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Bike trainers - any good?
Hi am interested in your opinions of bike trainers, the things you stand your bike in so that you can ride it indoors. The windy country roads make dark riding dangerous and the cold plays havoc with my arthritis. 1. Are they easy to put together? 2. How noisy are they? ( I have road tyres on my bike) I'd be using it in…
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Success in lowering blood pressure - tell me how
Hi, having lost half the weight I hope to, my blood pressure has gone up to marginally over the level at which dr's in the UK are keen to start you on medication. I'm keen to avoid this so have ramped up my efforts on weight loss and increased exercise. Anyone got success stories to share on reducing bp? Or ideas on how…
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Tennis elbow - will 30ds make it worse?
Hi, tendonitis in my left elbow has been slowly (too slow for me) improving by degrees for weeks, will I make it worse by restarting 30 day shred, especially the push ups and weighted arm exercises?
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Two NROLFW questions
Seeing great results from this programme, and am convinced on the lifting heavy argument but have two questions that maybe someone can help with (preferably easy reading style with reduced jargon if possible) 1 what's the advantage in lifting weights over using resistance machines? 2 if I lift heavy and get these great…
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Candida diet / IBS
Am finding some anecdotal evidence that links IBS flare ups to candida/thrush although it's not clear if the candida overgrowth is a cause or an effect of the IBS. Anyone have experience of a diet without yeast and sugar, as a bread and chocolate fan I wonder how manageable it would be for me... Although I am finding the…
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Oatmeal / wind - will it settle
Hi, have recently added oatmeal with some fruit for breakfast and am finding it gives me a lot of wind by afternoon. Will this settle down? I have IBS so don't need any more issues with my colon! Any advice welcome
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Translating calories burned to miles?
Hi, thanks for reading... Any one know how to estimate distance travelled from calories burned? I track time and calories during my workouts but this week for a challenge I'm in I should be tracking distance (aiming for 25 miles). I use a variety of machines whatever is available, but mostly it's elliptical and…
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Mixed day here
I got a bit of a shock when I saw some "un-posed" photos of myself on holiday in Sept - the 10+ kilos I've lost isn't enough... Then, went to put my wellies on to go and put a friends chickens away for the evening, usually the boots grip tight around my calves but today I could tuck my jeans in without a problem. Never…
