to offset the sodium is to drink more water. Like...lots of water. It'll help flush the sodium out. Unfortunately, at least for me, it always seems like it takes a lot longer to flush out than it takes to feel the…

Britney Spears - Womanizer The Chain Smokers - #Selfie No Doubt - Hella Good There's others, I just won't admit to the rest of them...

Start with "Circuit Training, General" as a decent estimate. I agree with brandi9172, MFP's exercise calculators tend to over-estimate. Personally I use my heart rate monitor then convert that to calories burned at http://www.shapesense.com/fitness-exercise/calculators/heart-rate-based-calorie-burn-calculator.aspx then…

There's only one thing you need to remember -- you can't want it for him. With a spouse that's similar, and other relatives as well, I can sympathize. You can promise support and remind him that you're in it together, but, until that person actually wants it...you can't do it for them.

Ever hear a car with a squealing timing belt? It's because the belt is worn or the idler is loose. Pretty much the same thing here. If it's relatively "unused" as you say it is, my money is that the belt is loose.

I found that if you have a goal, that you might not reach it. But if you don't have one, then you are never disappointed. And I gotta tell ya... it feels phenomenal. -- Peter LaFleur

1. Have fun. 2. Agree with pinning your bib to your pant leg. And use all 4 safety pins. 3. Even if you don't think you need it, when you pass a water station, take one. 4. If you're on an out-and-back loop, when you see the leaders on the return leg, cheer them on as you/they run past. 5. If there are police officers…

<perverted comment redacted> Atlanta Track Club membership A copy of the playbook version of Take Your Eye Off the Ball: How to Watch Football by Knowing Where to Look by Pat Kirwan Pocket Rosary and a partridge in a pear tree.