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Gaining Leg Strength after ankle surgery
OK - brief history -- 38 year old female, run 12-15 miles/week, lift 5x week (Current bench press is 3x10 at 135-145lbs). I had ankle reconstruction surgery January 2017, so 13 months ago. I've been running for 6 months, so all is good, but I can't seem to gain strength back in my legs. I'm only squatting 95 lbs for 3…
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Classpass
Has anyone used Classpass before? Taking a break from running (lingering ankle injury and it's dark at night) and am considering Classpass. Thanks for any advice!
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Spin class during recovery from fractured/sprained ankle
So, long story short as possible: I fractured/sprained my ankle playing tennis 4 weeks ago, was on crutches for 2 weeks, then started physical therapy 2 weeks ago. At my last PT visit, therapist told me still no running, but I can do other activity as tolerated pain-wise. I still have what I consider significant swelling…
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Injured - Need motivation
Hi all. I love coming here because the support is amazing. Here's my story -- I was doing great in June, had 8.2 pound weight loss for the month and was crushing my fitness goals. I sprained and fractured my ankle on June 29 and have only had 2 weight-training workouts in the almost 2 weeks since my injury. The scale is…
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Garmin Forerunner 235 - HR problem/question
I have the Forerunner 235 (wrist-based heart rate monitor). I got it in February and love it, EXCEPT, recently it stopped recording my heart rate during runs. The heart rate monitor is working because it shows my heart rate except on runs, which is when I really want the data. It was working for 3 months then recently…
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Spiralizer Recipes?
Just got the Kitchenaid spiralizer last week, curious for recipes. So far I've tried zoodles sautéed with grape tomatoes and parmesan cheese, and spiral sweet potato oven fries (sweet potato, olive oil, sea salt baked at 400 degrees). I'm sure there's been a discussion on here about this before, but the search function…
