Pasta Trail in the Dolomites:
Lagazuoi The Thrilling
If you're one of those people who likes to walk or run because you like to ... eat, well, here's the trail for you. You could take the steep one-mile hike straight up to the Rifugio Scotoni. Or you could take the even steeper long Way around to one of the most thrilling - or frightening - views in the Dolomites, and then make the crazy steep descent to the Rifugio. Let's do the six-and-a-half miles. Just to be absolutely sure we'll be hungry enough for that huge platter of homemade pasta.
The Walk That Ate San Sebastian
Surf City, here we come! Walk this Way and you'll be thinking you should relocate here. Beaches, hiking, great pintxo bars on every corner. Here's an 8-hour day of sightseeing and eating where you burn more calories than you consume.
Aerobics: 15 minutes in 15 square feet
Aerobic exercise in your own time and space. Find 15 minutes and 15 square feet. Elevate your heart rate and breathe hard. No single exercise is strenuous. But do them all quickly and you'll sweat. Do the whole routine twice for 30 great minutes.
You’re about to gain weight. Unless …
If you're like most Americans, your weight was at its annual low last month. And you will now begin to gain weight until you reach your annual high in early January. Yup. It's all that holiday eating. What to do? Clue: an ounce of prevention's worth a pound of cure.
Stretch: Cross-Legged Forward Bend
It's Monday. Let's start the week ... loose. Comfortable. Flexible. This is a real feel-good stretch. It'll relax your neck, shoulders, back and hips. Make them feel and function better. A gentle first stretch to get you ready for more.
Walking & Eating in Nepal
I don't know about you, but my jaw doesn't actually drop all that often. When I got up to the ridge line, my jaw dropped. Every peak in sight is higher than 20,000 feet - a lot higher. You're miles away from these mountains - but your neck's craned up at a sharp angle so you can see the summits.
Stronger Monday: Pumpkin Iron
Good news: all you need is frequent exercise to maintain muscle strength and mass. At any age. Today comes with a simple, seasonal, one-minute Way to increase your biceps strength.
Walk to the Sun, the Moon and the Stairs
In Mexico. Back in the 5th century, this was quite the place to live. And eat. And climb pyramids. Next week, I'll make some great dishes that come from this time and place. The culture that gave us one of the original and tastiest low Glycemic Load diets.
Walking and Eating the Dolomites:
Tre Cime di Lavaredo
I've had potatoes on my mind since I used the season's first fresh ones for that killer potato salad. Which recalled a killer hike in Idaho's Sawtooth Mountains, a 10-mile roundtrip trail that goes up 2,000 feet and burns about 2,000 calories. About 15 big potatoes.