Questions tagged [training]
Working out with a purpose, in pursuit of a goal.
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How to train for marathon
I really really want to train for a marathon, but I can't find anybody to do it with me, and I just can't seem to be able to train alone. At the beginning of the year I found someone to do these ...
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How often should you rest? - Running [closed]
I'm an athlete and run around 5 times a week, often 6 miles each time, how often should I have a rest day? Should I cut the 5 times a week down to 3/4 times?
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Training: quality vs quantity
Quite some time ago I trained has a shot put athlete, only at a regional level. I trained hard but only about 1h30 per day, 3 to 4 day per week. I never made great marks.
Later I had to abandon the ...
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Training zones and training plans
I decided to recently try create my own cycling training plan, but I think I misinterpreted some of the info and am overtraining. I used Strava to get a lot of information and also read up from online ...
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What muscles are important for running down steep loose ground and what exercises strengthen them?
After running, descending, long miles on a steep trail I'm finding that the worst pain/soreness in my legs are due to loose earth like gravel. Its hard to tell which muscles are hurting and Ive only ...
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Where is the longest steep run to use for training in the eastern United States?
Steep being 12% grade or more, where is the longest steep run in the eastern United States?
Or more broadly, where is the best place to train in the eastern US for races like the Hardrock 100 or ...
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How to listen to the body during a run?
I am newbie in running and I am not interested in long runs or any records.
I start to run weekly 10km 6 months ago, now I run for 20km (with a bit of effort).
I would like to understand what the ...
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What kind of goals should I have if I want to be as healthy as possible?
I.e. If I want to live longer and avoid diseases. Should I target to build muscles or to be resistant as a marathoner? Is more exercise always better? (Besides risk of injuries of course)
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Is there any correlation between weightlifting and increased life expectancy?
I would like to know if, excluding genetic reasons, as much muscles I have I'll live longer and avoid more disease.
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How to stay fit on vacation?
I am doing CrossFit on a regular basis. However, this summer I will be on a 4-week-long vacation.
I have seen this question: What's a good exercise regime for when traveling/vacationing/etc.? ...
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When should I use incline and speed intervals versus incline and speed ramps?
I have access to a treadmill that has speed workouts and incline workouts. There are two types of each - intervals and ramps. In an interval, it alternates between a resting speed or resting incline ...
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What are some good strength exercises for different skiing practises?
The ankles and muscles foot to knee are particularly challenged. Similar question to this here on marathons but now focus on skiing and external weights can be used: this can be related to roller ...
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What should be my next workout plan? [closed]
I was doing my workout for nearly 8 months continuously without any break, but unfortunately I was forced to take a break for 3 months. This past week I started to go to the gym, doing some cardio. ...
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cold hands after 15km run - evening training after work
I'm preparing for a marathon.
I ran 15km yesterday evening. First 10km were ok but at faster speed (10.76Km) than usual. Than the last 5km were tedious. I experienced cold hands, which I've never ...
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Heavy weight vs Light weight?
My goal is to build muscle size. There is lot of information online which says like Arnold says(3rd point) you need to lift heavy to increase muscle size and there's other information as well like on ...
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How can I measure my physical progress if I am gaining muscle faster than I am losing fat? [duplicate]
I've been trying to build muscle/burn fat/generally get in shape for the past two months, but I have not been noticing much difference in my appearance. I don't expect to have lost 10lbs, but I can at ...
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Gym routine for advanced taekwondo practitioner
I am 25 years old female, doing WTF taekwondo(Olympic) for over 10 years(black belt). My height is 165 cm, weight 53 kg.
My question is - what to do in the gym to help my sparring? Especially I want ...
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I need help to be able to focus during my work outs [duplicate]
I stop working out few months ago because of work I travel a lot and I lost a lot of muscle . I got me a membership at a gym but is so hard for me to concentrate and motivate myself while I'm at the ...
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Measuring progress in Bouldering
I have been climbing for 13 years now and have been competing for most of that. I have reached a plateau or at least a point where simply measuring progress with the grading system is not accurate ...
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Coming back from a "break"
Due to hormonal issues(hypothyroidism) I stopped working out around a week after my last post here (feb 17 2016). When the levels of the thyroid hormone are low, the person becomes more lethargic, ...
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MY CHEST IS UNEQUAL.Help me make them equal.please [duplicate]
My chests are not equal.My left chest is fully outward and developed and where as my right is full pressed in.PLEASE help me to make both sides equal. this is affecting my abs to making them unequal.
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Need some guidance to begin body transformation [duplicate]
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Good day everyone. I've been wanting to improve my physique for some time now but I haven't still because I'm scared. I've been leading a very sedentary life and it's made me unhealthy ...
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How to train for running without a warmup
This may seem like an odd question, but outside of exercise, when I have to run, I usually don't have an opportunity to warm up. It's jogging down to the store during my lunch break, or running to ...
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Lung capacity for jogging much weaker than for lifting
I've always wanted to incorporate daily jogs to my schedule, but at first I would get tired very quickly, out of breath, and I could feel my ankles aching so I assumed it was due to the over weight. ...
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Chest/Abs training for a thin young man (4 times for 6 months) [closed]
I need your advice. I'm a thin guy who spends most of his time sitting (SW developer). I'm between thin and fit, and I want to get this fit. Basically, abs and chest.
My body:
Age: 26
Height: 1.79m (...
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Am I ready for a long trip in bicycle? [closed]
I've been training for the last three months to complete a 90 Km route. I feel my legs are ready for that, but I'm affraid my weight can be a problem.
I'm 31 years olds, 165 cm tall (5' 5"), and my ...
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At what point does the improvement from increasing weekly mileage become marginal?
Firstly, I understand that different runners react in different ways to training, and so a specific case cannot be made to each runner.
When starting out running, there is a lot to be gained from ...
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How do you train for multiple aptitudes?
I've seen this infograph that explains what load, reps, sets etc. you will need to do for each goal or aptitude:
But what would you do if your final goal was two of them? Say you wanted to get a lot ...
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Exercises to strengthen muscles, ligaments, and tendons around the knee [duplicate]
I suffered a knee injury back in July, that I had a friend of mine (he's a physiotherapist) look at briefly. His diagnosis was that I suffered either a minor MCL tear, or possibly a minor meniscus ...
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Stretch marks from training
I am 22 1.75 m and 85 kg.
I started training about four months ago, starting with bodyweight exercises and one time I tried to do a full 'flag'. After this I showered and I saw stretch marks on my ...
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No more gym, what to do?
Due to recently events back at my parents house, I decided to help with some of the expenses, this lead me to sacrificing my membership to the gym. I know there are at-home workouts, but I am unsure ...
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How can I do a recomp?
I am 17, and I used to be really skinny, but I had great cardiovascular health. I decided to bulk up and I started bodyweight exercises and ate at a surplus. The thing is, I gained a lot of fat and ...
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Complete and minimal flexibility workout?
I would like to increase my flexibility. Not necessarily every single part of my body but I would like to hit most if not all areas. I would like a set of several exercises that I can do one day or ...
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How often and how long should yoga be practiced for optimal health benefit?
Yoga is a very varied way of exercise -- e.g., doing Surya Namaskar many times will of course improve one's stamina; most of the yoga asanas will build both strength and flexibility; some will help to ...
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Is it feasible to train for a marathon in 15 weeks? I've just run a 1:55 half-marathon with no training
I signed up for a half marathon (there were half + full marathon races for the same event), taking place in April '16, and started training last week (Around 13 December). I'm not a regular runner (or ...
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Powerballs are real training tool?
I started to go to fencing few weeks ago and got myself a powerball to strengthen my wrist. But even if after you use until you can feel in your arms that you made an effort, I didn't notice many ...
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Including full non-lifting body workouts
I've been quite enjoying my tiring lifting routines, and I feel really good about developing muscle and strength, but I still want to lose body fat, not really for looking slimmer, just to look more ...
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What exercises will help me open jars?
After failing to open a jar the other day it came to me that the strength required to do so is not built in most exercises and also that it is a common test of strength in daily life.
Therefore I ...
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Could I do a 1-series split exercise workout routine?
All of my friends who workout tell me that I they do a 1 muscle group a week training routine in the gym and that I should do the same. My problem is that I hate that and I don't want to go to gym for ...
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Should I not eat before sleeping even If I workout in evening?
So I have read that we should not eat 2-3 hours before sleeping. If I workout in the evening, does that apply to me too?
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How can I get used to running above my lactate threshold and get better at middle distance running?
I'm a long distance runner and I mostly compete in road races 6 miles to 13 miles but I want to get much better at middle distance races and racing in the 2-5 mile range. I've been trying to train for ...
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What if I don't get DOMS, not enough workout? [duplicate]
So I follow a 3 day routine (routine makes me repeat 2 muscle groups a week)which consists of(I'm unsure of some of the names of the exercises, sorry in advance):
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Bench press/Dumbbell Flys(...
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What movements differ between the appearance of running casual and running fast?
This sounds like a very specific question, but Im only interested in the reason for the general or common impressions I hear on my running form. What I hear much of the time is that I appear to be ...
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Focussing on burning calories and six pack abs and an overall change
My native language is not English so I apologize if some terms are not correctly stated.
I regularly go to the gym twice a week. What I do there is 10 minutes crosstrainer, leg press, chest press, ...
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Safe way to train for the front and back flip?
Pretty simple question:
Is there a safe way to train for the front and back flip without killing myself?
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Why do I consume so much air? [closed]
I am a volunteer firefighter and once every year we have to pass a fitness test to prove we are physically capable of working as a firefighter.
One part of this test is to do a sport program with a ...
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Am I doing the right amount of volume for biceps? [closed]
I know biceps are small muscle group and they can recover quickly.
I do 5 to 11 sets with different exercises(these sets contain dropsets)
My workout log looks like this:-
Warm up sets:
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Would Training with same volume on cutting phase as on bulking result in loss of muscle?
For the first time I am going to start a cutting phase so i have a number of questions:
Q1:Would Training with same volume on cutting phase as on bulking
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How can I train legs when I have hip dysplasia?
How can I make my legs stronger when I have hip dysplasia on both sides?
If I google "legs training", every search result states training will include a lot of variants of squatting. And they say, ...
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What current race distance and time should I use for creating a workout plan?
In 2015, I ran four races of three different distances - 2 5ks (9:20/mile and 9:04/mile), a 10k (11:15/mile), and a half marathon (11:50/mile). In 2016, I'm planning on running 2-4 5ks, 1-2 10ks, a ...
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