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Every Move You Make: Tracking Fitness

October 10, 2014

If you really want to learn something new every day, strap on one of those new fitness trackers. You know, those black wristbands that people wear to learn how much, or how little, they walk each day. I just wore three of them nearly 24/7 for a week. Here's what I learned.

Come Run With Me. More or less.

September 26, 2014

I ran in Central Park for 30 years. For the last 10, I've been doing it on a treadmill in the comfort and privacy of my home. Now I'm going public, and I'd love it if you'd join me. Here's my training program and your invitation. Run or walk. Either Way's good.

White Pine Lake. Are we there yet?

August 29, 2014

5 miles out and 2,400' up the trail. It's beautiful. It's serene. Your mouth hangs wide open for a full 30 seconds. Transparent pale blue water with a red rock background. You burned 1,000 calories. Now find a big rock. Sit. Contemplate.

My vacation high

August 22, 2014

Way up in the Teton Range. One of those hikes that makes your day. Makes your vacation. Makes IMAX look like a postcard. Ten miles out and back. Six thousand feet up and down. 4,000 calories burned. Or take an early fork in the trail for a great walk around two pristine lakes.

Higher ground, lower temperature

July 11, 2014

July 11, 2014. Down there where my feet hit the sidewalk, it's hot. Very hot. But up here in my mind, I'm making snowballs. I'm imagining the coolest hike in Hawai'i. Hawai'i?Sure, it's pretty balmy down at sea level. You…

Sunny, with a chance of Vitamin D

May 12, 2014

What a deal. Sunlight's free and you don't even have to strap a solar panel to your back to use it. Just take off your shirt. Or your pants. Because your skin synthesizes Vitamin D when it's exposed to sunlight. Oh, by the Way, you're probably Vitamin D-deficient.

Movin’ Groovin’ Monday: Down South

May 5, 2014

While I was in the kitchen stirring grits and pulling pork for this week's recipes, my toes were tapping and my hips were shaking to these all-time great dance tunes made in Memphis. If getting motivated to exercise is a problem, here's my solution: music you can't not dance to.

Vacation Plan: Yellowstone Trail Mix

April 23, 2014

It's U. S. National Park Week. If you can't get away this week, you can dream and plan. Start with Yellowstone. Scores of trails. Mountains, canyons, rivers, forests, meadows, plains, geysers and buffalo.

Free your toes, free your mind.

April 21, 2014

If you've been avoiding adventurous trails for fear of falling or tiring, you should try these new-style shoes. They've made me very, very sure-footed. Balanced and steady on any terrain. Comfortable and carefree.

The Walk That Ate The Paradox

April 11, 2014

The “French paradox”: How can they eat all that rich food and drink all that wine -- and have dramatically lower rates of obesity, heart disease and diabetes than Americans? Maybe it's the low glycemic load of all that traditional food and wine.