Is it really all that important to wear a bike helmet if you aren’t doing something dangerous like racing or off-road climbing? I was reading an article on mountain biking the other day and one of the topics was about the different bike wrecks that the writer had seen. The thing that caught my attention [...]
Staying motivated to exercise shouldn’t be hard! Common sense tells us that staying fit will make for a happier healthier life right? The problem is that as you get older, things start happening that make it harder and harder to maintain the same level of fitness that you used to take for granted. Maybe it’s [...]
It’s a new year already! How the heck did that happen? Between forced couch time with gout and all those marvelous holiday baked foods, I need to lose some weight. I figured this might be a good time to post some exercise and healthy eating tips. Most of this stuff has been covered at length [...]
I think my overindulgence on Thanksgiving came back to haunt me. It seems like ages since I wrote the last blog post…. Good grief it has been about 3 weeks! For years I’ve had a tendency to suffer from Gout in my big toes and ankles. Once I learned the early warning signs and what [...]
In college terminology it’s often called “The Freshman 40!” In senior citizen terms it’s called “Damn I wish I had enough energy to burn off all the calories from last night’s dessert!” I’ve written about the importance of combining diet with cardiovascular training in the past. As one gets older it becomes harder to maintain [...]
