Entries filed under 'walking'

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



Is Sitting the New Smoking? A Business Exec Recommends a Remedy: Walking Meetings

Author and business exec Nifoler Merchant has joined the list of people who view prolonged sitting as a health risk. (People average 9.3 hours on their backside per day.) Her recent contribution to the Harvard Business Review Blog Network is titled “Sitting is the Smoking of Our Generation.” To counter the trend, she leads walking meetings. Would you join one? ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on January 28, 2013 11:30 AM & Tagged sitting and walking | permalink | Comments



How Walkable Are Your Favorite Ski Towns? Walk Score Lists the Best Ones

If you make a regular habit of urban walking like I do, you may have heard of Walk Score. This website and app—it’s especially popular with home-shoppers and real-estate pros—offers a fun and useful tool that rates the walkability of cities and neighborhoods. Walk Score’s latest interesting report compares the walkability of North America’s top ski towns. ...

Posted by Steve T on January 14, 2013 9:45 AM & Tagged Snowboarding, Walk Score, skiing 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



'The Opportunity for Amazing Adventure Is Everywhere'

You don't have to hike 30 miles a day, climb Everest or ride a double century to experience "real" outdoor adventure. With the right mindset, adventure is all around you. Such is the inviting philosophy of David Ryan, an Albuquerque, N.M., resident and author of a new book titled The Gentle Art of Wandering. His solution to finding adventure? "You gotta dump the car and start walking." Ryan has made many unexpected discoveries during his wandering walks. Some are tiny: potsherds and tools from ...

Posted by Steve T on June 25, 2012 5:01 PM & Tagged David Ryan, Hiking, walking and wandering | permalink | Comments