Exercise

August is Glacier Month at BCS. Because, well, what's Better than finding a cool spot in August? What's Better and Cheaper than a national park? What's Slower than a glacier? Or cooler? Let's hike to Victoria Glacier. In Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.

Stripped down. No equipment. No exercise balls, no balance boards, no weights. Not just Better and Cheaper. Better and Free. Look like Superman. Without the cape. Strengthen your lower back. Press Play.

Time to continue our former Olympic Host City Tour with a big Walk in one of the world's great eating cities, Mexico City. And a shorter, steeper stair-climb on the Pyramid of the Sun, thirty miles away in the ancient capital of the Americas, Teotihuacan.

Could be an all-day 20-mile hike. Could be a 2-mile spin around the Acropolis. Or a 6-mile stroll to the Aegean Sea. Great street food. Whichever way you turn in Athens, this is a delicious Way to see the sights while you burn way more calories than you consume.

At the Summer Stretches. They're great for everything. Especially your back. Intense lower back pain got me started on my stretching career twenty years ago. A few simple stretches twice a day cured me. I've never stopped doing them. And I've never looked back. Take a look.

The shade of thousands of aspen trees make this hike cool, high and dry. Just above 10,000' of elevation, near the base of the Santa Fe Ski Basin in New Mexico. It's beautiful. It's an easy cruise, less than one hour. Click for the Top 10 Reasons To Take A Hike.

A lovely little hike to a panoramic view of Hanalei and its Bay. Just a mile and a quarter and 1,200' up to the big vista. A perfect example of a short hike that gives you a real sense of having scaled the heights and climbed a mountain. Between breakfast and lunch.