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New runner shin splints - how soon can I run again?
Hey folks! I just started running and I gave myself shin splints. Fun! TL:DR - how long should I wait before trying to run again. TS:DR - I tried running before a few years ago but I had no fun whatsoever with it... This time, I'm loving it and I can't wait to get out for my next run! (This is a BIG step forward for me and…
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Running. Let's do it right this time!
So! I want to learn to run. Erm... again. But better this time so I don't injure myself and burn out in a few weeks. My current level of exercise consists of cycling or walk to-and-from work every day, but each leg is only ~2.2mi - granted, that adds up to ~22 miles a week, BUT because it doesn't seem to be any effort to…
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Ideas for "feedback" on my exercise/eating regime
Good morning ladies and gentlemen! Been a while since I've been on the forums here! Last year I started swimming a lot and it was great - I wanted to get myself fit enough to pass the scuba diving swimming assessment to allow me to start training - and I did! But, then I lost motivation... I went swimming less and less,…
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Re-learning to swim
I've taken up swimming again after a.... 15, maybe 16 year hiatus! The first major goal is to be able to do 200m on my front, followed immediately by 100m on my back, and then 15m underwater. Gone are my days of being able to do fifty lengths without batting an eyelid! I can barely do one! How embarrassing! There are two…
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I suck at eating healthy! Any tips? :P
Ladies and Gentlemen, I admit it. I'm lazy a bachelor. If you can't be bothered reading this ramble - feel free to skip right to the end, where I finally get to the point! I'm a mad scientist: which creates the excuse problem that I spent my time doing mentally stimulating, technical, and taxing stuff than exercising -…
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I need a kick up the bum! And an exercise plan.
I'm a batchelor - and I admit it, I'm not terrifically fit. It is too much effort. The only reason I don't weigh a metric tonne (or 0.984 tons if you prefer) is because I walk about 20 miles a week - about 400 calories a day I've worked it out as. Conveniently, I have a short-term goal - which I can use to kick start a…
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It is time: the eating must change...
Ladies and Gentlemen, it is time. I'm going to ramble a bit here - this is going to be a bit of a critique of myself - trying to be impartial but reasonable - I'm putting it up here so I can get some feedback. I'm also putting it out here as the idea that other people will see my rambling makes me formalise it better than…
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(Re)-starting exercise: to gym or not to gym?
TL;DR - what do people think of gyms (this crossfit gym specifically)? Is going to a gym a good investment? How do I know I won't pay for a month and then not use it!? What if I suck!? Will it help motivate me to run? Will crossfit training improve my endurance? A little while back I took up running: but was stopped by…
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Running: getting started - aches and pains
I've recently decided I want a change of careers. I currently have a desk job - although I'm not terribly unfit, I'm not terribly fit either. I've walked to work for a good six months now - a 2.2 mile trip either way; but it's not enough. I intend to change to a more physically demanding job in the emergency services:…
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Caloric uptake/deficit question
Good Morning all, I'm just wondering a little here - as I can't wrap my head around this. This is best explained through example. Let us take Person "A": "A" is recommended 2000 calories per day to maintain weight "A" is recommended 1500 calories per day to lose weight at a particular rate: corresponding to that 500…
