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Weight Training programs/apps?
I'm a 45 year old female who has lost ~40lbs on MFP since January and am ready to add a solid weight training program to my cardio in an attempt to tone and lose the last 20. I do very well with set programs and would love to find an app that would allow me to track my progress. Ideally, I'd like to focuse on freeweights…
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Increasing Running Speed
I completed C25K about 5 weeks ago (shuffling along at 4.5mph) and since that time have focused on increasing the duration of my runs while staying at the same speed. Does anyone know of a good program to increase speed? My goal is to run comfortably at 6.0 mph or better. Today I started to increase the speed slightly to…
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Running: Speed vs Time
I am in my final week of C25K- can't believe I'm actually making it this time! I have been running between 4.8-5.0 mph, and know that in order to progress I will need to both extend the length of time I run and the speed at which I do it. I have freakishly short achilles tendons, so have found that a slower speed makes…
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Latex Allergy?
After 36 perfectly healthy years, spending a year in Afghanistan seemed to trigger a latex allergy. I'm getting increasingly frustrated as nearly every piece of fitness equipment I come in contact with seems to have trace elements of latex. It took me a while to figure out what was going on, but a combination of weights,…
