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Hiking the Potato State: Iron Creek Trail to Sawtooth Lake

September 17, 2010

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.

Better Cheaper Stronger: Biceps Curl

September 13, 2010

Our Upper Body Strength Training program begins with this exercise because it's familiar and easy. Full disclosure: Better Cheaper Stronger means you get stronger. Not like Arnold. Just stronger than you are now. So that you can do a lot of things more easily and comfortably.

Take the stairs. And calcium.

September 10, 2010

You have to see and climb Dorr Mountain's East Face Trail to believe it. Thousands of stairs carved into the mountain's solid granite. Straight staircases. Switchback staircases. Spiral staircases. Steep ones. Build strong bones.

Stretch of the Week: Your Upper Back

September 6, 2010

Up on your feet. Today, we'll try to relax, stretch and strengthen your neck, shoulders and mid- and upper back. To make them feel and function better - and to keep them from creating pressure on your lower back. Press Play and watch me. Then it's your turn.

High above the vineyards Skyline Wilderness Park in Napa Valley

September 3, 2010

Proof positive you can find a great walk or hike pretty much anywhere. You may know Napa, California, USA as a place to eat and drink - or drink and eat - but you probably don't know Skyline Wilderness Park is just a few miles from the center of town.

Stretch of the Week: Spinal Balance

August 30, 2010

We loosened up your back with Knees-To-Chest and Spinal Twist. We gave your hamstrings, quadriceps and calves a good long stretch. We flexed and strengthened your ankles. We strengthened your core and back with Shoulder Bridges and Ab Crunches. Today we achieve (Spinal) Balance.nn

The Walk That Ate San Francisco

August 28, 2010

The Better.Cheaper.Slower map to a great way to spend the day in San Francisco. Eat a bunch of delicious, healthy foods while you burn way more calories than you consume on a spectacularly scenic walking tour of San Francisco.

To the Summit of Sargent Mountain. C’mon. My dog did it.

August 27, 2010

It goes up - quickly and steeply - to 1379 feet. The elevation's not much compared with mountains out West - but the hiking can be as challenging. Check out these views. I bet you want to go here. Or someplace a lot like here. Take a nice long walk.

StretchOfTheWeek: calling this a stretch But ab crunches are good for your back

August 23, 2010

We loosened up your back with Knees-To-Chest and Spinal Twist. We gave your hamstrings, quadriceps and calves a good long stretch. We flexed and strengthened your ankles. We began to strengthen your core and back with Shoulder Bridge. Let's continue with your Abs.

Strange Skylines: Three Magical Miles

August 20, 2010

Take a long walk this weekend. With or without the magic. I was thinking about the totally weird and beautiful skyline of New Mexico's Tent Rocks while I walked down the suddenly magical Park Avenue on one of three summer Saturdays when it's a 2.8-mile pedestrian mall. If you were a Cochiti Indian who'd never left home, this would be one strange hike.