Good afternoon.
I'm an out of shape, overweight, rank beginner, riding a Trek 4300 (with the original platform pedals that came with the bike) around the neighborhood and on a local bike path along the Arkansas River on the weekends when I get time. I did a paper route off of a single speed Huffy beater through Jr. High and High School, so I was in decent shape then, but that was long ago and I obviously wasn't using good technique.
I've been lurking for a few weeks and am just hoping to learn a little big about how to get into respectable shape.