Lots of good information in this thread...
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All I can say is to just keep running through the discomfort. Run until you're forced to stop by your breathing or energy, not by the shin splints. They will eventually go away once the muscles there build up a bit.
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By "running through" the shin splints, you can injure yourself further, and prolong the shin splints.
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Look up the following exercises for instructions on how to do them: bench press, shoulder press, lunges, fly (or butterfly, not sure what the name is, but you lie on a bench and open and close your arms as if you had giant wings), and squats. While browsing for those you'll probably come across some other exercises that pique your interest -- do those, too.
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Missing a ton of muscles there, and laboring under some common misconceptions. Anyone reading / interested in this should go take a peek at the lifting thread (stickied in the Weight Loss and Exercise forum, I believe).
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