Quote Originally Posted by Sky King View Post
Now what I wish for is something that would make my muscles "sleeker" takes me a half an hour in the morning of walking and stretching to just lose the old lady walk, can't imagine what I would be like if I didn't ride my bike.
[hijack] Spend some time with the foam roller, spiky balls, Thera-Cane and other self-myofascial-release tools. Most of the morning stiffness I get is trigger points that knot up the muscles while I'm sleeping. [/hijack]

I'm one of the ones that the more intensely and the longer I work out, the fewer hot flashes I get. I guess I shouldn't have blown off the idea of doing a fall marathon this year. So far they're always brief and mild (and I've been having them for a couple of years now, so hopefully they won't get worse) - part of that is that having sweat rolling off me is just a normal thing for me, so if it happens one or two extra times in a day it's NBD. Hot weather is a trigger for me too, but seriously, when the weather is hot I barely notice them, it's hardly any different!