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Better Cheaper Stronger: Hamstrings

June 11, 2012
Dick Sandhaus

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.

Slower Sunday: In Monet’s Garden

June 10, 2012
Dick Sandhaus

The lilies are as beautiful as you imagine. Even the water's beautiful. Press Play. You'll see. Happy Sunday.

Better Cheaper Stronger: Hips and Quads

June 4, 2012
Dick Sandhaus

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.

Hot Buttered Pizza

May 29, 2012
Dick Sandhaus

Better than the best hot buttered toast you ever had. Soft, puffy and chewy around the edge. Thin, crisp and crackling in the center. On top: buttery, garlicky green beans, still fresh, slightly crisp and sweet. With a slightly salty edge from a little melted cheese.

Slower Sunday: Golden Anniversary

May 27, 2012
Dick Sandhaus

Big birthday today. The Golden Gate Bridge turns 75. If you're in town, take a birthday walk. If you're not, Press Play. Then imagine you are and take a walk anyway. And sing happy birthday.

Green Soda with Fish: Lemon-Basil-Mint

May 26, 2012
Dick Sandhaus

What to drink with a nice dinner when you don't want alcohol. No red wine. No white wine. No beer. Just something with a lot of good, interesting flavor. Something you sip very slowly. A great pairing with fish or shellfish. Or veal or chicken. Cheers!

Jog. Live 6 years longer. Really.

May 21, 2012
Dick Sandhaus

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.

Slower Sunday: Surprise

May 20, 2012
Dick Sandhaus

They're hard to see when they first pop up. But once they pop, they grow up very, very fast. From an 8-inch spear to a four-foot stalk in two days. Spring's half-gone, summer's coming. Gotta pay attention, every day, to everything else that's growing up.

Let’s Do Your Math. Advanced Class.

May 16, 2012
Dick Sandhaus

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?

Cheap Thrills. Gluten-Free. Pizza.

May 15, 2012
Dick Sandhaus

$1 for your half of this crisp-edged, soft-centered sweet corn polenta crust with bright, sharp-sweet spring leeks, briny olives and rich, gooey fresh mozzarella.