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Swimming post surgery
I'm pretty new to swimming, maybe 5 weeks in and I'm absolutely loving it. I now swim with my head in the water and breathe properly and generally churn out about 40 to 50 lengths 5 times a week. Because of a knee injury though I do breaststroke top half and freestyle bottom half but currently trying to master freestyle…
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Finding time/motivation for exercise
I'm a chef working 55 hour weeks. I taste a LOT of stuff every day so I'm putting that as 250 working calories. My trouble is finding the time and motivation to exercise. I get in from work so tired so just slump on the sofa, cook dinner, sort the kids out and then slump again! I work on my feet so it's fairly active but…
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C25K Re-Newbie
I started C25K back in May last year and did really well ok. I got to week 4, then developed shin splints. Then an old knee injury (too much skiing and Step classes in the 80s!) reared its head and I couldn't go back to it. Since then I've been walking, I do 4 miles in an hour, usually road walking up and down hills. But…
