I need to understand this once and for all as I'd consider myself to be intelligent but I can't get my head round this. I am 5' 11" and I weigh 14st 1lb, so 197lb. I'd like to be 13st so 182lb. I am female and 44 in two weeks. I run at least three times a week for at least an hour each time - yesterday I ran 8.25m in 1hr…
I'm introducing strength training from today to compliment my running (3 times a week - half marathon in 8 weeks), team sport (twice a week) and swimming (twice a week - 20 lengths x 33m pool). I have a weak knee so want to strengthen my legs to help it plus build muscle to burn more fat. I have downloaded a beginner's…