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Naked Exercise #1: No-Bike Cycling

July 31, 2023

Stripped down. No equipment. No exercise balls, no balance boards, no weights. Just your bare hands. Not just Better and Cheaper. Better and Free. A new one each week. So you'll look better naked all Summer. Here's a bike exercise - without the exercise bike.

The Marathon That Ate History. The Walk That Ate Athens

July 28, 2023

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.

Looking back

July 24, 2023

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 Norski Trail: made in the shade

July 21, 2023

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.

Summer Stretch: Your Hamstrings

July 17, 2023

Because flexible muscles make everything easier and less tiring. Now, on the floor. On your back. To improve the flexibility of these very large muscles that contribute to lower back and leg pain if you let them tighten and contract over the years.

A quick high above Hanalei

July 14, 2023

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.

Summer Stretch: Let’s Twist Again

July 10, 2023

Because flexible muscles make everything easier and less tiring. Because I want to help you find the easiest Ways to feel Better every day. Let's start on your back. For almost instant improvement for tight lower back and hip muscles.

Hiking the Time-Space Continuum: The Walk that Meant A Lot

July 7, 2023

On Mt. Toby. Never hiked the Robert Frost Trail before. But I'd already been here a million times. A tiny speck moving through a vast landscape that's been here forever. A vast forever that makes you understand you're just passing through. Briefly. But this was different.

Declaration of Independence

July 4, 2023

Pursue happiness. Vigorously. Be independently healthy. Declare independence from the health care racket. Independence from the industrial food complex. Enjoy freedom to go anywhere feet can go. It may not be self-evident, but it's true that the pursuit itself produces happiness.

Summer Stretch: On your back!

July 3, 2023

Because flexible muscles make everything easier and less tiring. Lifting packages, bending over to tie your shoes or running to catch a bus. Because I want to help you find the easiest Ways to feel Better every day. Let's start on your back.