N3bolt

I look at what it takes to balance my calorie in versus out... If I eat 1400... I look for 1400 out pushing for a zero sum. But, its pretty difficult getting there sometimes and can take me about 90m leaving precious little time for strength training.

Hey - same here, made me a little worried that I had something really wrong! But, I loosened up my shoes (almost sloppy) and it solved the problem! Also, try to lift them occasionally through the workout to make sure you keep the circulation going!

I know it's intimidating! Just getting the guts to get up on that scale alone makes me cringe but... its worth it in the long run. I started the same way thinking "baby steps", but quickly realized that there was no sustainable impact and then I started measuring my intake and output. At first it felt like nothing was…

My take on why the difference is pretty simple, the mechanics behind running really stresses the lower body and pushing it to the brink is difficult. Like the wolf, "huff and puff" but blowing the doors off is just not going to happen. In the beginning I trained almost exclusively on an ellipse machine and made grade…