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My wife of 29 years is a great cook and loves to cook. She cooks for everyone she knows all the time. She works in a lab and will put a tray of ribs on top a heat treat oven to cook while she's working. She sells homemade pies in season as a fund raiser for S.B.Komen. She can (and many time has) prepared a banquet for a…

You inspired me to add the nike running app and a pushup program.

It will work if you stick with it. Just remember that calories eaten and burned and your individual metabolism are all estimated. If you find its not working for you make adjustments. I'm not an expert, but I don't think your body will go into starvation mode if your eating enough to get a healthy and balanced diet and…

I think all your going to get is an estimate in a broad range depending on how hard your working. Even if your working hard at it, for you, you won't be working as hard as Michael Phelps would during his workout in the same amount of time. To play it safe, just pick the lowest number and go with that. If you find your…

I'm a former boy scout and red cross life guard instructor and I know the butterfly isn't required here, in Illinois. I haven't tried it since I was a kid. I remember going to one of my son's middle school swim meets and watching a girl in the butterfly race. She got about a lap and a half before she stopped all forward…

I hate the cold water, especially in the winter. One of our Y's has a pool that has a kid's play area attached and that is used for senior aquasize classes that is kept a little warmer. It has four lap lanes and thats where I swim. The serious masters swimmers won't use it unless the other lap pool is closed, but I love…

Let us know how it goes.

I swim 2-3 times a week on my lunch hour. I do 36 laps (1 mile) freestyle in about 36 minutes. I'm not trying to get faster or anything, I just concentrate on my form and try to get a good aerobic workout. Form and efficiency is more important in swimming than in any other aerobic activity. I changed from breathing on my…

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You do realize that what you say reflects more on you than on those who choose to carry. If you feel that way you're making a wise choice in not arming yourself. Those of us who lawfully carry firearms understand the huge responsibility that imposes as well as the legal and civil liabilities for misuse. I'm a 6'2" 190 lb.…

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I think part of the confusion here is that people are comparing their exercising heart rates without knowing or comparing their max heart rates. Max heart rates vary according to age, as in the 220-age formula, but they also vary due to other factors such as general fitness level. I don't even know my max heart rate but I…

I don't know how much you would be lifting, but I started out by buying a set of 5lb dumbbells and after a short time getting a pair of 10 lbs and then gradually getting more up to 30lbs. You can also find used weights and benches pretty easily and sometimes even free if you keep your eyes and ears open. I like to lift at…

Let me explain this better. Last week I went for a run, 4.5 miles in 45 minutes, ave. pace 10min/mile. My HR was in the 160's the whole time and my muscles didn't have anything left at the end. I was pushing as hard as I could the whole time. I'm 55 so according to the standard formula my HR max is 165. You can't run 45…

I've been trying to answer the same question. I was running hard for 45 minutes with my hr around 160 and couldn't figure out what my max was. Short answer: you don't harm your body at the higher rate, but the incremental benefit is minor. Your better off at a lower hr and going longer. I've cut down to keeping my hr…

I'm noticing that as my core body strength improves I have less discomfort overall on a bicycle. You shouldn't be supporting you entire upper body on your arms the entire ride.

Don't worry about speed. You need to ride long and slow to build up your bodies aerobic capacity. That will only come with time in the saddle and your speed will increase as that does. In a couple months when that has improved you can work in some intervals and hills to build up power and speed. Just ride fast enough to be…

We do this. My wife says brown rice is too hard by itself.

Once a month or so I juice a dozen limes and put the juice in a squirt bottle. All I ever drink at home is the soda stream water with a squirt of lime juice. Except for a class of wine at dinner and an occasional chocolate skim milk. :smile:

You just need to build up the stamina. Count how many laps you do in the first 10 minutes. Then the next time do a couple more in the first two sets and deduct them from the third set. When you're comfortable with that do it again. Keep doing that and in a short time you'll be doing the same amount of laps in two sets and…

I did some reading and think the problem was that I was running too far too fast before trying to achieve max heart rate. My muscles were exhausted by that time and I just wasn't able to go any faster. I checked out the website recommended by Minimalistho and based on that and some other reading decided to keep my workouts…

i wear them and it has helped with lower back problems. You should start out running in your current shoes and forcing yourself to land on the balls of your feet instead of your heels. You'll find that your calfs are really sore at first, but that will go away as the muscles develop. Don't worry about speed, just…

I got down to my lowest weight in 20 years by swimming. I was swimming a mile in about 35 minutes 3-5 times a week and lost 15 lbs. over the course of a year or two. I stopped swimming for about a year and gained it all back. For the last two months I've been trying to swim a mile 2-3 times a week and riding a stationary…

Shoe fit is most important, but blisters can always develop when you try something new. Just tape over them and keep on running.

I run on a walking/bike path that doesn't parallel a road so everyone that sees me is exercising too. Also, I admire anybody that I see running. The heavier and out of shape they are, the more I admire them.

With regards to shin splints, don't land on your heels when you run, land on the balls of your feet like when you sprint. Your calves may be really sore at first but they'll get used to it and you'll have lots fewer joint or back problems too. Start out just doing what you can. Don't worry about speed or distance but work…

Anything constructive. How about exercise?

I've been on here about a month and I've started trying to exercise every day for 45 minutes. I either run, ride a bike or swim. I've exercised my whole adult life, but sporadicly. I'm finding that doing it every day makes a big difference in how good I feel. You can really ad on the miles without killing yourself by doing…