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@summer37087 Wow. That turns out even more lenient for me than adjusting from the total heart rate to heart rate reserve method. I.e. my max HR as far as I can tell is 191, RHR is around 50. Conventional zone 2 using the total heart rate (as Garmin calculates it) would be 120-135, which is a...

@thebucketwoman I find it so cute!

@jacksoncris It stands for Physical Activity Level and the multiplier of your BMR to get your total energy expenditure. Scientists (and TDEE calculators) use it because different people burn more or less doing the same activities depending on weight and body fat % and such, but it's basically...

@jacksoncris The PALs that are most commonly used in TDEE calculators are really misleading, and in the opposite direction most people think - they are too low for the amount of activity they supposedly represent. For example it multiplies your BMR by 1.2 if you say you're sedentary - in...

@streetlight Actually, I started lifting at all to avoid injuries with running. But it's the lower body stuff and maybe a little bit of core strength that helps with running. I only do upper body lifts for aesthetics and to feel like I'm getting balanced work over the week - I can't think of any...

@calso That article... is hilariously an exact description of the difference in diet and exercise preferences between me and my male partner. I must eat a significant amount of fat to feel satiated, and my natural inclination puts me at 35-40% fat calories. Partner is satiated almost...

@ashleye23 UGH, I want to get pull ups but there is no form of strength exercise I want to do every day. I don't even want to do strength training in general every stupid day.

@leachim To add onto this chain of thoughts, it's also fine and normal if you literally can't run continuously at first - even if you go super slow, the moment you start pushing off the ground your heart rate zooms up to a breaking point. If you just go as long as you can, then walk until you...

@moviez5 I was actually surprised how much lifting DOES make me thirsty. I don't sweat that much during my workout, certainly nothing like going for a run, but I still end up wanting to chug the same amount of water when I get back to my car (because I'm wearing a mask in the gym) as I would...

@moviez5 No shame! I like knowing I did the absolute max I could. The only lift I actively avoid having to fail is squats, because if I can't squat it back up to shoulder level I can't get it back up there any other way, and it sucks to unload the bar just so I can put it back and then reload it...

@mayne70 Yeah I'm a lot like this. I've been running for over 10 years and I've entered exactly 1 race and improved my mile pace by about a minute. Even when I trained for a marathon distance my goal wasn't really to run a marathon, I just thought it would be super cool to run this one...

@acco340 So, basically my overall weekly volume is very similar to what it sounds like you're trying to do, but I arrange it differently and I haven't jumped into it so quickly. I run in the morning four days a week (MWFSa) and have been running for years. Saturday is my long run. It equals...

@crazythat Yeah and I think something you should be aware of is... 180 pounds is actually pretty average-to-small for weightlifting bros that come up with ideas like the "500 club." He can be proud of his total because at 140 he's a pretty small dude yet still hitting high numbers, but you're in...

@betsy789 I break parallel but just barely. What I gathered from my reading is that not breaking parallel routinely will make you miss a lot of muscles including some of the knee stabilizing network which can lead to knee injuries, but going super far down just makes the lift more difficult by...

@hb3 From Yoga With Adriene: Core Strength Ritual (22 minutes of killing abs),Day 12 Yoga for Spinal Health (short burst of alignment, balance, and focus), and Yoga Stretch (gentle flexibility).

@berny I've always had pretty decent baseline strength because I'm the kind of person who will load up everything for one trip. But one of the perks of weight training is now I'm practically a mule for groceries and furniture. If I can hook it onto my body somewhere I can trudge it up the stairs...

@jnicole Body weight exercises like Pilates are unlikely to build enough muscle to increase the width of your waist. If you were doing 10 variants of crunches every workout with a 45 pound plate in your hands maybe, but Pilates is just going to strengthen your core, which is good for you and may...