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Better Cheaper Stronger: Hamstrings

If you want to increase your leg strength before you start a jogging or running program, today's Leg Curl is a great Way. It'll strengthen your hamstrings before you ask them to go the extra mile out on the street. No weight machine necessary. Just a featherweight resistance tube.
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Better Cheaper Stronger: Hips and Quads

If you want to increase your leg strength before you start a jogging or running program, today's Hip Flexion is a great Way. It'll strengthen your hip flexors and your quadriceps. Before you ask them to go the extra mile out on the street. No weight machine necessary. Just a featherweight resistance tube.
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Jog. Live 6 years longer. Really.

This just in: Regular jogging shows dramatic increase in life expectancy. I thought you'd want to know. How regular? 1 or 2 hours per week. How fast? Slower. "Slow" or "moderate" paces produce the greatest increase in longevity.
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Let’s Do Your Math. Advanced Class.

Actually, let's let a computer at the National Institutes of Health do the math for you. Plug in your age, weight, height and a few other things. Press Play. A second later, you have the answer: Slower. So what's the question?
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The Walk That Ate Chocolate Brussels without sprouts

Brussels, Belgium just might be the best place in the world to enjoy all the health benefits of chocolate. More than 500 chocolatiers make this beautiful walking city a perfect place to burn more calories than you sample in a 10-mile Walk.
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Lean Back

Strengthen your abdominal and lower back muscles. And your hamstrings and quadriceps. And glutes and thighs. All in less than a minute a day.
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Keep it up. At any age.

All you need is frequent exercise - if you want to maintain muscle strength and mass. At any age. Strengthen your upper back, your shoulders and your biceps with this simple exercise: the 1-arm row. Do it with small hand weight. Or a heavy book.
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One Big Stretch aka “The Triangle Pose”

Stretches everything. Your hips. Your hamstrings and calves. Your shoulders and chest. This one'll improve your flexibility everywhere. And your ability to do everyday things with greater ease and comfort.
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Core Strength: Lean, Don’t Crunch

Here's a quick, easy way to strengthen your abdominal and lower back muscles without doing crunches or sit-ups. Do it ten times if you can. Takes less than a minute.
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Free and Easy: On the trail

This is your 2-week notice: free admission to all 397 U.S. National Parks during National Park Week, April 21 - 29. This is the deal of the year. Press Play for spectacular views from the happy trails. Seeing is believing.
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