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KlinkKlank,
Your Avatar is like a car crash, disgusting to look at but hard not to stare.

About the point of school kids not being allowed to do too much, when i was playing club football a few years ago they tried to introduce a rule you could only train twice a week as well as games.
Lasted about a week before everyone realised Kids enjoyed what they were doing and did it anyway, e.g. every night of the week.

They complain about obescity being a problem and they make rules like that, crazy.

L

I used to be a big fan of creatine. ZMA, Protein drinks, and energy (isotonic) drinks, yeah it helped me train up to get to the minimum standards but when i felt upto it i stopped using them. In royal training they only let you take protein shakes IF your training team think you need it so my advice is if your totally unfit use them and get to a standard then stop or just dont use them at all, for the guy who gets out of breath quickly try sprinting/ fartlek for a week then go back into the long runs, start off a nice slow jog then pump the pace up till your just out of breath enough you cant quite talk, also dont just do 3 miler runs, you want to train above the standard of PRMC, i do 4 milers and lots of 100m sprints.
Good luck mate,

Thanks Gunn,
I'll give that a try (the sprint/fartlek for a week). As another part of my training, I run 2 miles once a week to my Army Cadet Troop with webbing and boots on. Would I be right in thinking that by doing this I will also find it easier to do a run when not in my kit?

Thanks
-Spence

I find that any energy drink improves performance. Again, might just be placebo. As for getting tired straight away, it still happens to me now. After a couple of minutes I feel fine, I think sometimes your lungs just have to adjust.

Well it is bad for you to run with weights, it will make it easier to run without kit but its upto you, personally i dont i only do it when im on exercise with my sh*t ATC sqd, any other time im in shorts and t-shirt, Royal have 32 weeks to get you to run with the kit under the proper conditions so i would just stick to without it

Sorry skiffle but I’ve never heard such rubbish. I was playing full contact rugby at 13, we covered on average of 5 miles a game, that’s not including all the hard knocks we used to take. We’d also have a 2 1/2 hour training session a week.

Shifty, don’t do weights as they can effect your growth, but cardio stuff such as running, swimming, cycling is fine. Get your self a good pair of running shoes and crack on with it.

Kids these days (8-15) just don’t seem to be made from rubber anymore, what’s going on?

lew

I just got myself a heart rate monitor its helping me no end, I recommend anyone to get one.

I got the Polar A3 - http://www.polar.fi/polar/channels/eng/ ... ss/A3.html

As long as you know how to use one effectively. You will see a great advance in your running and swimming.

KlinkKlank wrote:I just got myself a heart its helping me no end, I recommend anyone to get one.

KK, I've had one for years mate, you're right, they really are useful!

I was unsure for a long time about getting one, they sounded too good to be true. In the end I decided I needed a new watch and could use mine to double up as a HRM and watch.

And they are great aint they Hyper! Feels good when you see after a few runs your HR% going down. Lovely

KK, you want to re-read your post, I'm assuming you are talking about a heart rate monitor but what you actually put was something else...

Nah the Heart Rate Monitor I bought is a watch too. I needed a new watch at the time, so thought I`d kill to birds with one stone.

Skiffle wrote:

Is it ok for a boy my age (15) to be doing alot of running that you guys are talking about ?

I'm 16 and I do fell runs can be up to about 6 miles. And it is with a club.

KlinKlank, either you're ripping the piss pretty well, or being a little silly...

I just got myself a heart its helping me no end, I recommend anyone to get one.

I'm 16 also. Is it ok for me to use the weight machines at the gym?

I did when I was 16. Never did me any harm, just don't go too heavy. light weights, high reps.