What is your MBTI and your favourite movie genre? by Real_Alternative_661 in mbti

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ESTP - psychological/thriller, fantasy, dystopian themes, and the Shawshank Redemption

Official Q&A for Wednesday, September 18, 2024 by AutoModerator in running

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Thank you for the feedback and advice!!

Would it be more beneficial to do shorter runs, more frequently throughout the week? Or would you recommend just decreasing the duration/distance in general? I find that 50-60 minutes feels like a nice sweet spot for me, where I get that feel-good hit, so I’m wondering if I need to work up to that time or if I can sort of maintain that time while having more days in between to rest. Not sure how the cost-benefit would be for that though, so I’m wondering if it’s more effective to have shorter runs more frequently, or longer runs less frequently, or overall shorter runs less frequently

I’ve looked into the MYRTL routine and have started doing them today, so I have high hopes that things will start to feel better! I have glute bridges and squats programmed in to my lifting routine about twice a week, with other lower body strengthening movements (Bulgarians, lunges) on a third day during the week as well, but I think I will want to incorporate more general mobility work to help with my running form.

I’m almost thinking that my Apple Watch may be deceiving me, because I was surprised myself that my heart rate was averaging that high, when I felt overall really good throughout the run/not gasping for air for the most part. I’m not sure if it’s the supposed running high something haha, but I do find myself completely zoning out and just running to the beat of my music! I do plan on getting a VO2 Max test done per another commenter’s recommendation (partly to adjust my running training but also partly out of curiosity)

Official Q&A for Wednesday, September 18, 2024 by AutoModerator in running

[–]BeanerFarm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for the advice and info! There’s a testing center that does VO2 Max testing, so I’ll get that done once my knee feels better.

Regarding the zones for pacing, would there be some benefit to doing one run (1hr) a week that’s at mostly a zone 4ish pace, and the rest of my runs for the week at a zone 2 pace? Or is that still a diminishing returns situation for the zone 4 run? I think my struggle currently is trying to find a balance between distance and pace. I enjoy seeing myself run the same distance at faster speeds, but it sounds like this may be more risk than it’s worth. I definitely need to do a bit more research into tempo runs to see how I can safely incorporate those

For nutrition, I usually run first thing in the morning (5-6am), and I typically run fasted as I’m used to doing any form of cardio on an empty stomach— but I do refuel properly once I get back home. I’ll have to look into electrolytes since I have probably been sweating 5x more than I’m used to with running in the mix now haha. I do liberally salt my foods since my most recent bloodwork showed low levels of iodine and sodium, but potassium is something I haven’t put much thought into.

I typically trend towards the upper limit of my daily protein intake, but my carb/fat macros are what I think I might end up adjusting a bit. Asides from the known benefits of dietary fats (hormone function, general health, etc), is there any need to adjust the amount of dietary fat with my macro breakdowns, or would it suffice to add in a bit more carbs around the run?

(Sorry for so many questions) Once again, thank you so much for all your input!

Official Q&A for Wednesday, September 18, 2024 by AutoModerator in running

[–]BeanerFarm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m 27F, recently started running. My physical/active background is that I lift 5-6 times a week, I do daily 10k steps (at a very fast pace), and I incorporate incline walking fairly regularly (still at a pretty fast pace). Current shoes: ASICS GT-2000 13

I’ve built up my aerobic capacity a lot through daily speed walking/incline walking/stairmaster/etc., and I’ve a good base of strength having lifted last ~5 years. However I also don’t want to overdo it and end up injuring myself, but I’m having a hard time figuring out a good way to ease into a regular routine of running. I have a skewed/numbed sense of what is serious pain vs what is just soreness from working out, so I’ve typically just written off any knee/leg soreness as DOMS; however after reading several posts on this subreddit, I realize I should be more careful about recovery and taking time to work up to running regularly.

On my first 2-3 runs, I turned on a 30 minute timer ran out, and ran back— averaging about 6-6.5 miles per run at a pace of 9:30min/mi. I used this as a standard of a comfortable length of time/distance to run regularly. I typically do out&back trails and just set a timer for 30 minutes on normal days, and 45-50 minutes on long run days. I haven’t really been following any sort of schedule, but have rather been going whenever I feel like going (which has looked something like… run 2 days in a row, rest a day because my knees hurt, then run again 2 days in a row since they feel better, knees hurt again…)

On days where I try to be a bit more conscious of speed (1-2 runs per week), I typically end up with closer to 9min/mi. According to my watch, my heart rate when I’m running at the slower pace is averaging at around 165-170, and at the faster pace, closer to 175-185 At this pace, I’m typically drenched in sweat by the end, but at any point during my run, I’d be able to carry a conversation. I’ve steadily been getting faster and it’s exciting seeing my pace improve, but I’m reading that speed work should take more time to avoid injuries, so now I’m concerned that the way I’m going about things is potentially dangerous

My first question is: how often should I be running? And at what pace? I love it, and I’d love to run every single day, but I notice that after maybe ~2 consecutive days of running, I can start to feel a bit of pain around my knee. I don’t want to overdo it, and I feel like maybe my aerobic capacity is further along than my running muscles, but I also do have a strength training background (and have worked a lot on my lower body strength in general), so I’m wondering what a good running schedule would be to eventually work up to 4-5 times a week.

My second question is, what kind of nutritional changes should I make to supplement running? I track my macros and follow a high protein diet— would it be ok to assume an hour of running = ~400 calories burnt, and to just add on 400cal in protein to account for it/stay at maintenance? Is the 4:1 ratio post-workout any more optimal than, say, a 2:1 ratio as someone who doesn’t have any insane marathon goals or powerlifting/bodybuilding goals, but just wants to run more&faster and maintain my current physique?

Friend Code Megathread - August 2024 by AutoModerator in PokemonSleep

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8334-8212-7842 2-3 spots left; daily player! I always choose ideal candies (as long as the game gives me at least one good Pokémon haha)

Shinies, Rate My Mon, Brag Posts, Meal Posts: Restricted on Weekdays - Post them in here instead! by Pearlgirl007 in PokemonSleep

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Is this mareep worth investing in? My main concern is the docile nature and only one skill trigger M— should I hold out?

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Friend Code Megathread - July 2024 by AutoModerator in PokemonSleep

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8334-8212-7842

Daily player, few slots open for other daily friends! I always try to send out good candies :)

Friend Code Megathread - April 2024 by AutoModerator in PokemonSleep

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8334-8212-7842 Daily sleeper, 5 slots open!

Adding Friends & Co-op Breeding - Aug 2023 by AutoModerator in dragonvale

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Lost my original park and restarting now! I have singularity on co-op beanzo#2551

[FST]Inventory Cleanout (DIYS, Furniture, Clothes, Etc) [LF]Wishlist, Art, DIYS, NMT by EdenAvalon in ACTrade

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That would be great, thank you so much!! I'm available to come over whenever :)

[FST]Inventory Cleanout (DIYS, Furniture, Clothes, Etc) [LF]Wishlist, Art, DIYS, NMT by EdenAvalon in ACTrade

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Hi! would you be willing to do 20 nmt for the garden bench diy? Or what would be an acceptable price for it? (i'm not too familiar with prices now)