Boss Man wrote:No disrespect to anybody on here, but in relation to your fears about being educationally gazumped on this topic, I think there's a high likelihood you'll be fine

I feel a little better about myself now, thanks

Well the way some people cook food, you can. If you see smoke coming out of the oven, you've burned a lot of calories :wink: In fairness though you're probably on solid ground with your response, though I've never really gone in-depth, regards trying to understand the science behind such things. Ye...

Though it would probably be cool to some people, if you could physically see a calorie burning, on some kind of thermal or infrared monitor Isn't that really a misnomer though? I mean, 1 calorie is the amount of heat required to raise 1 gram of H2O 1 degree Celsius. So you can't exactly burn a calo...

So I took a few days off, and went for a light, 1 mile jog today, going about a 7:30. Only a light stitch that i was able to somehow make go away, and the only knee pain I had was in the first 100 yards as knees loosened up. It was very little pain though. I'll probably head out for a longer 3 miler...

I'll take your advice, but I used to run cross-country, but I ended up quitting to row. So I'm not 'not conditioned' to run that quickly. I'll keep stretching and maybe ice it and take some ibuprofen for it. It may be that I just haven't run in a while. It's not as bad as it was Sunday and Monday, a...

OK, so this is what I've been doing (thanks for the reply though Athene) Pushup Ladder (5,10,15,10,5) with 15 sec in between. Rowboats (1x25) Plank (1x1 min) Calf Presses (I don't know the real name, but you stand on a stair with just your toes, and push yourself up and down... [2x30]) Is this a lig...

Hey everyone- Let me fill you in with a bit of background before I get into what I want to get accomplished. First, I'm small for a 17 year old guy, 120, 5'6". I'm a coxswain for our city's rowing team, so I don't get much exercise in life besides walking up a ton of stairs at school every day,...