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It's just snobbery. PF, and similar, have low barriers to entry, but equally low costs to not sustaining it. You can see it in this thread, and many others; you're not serious unless it's only free weights... Frankly, tedious

What heart rate zones do you mean? I'm with Cascades on this; don't do true HIIT using an HRM but the way you'v phrased the question suggests that you mean something other than HIIT.

I read over it a few times thinking about whether to comment or not. The first time I read it I winced. I'd liken it to someone saying they'd had a tough time at a 5K then suggesting that they should run a Half and then see whether that 5K was tough or not. Completely different events. Pedalling an e-bike means you're…

That's really quite harsh. Whilst e-bikes aren't as much work as proper bikes, they're not effortless.

I don't think it's quite that straightforward, and I'm not a big fan of e-bikes largely from a safety perspective. If you look at the power generation, the rider is still doing a reasonable amount of work; charging the battery and contributing to moving the bike forward. In truth I think there's no reasonable way to…

In the grand scheme of things a 30 minute walk has negligible effect on your progress. At 134lbs you're burning c100 calories each time. When you hear the "cardio ruinz yur gainz..." type of thing, it's nonsense. The comments from sgt1372 are spot on here. A progressive lifting programme will help your body composition.

The data is suggesting that optical HR, as in the FitBit is within margin of error for HR measurement compared to electrical sensing. That research doesn't, of course, reliably account for movement of the wrist, but the "chest strap is more accurate" trope is meaningless. That's even before you start considering that…

Fwiw my "woo count" ramps up significantly when I'm trolling right wing political stuff on here. But back to the original point, woo has meant unscientific bullsh!t on the net for at least 30 years. It was a staple term in Usenet.

That doesn't fit the narrative though. It's all about expecting everyone to confirm to some rose tinted vision of mythical 1950s conservatism. This thread should be titled some variant of Stepford.

I've seen some discussion of e-bike riders taking segments on Strava as well, then getting a sh!tty-on when it's flagged as dubious

I'd suggest a medical referral.

What do you mean by "in the heel"? Can you describe the pain in more detail? Do you mean in the ball, or an ache at the back, of slightly above the heel itself? With respect to shoes, are you wearing the same shoes for running and football?

Indeed.

If I'm perfectly honest I'd probably have avoided the word salad and just gone for the basics. For something of that distance I'd be recommending increasing calories for about a week before the event. Carb loading the night before is just going to leave undigested food in the gut, leading to GI distress by about 20 miles…

Just multi-vitamins

For the 50mi I'm aiming for less than 13 hours. There is quite a lot of elevation on the route. For something like that, even with carb loading, I'm going to burn out of glycogen by about 3 hours, so I'd be curious what you think about the intake options during the race. I'm also wondering what to eat after the 50mi,…

I'm not entirely sure of the best fueling strategy for a 50 mile ultra with a 10K and Half Marathon the following morning. What sort of suggestions would you have?

That doesn't happen. You consume energy by moving your body mass around. A GPS app would be more valuable.

In terms of wrist wear, you do have a higher risk of both false positives and missed steps in the situation that you describe. Given that you've got both under and over reading the I'd suggest that the effect is likely to net-off. From a personal perspective, I don't rate the FitBit data quality or durability. They have…

For walking and running is just stick with a phone app. That'll be more accurate than anything reading HR. For weight training, nothing will track that.

What sort of workouts are you taking about? If we know that you'll get meaningful recommendations, otherwise you're up for ill informed random suggestions.

No. It's utter bollocks a random number.

Well HIIT doesn't burn much either, so...

Shouldn't, not can't. Stretching it just brings other problems into play.

For road shoes, about 500 miles. For trail, anything up to 800. The symptoms you describe sound like poor fit or suitability for the run, rather than age.

Whilst I am not a physio, it's a topic of some discussion on coaching. Whilst that study is interesting the applicability to athletic overuse injury isn't particularly strong. I don't imagine any of the cadavers used their ITB after the study. Most coaching guidance had moved on from foam rollers as a primary therapy…

It may depend on when they trainer, and how up to date they keep themselves.

Where were the strengthening exercises focused? I would generally suggest that ITB issues should be dealt with by a physiotherapist, rather than anyone unqualified. That said, from a running coaching perspective I would expect a physio to be prescribing core strength training rather than leg strength. The length of the ITB…

It depends on the underlying problem. The IT Band shouldn't increase in length, it's not muscular.

Well done