Entries filed under 'fitness'

Exercising Outside: If the Fitness Intelligentsia is Doing It, It's Up to the Rest of Us to Catch Up

We think we spotted a trend in the Time magazine article titled “Health Tips from Some of the Fittest People Out There.” When asked about their personal fitness regimens, the majority of the health-minded thinkers mentioned pursuing lots of their fitness goals outdoors. ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on March 20, 2013 10:30 AM & Tagged fitness | permalink | Comments



Fitness and Fresh Air: New York Times Report Examines the Benefits of Exercising Outdoors

The outdoors is humanity’s original gym. It appears it might still be the best to workout. Author and New York Times fitness writer Gretchen Reynolds cites a variety of studies that indicate outdoor exercise delivers benefits that cannot be matched indoors. ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on February 25, 2013 12:00 PM & Tagged Cycling, Outdoors, Running, exercise, fitness and walking | permalink | Comments



F-Train to Alaska: GirlTrek Volunteer Takes a Life-Changing Trip

Erica Wynn is a college student from Queens, New York. Like some college students, Erica works as a waitress to pay her tuition. Unlike most, Erica is volunteering 12 months of her life to serve as a “healthy role model “with an organization called GirlTrek. ...

Posted by Steve T on January 3, 2013 11:15 AM & Tagged African Americans, Denali, GirlTrek, alaska, backpacking, fitness and walking | permalink | Comments



Summer Running Tips from Black Girls RUN!

These are the dog days of summer for many of us. Runners, are you still out there running? JayEll Vaughn from the group Black Girls RUN! gives her tips on how to beat the summer heat and humidity. ...

Posted by Steve T on August 28, 2012 11:45 AM & Tagged Black Girls RUN, Running, fitness and summer | permalink | Comments



Don't 'Exercise,' Walk; Don't Sit, Stand; Author Explains Simple Steps to Well-Being

"If people want to be healthier and prolong their life span, all they really need to do is go for a walk. It's the single easiest thing anyone can do." —Gretchen Reynolds    Author and New York Times health and fitness columnist Talk about good news. It's possible—probable, actually—that you know someone who lives a sedentary life. Sad stat: The lead story in Tuesday's USA Today (May 8) cited a study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that that estimates by 2030 42% of ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on May 10, 2012 6:08 PM & Tagged Gretchen Reynolds, New York times, fitness, health and walking | permalink | Comments