Balanced Monday: Still Standing
After my annual ski trip. Six great days. Just two small falls. All the credit goes to this 7-minute daily routine. It'll improve your balance, flexibility and strength - right where it counts.
Flexible Monday: Back again. Yours.
Today: Ways to feel no pain back there. Exercises that might prevent future back pain. Things to know about current back pain. Better Cheaper pain relief. Comfort. Ease. Stand Better. Move Better.
Living Room Olympics: Figures Skating
Ever see an Olympic figure skater who didn't have a great figure? A tight little butt, flat abs, total flexibility and great balance? Of course not. So what does it take to get into those tight little costumes? Might be this all-in-one exercise that strengthens and stretches everything.
Living Room Olympics: Skating. In place.
Let the games begin. The good news: you're too late to qualify for the team. So let's skate in place. Your place. No skates. No ice. No mittens. But almost all the exercise benefits of real skating. In front of the TV. While you watch the Olympians skate around ovals.
Moving Monday: The Year On The Trail
Three spectacular places to walk your Way to health and happiness in the New Year. Press Play. Then make a resolution. Or three. Happy New Year. Happy trails.
The Gift of Awe
In the presence of honest-to-goodness, awesome nature. Vast, beautiful expanses of it. Places that make you feel deeply grateful to be alive on this planet. Places you can only get to on foot. So here are some gifts to encourage and enable someone you love to get there.
The Gift of Massage
When yesterday's hike turns into today's muscle knots, give yourself a massage with this 3-in-1 Massage Roller. Looks kinky, but it's a great Way to work out the kinks. Always available. Never needs an appointment. Tipping's optional.
The Gift of Fresh
Fresh you. Refreshed you. Fresh legs. Fresh, hydrated everything when you're on a long walk or hike. The gift that makes it so easy and convenient to take a sip of water before you need it.
The Veg-O-Matic of All Stretch Exercises
It doesn't slice or dice. But it stretches, it strengthens, it balances and gets you off your butt. It's the Quadriceps Stretch. Multi-tasking on one foot. Cost-Benefit Analysis: a lot of benefits for a minute of your time.
Stronger Monday: C’mon. Over your head.
It's good to be a little stronger. So it's easier to climb a steep stairway. Or a mountain. Easier to pick up packages. And put them up on a shelf - above your head. As you get older, you inevitably lose some muscle mass. But you don't have to lose muscle strength. Here's another Way to increase and maintain it.