The President’s Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition encourages regular activity among children and adults with its premier program called the Presidential Active Lifestyle Award (PALA), whereby individuals keep track of their progress via the honor system and accumulate points … Continue reading
“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.”
~Hippocrates
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Foods in their natural, nutrient-dense form will be digested and assimilated with considerably less energy than its processed … Continue reading
“The body never lies.” ~Martha Graham
Our health begins with the soil.
The lack of minerals in the soil leads to a lack of micronutrients in our food. This creates the tendency to overeat due to chronic hunger. Weight gain follows with an increased risk for type 2 diabetes, hypertension, arthritis, osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease, obesity, and so forth.
With the nighttime moon reflecting off Gitchee Gumee while soaking in the sheer delight of making way on the stupendous Superior Hiking Trails on my own, countless others were doing the same throughout the country and the globe for that matter.
It must have been spirits of “Addicted to Love” writer and vocalist Robert Palmer running with me on the steep rocky bluffs overlooking
Each sang their own version of surrender to the doctor dirt with lyrics sounding somewhat like this: “I got a bad case of lovin’ you . . .”
Jennifer Pharr Davis possesses an appropriate name for the task she just completed. Perhaps she’s got the right name for her life as well.
Optimal performance for trail runners and snowshoers requires a balanced diet in which foods with a negative effect must be eliminated.
Endurance athletes seem willing to do whatever is necessary to get the competitive edge. It is unfortunate that refined sugar or caffeine are often used to create short-term energy.
It is seemingly evident that snowshoe enthusiasts share a love of the great outdoors. Who else would leap from a cozy, comfortable couch and go for a walk in cold and blustery winter conditions? As wintertime offers variable snow conditions that capture our interest and attention, spring is also a unique time to go out and explore what the melting snow reveals. Big changes are taking place everywhere you look. Buds are popping out on tree limbs, tiny flowers start to bloom and water and mud abound. Weather oscillates between rain and sun with resilient gale force winds that blow us into summer.
Why do this? Combining the art of mountain biking with the insanity of tortuous trail runs. The answer is easy: masochistic tendencies for extended athletic pain and effort. We travelled the net to New Zealand finding the answer by asking endurance athlete, Gary Moller, with his academic qualifications that would take a 50 km race to list. Here’s what you need to know right now . . .
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