that putting 10 pounds of fluid on my bike and 40 gu's on the top tube of my bike was a good idea. Oh and to use jock cups as arm rests for my skyward pointed aero bars. Oh and anything that Andrew Coggan says.

That I should not take salt and magnesium for my cramps. I guess it was just a placebo affect that they would go away when I took these supplements. It is really not the heat, but that I'm just going too hard.. OF course I did not take the advice, so maybe it doesn't count for your survey....

Don't lift weights
Don't take any days off

Nearly my entire "critique my fit" post.

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If you're injured and need some sympathy, PM me and I'm very happy to write back.
disclaimer: PhD not MD

Less is more.

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Steve Perkins

I sure hope you are not talking about my advice!

Run 100 days in a row.

HTFU

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"In order to keep a true perspective on one's importance, everyone should have a dog that worships him and a cat that will ignore him." - Dereke Bruce

Women aren't crazy.

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I'm not a complete idiot, some of the parts are missing.

My pet hate is the "advice" by those who have no real world experience (either their own or through their athletes) and simply quote what they've learned from too much time reading Slowtwitch.

"Run more", "run every day" comes to mind...

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I hated every minute of training, but I said, ''Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.''
- Muhammad Ali

Your neck and taint will adapt to the position.

Your seat is too high.

Ha! Good one, QRGirl.

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Jen

"In order to keep a true perspective on one's importance, everyone should have a dog that worships him and a cat that will ignore him." - Dereke Bruce

More is More

"Run more", "run every day" comes to mind...

I hear ya, but at least those concepts (i.e., volume, frequency) have a reasonable scientific basis to suggest they offer some benefits. The advice that pisses me off are things like "It's a waste of time to do any training below LT. I know a guy who never did aerobic training and he ran a 15-minute 5k on 18 mpw." Purely anecdotal n=1 shit with practically zero clinical science behind it. Or stuff like "It's dumb to lift weights. Do you think the Kenyan's lift weights?", seemingly implying that some middle-aged white guy from Kenosha who just took up endurance sports should follow the same protocol as a 19-yr old east African that has run 15k to/from school every day since he was 8.

+1

thanks for saving me the typing......

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Make Coke flat by opening it and leaving it in the fridge over night - I still don't get how that works???

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You mean to tell me that there's people that come here for advice?

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Really hot showers will make even the worst pain of your life go away.

Hell, I done lost my instructions on how to make an ice bath...shit.

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What if the Hokey Pokey is what it is all about?

Ha! A classic!

Of course not - I said "nearly"

I think by the end of that post a couple people had decided I needed shoulder surgery...

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If you're injured and need some sympathy, PM me and I'm very happy to write back.
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Do you think the Kenyan's lift weights?", seemingly implying that some middle-aged white guy from Kenosha who just took up endurance sports should follow the same protocol as a 19-yr old east African that has run 15k to/from school every day since he was 8.

It's still not the best thing to do! :)

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Steve Fleck @stevefleck | Blog

Oh boy, you nailed it with that one. My personal favorite was a guy who asked about a marathon taper.

Guess who one of the responders is? You guessed it.....a guy who has NOT run a marathon!

Here is his recommendation for what a proper 2 week taper into a marathon could look like:

M: 13 miles with 10 of those at race pace.
T: 4 miles easy
W: 8 miles at race pace
Th: 8 miles easy
F: 6 miles, 1 mile easy, 4 miles at Half mara pace, 1 mile cool down
Sa: 8 miles, with last 6 at race pace
Su: 5 miles easy

M: 13 miles: Marathon pace
T: 6 miles Half marathon pace
W: 5 miles: 1 miles easy, 3 miles 10k pace, 1 miles easy
Th: 6 miles, last 4 at race pace
F: 5 mile recovery
Sa: Race

enjoy.... http://forum.slowtwitch.com/...earch_engine#2081086

So race week, you're running 35 miles with 26 miles of it at marathon pace OR FASTER. I almost thought this was a joke and can only pray that no one took this taper seriously.

This thread could go on and on and on with scores of examples like this.