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Lifting Routine Question
So it seems that there a a fair number of people who know a lot about lifting on this site. I have a question about the purpose/benefits of a routine that I did in college. I was on a competitive athletic team (softball) and the first 2 weeks once the team started lifting were what we called two weeks of hell... It was 3…
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5K
On a whim I decided to run a 5K on my gym track. I haven't been training for it, just running a few time a week for 25-30 minutes, I ran a race last year and said never again after vomiting and being yelled at by my father for vomiting(talk about demotivation and anger and rage...still sore about that can you guess?). Well…
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Advice with saying no in the Heat?
So yesterday where I was there was a heat index of 127... I biked to and from work, 5.2 miles each way. My dad had me pitch out side from 6-7:15 pm and I was sweating buckets and light headed. After that my dad wanted to go for a run, only a short 20 minute one because of the heat. I tried to convince him we should go to…
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Flexibility?
I'm wondering if anybody has a suggestion for gaining flexibility, especially in the legs? I have tried yoga and detest it, not because it doesn't work but it bores me to tears, both tapes and classes. Currently I am trying to do stretches daily but I don't notice any improvement. Any good stretches, tapes, or anything?
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A Brief Intro
Hi, I'm a college student who is usually active. I was not concerned about my weight until I stepped on a scale this summer and was 183 lbs. That is 18 lbs up since 3 years ago and I decided I wanted to change. I have done a fair amount of strength training over the past 2 years and would love to be able to see the muscles…
