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Help please- new to weights!
Hello lovely people, I had a freebie session with a PT at my gym yesterday. Im glad I didn't pay for it because her face when I said I wanted to use heavy weights was a picture, she quite obviously had no idea what to suggest so after a bit of encouragement from me she suggested that I do this (sorry, forget the names for…
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What to look for in a new gym...
Hello, I emailed a local gym yesterday to enquire about visiting to have a trial run to see if I wanted to join before I open my wallet. They called today and the trial and a chat with one of their instructors is booked for Monday afternoon. I was just wondering what you seasoned gym-goers thought I should look out for? I…
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After insanity...
Hellos, I am currently on my recovery week between months of the insanity workout. I am already looking to get something to go onto after insanity, just wondered if there are any cracking suggestions out there? A bit of background: I run, I would like to increace speed and endurance in that, so something to help there…
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Running in the rain
A couple of questions for you lovely running people of MFP They are as follows: -Am running at a 9 minute mile pace, cant seem to increase this, legs just give out or i run out of breath- any suggestions? -Went for a run in the rain today, got wet feet, socks rubbed- got blisters- any suggestions as to how to stop this?…
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Running on consecutive days...
Hi, I have been running for a few months, and have managed to get up to being able to run 25 mins straight (i didnt follow the C25k programme, just bumbled along on me own) Anyhoo, I always aim to run 3 days a week with a rest day in between, but it NEVER works out like that, at most i have been getting 2 runs in a week,…
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No longer overweight :-)
When i started this i had no idea what weight to aim for, so i aimed for the top end of 'normal' on the BMI scale, which for me at 5ft9 is 168lb. Jumped on the scales today and voila, 167.4 :-) Happy me! thats down from 220lb just about 56lb lost. Bodyfat down from 38ish to 28ish as well. Not stopping yet, I fully intend…
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Running NSV
Started running a couple of weeks ago, did my first uninterrupted mile this morning :-) 8mins 40 secs! - last week 2 mins running was my max!
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Touring bike tyres
Hello, I wonder if you lovely people can help me out? Me and my husband are planning a trip from essex to lands end in cornwall on our bikes (heavily converted halfords own brand bikes) Last year we did a 600 odd mile round trip on them and they were fine, except, I feel I need better tyres, mine are still the cheap ones…
