Entries filed under 'Fitness'

Getting Fit: The Path to Better Health Starts with Small Steps

It is by now well known that America has a weight problem. But did you know that a staggering 80% of one particular group—African American women—are considered obese or overweight? As a black woman, I couldn’t believe it when I first heard this statistic. Then I resolved to make a difference. ...

Posted by BGR-JayEll on March 15, 2013 11:00 AM & Tagged African Americans, Fitness and Running | permalink | Comments



Guidebook Getaway: Popular Yosemite Trail Reopens After a 3.5-Year Closure

Regular visitors of Yosemite Valley will be happy to know that the complete 5-mile loop trail to (and around) Mirror Lake at the Valley’s east end has reopened after being truncated due to a rockfall event on March 28, 2009. ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on October 19, 2012 10:40 AM & Tagged Fitness, Hiking, Mirror Lake, Yosemite National Park and Yosemite Nature Notes | permalink | Comments



If You're a New Runner, Who Is Best Qualified to Teach You a Running Style? Maybe Yourself

What’s the best running style for each individual runner? How is it learned? In a New York Times wellness article this week, author Gretchen Reynolds cited a study that suggests each runner realizes one’s own ideal running form simply through persistence and self-discovery. ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on September 4, 2012 9:45 AM & Tagged Fitness and Running | permalink | Comments