Balanced Monday: Finding the tipsy point
A 3-minute exercise to strengthen the muscles you use to stay on your feet. Today we'll add a challenge that lets you find your personal tipping point: balancing your exercise with dietary considerations.
Sight-skiing the Tetons
In winter, it's like a beautiful science fiction version of the place you think you know. Another dimension where hiking shoes don't work. Where you need these odd-looking devices clipped to your feet to keep you from sinking into white fluff. You should try it.
Walks I Walked. And Ate. In 2012.
I read some great books and saw some terrific movies this year. But when I think about these twelve months, I think more about the awesome places I went. On foot. And great meals I walked to and from. Press Play for the highlights.
8th Way of Christmas: Walking Wisely
It always sounded like such a long Way to walk, Jerusalem to Bethlehem. I imagined vast stretches of desert. No roads. No signs. Just the star. But my Google Map shows it's just 7 miles. I could do that on Christmas Eve. So can you.
4th Way of Christmas: All together now
After all the holiday social eating, it's time for social exercising. Be sharp. Be together. Eat together. Walk together. Improve your memory. Live longer. Bees do it. Rodents do it. Now you really have to click, dontcha?
Born To Walk. And Hunt & Gather.
Hunter-gatherers in Tanzania walk many miles per day. But they expend just slightly more energy than sedentary modern Westerners. What's that about? Practice. The good habit of walking and exercising. Every day. The more you do it, the easier it is to do everything.n
Happy Trails. Hike like a mountain goat.
I've seen mountain goats move easily in very precarious places. Without hiking boots or walking sticks. I've been envious. I lost my old goat envy when I found my new hiking shoes. They make you very sure-footed. You should know about these.
Stretch: Like a dog. An upward dog.
It's Monday. Let's start the week ... loose. Comfortable. Flexible. This is a real feel-good stretch. It'll relax your core and shoulders. Make them feel and function better. Make it easier to strengthen them effectively.
Stretch: Lie-Down Abs & Shoulder Stretch
It's Monday. Let's start the week ... loose. Comfortable. Flexible. This is a real feel-good stretch. It'll relax your core and shoulders. Make them feel and function better. Make it easier to strengthen them effectively.
Better Cheaper Stronger: Modified Plank
No equipment. No weights. Just you and your core muscles against gravity. These are entry level push-ups. If you're not doing them already, start with this version.