Category: Fitness

  • Climb to Coe
    Climb to Coe
    The climb up to Henry Coe State park east of Morgan Hill is one of our big local climbs. It’s well-nigh 12 miles from the wiring of the hill on E Dunne ave. to park headquarters, with 2700 ft elevation gain. I did it yesterday with a group starting in Morgan Hill. Our route was a little shorter considering we
  • Strength Training and Weight Loss
    Strength Training and Weight Loss
    https://www.eatthis.com/strength-training-habits-that-slow-aging-science/Clarence Bass covered the results of a meta-analysis of many studies on the benefits of strength training for weight loss in his column this month [1]. Not surprisingly, it helps. In my opinion, far and yonder the most significant effect is that it preserves or plane adds to your lean muscle mass while losing weight. From the study: “lean mass
  • Update on Excessive Endurance Training
    Update on Excessive Endurance Training
    https://www.outsideonline.com/health/training-performance/endurance-athlete-heart-health-research-2022/In his “sweat science” column, Alex Hutchinson reported on some recent studies that requite an update on the question of whether there are health issues associated with excessive endurance training. I have discussed this previously (here, here, and here) it stuff a matter of some interest to me as I like to endurance train a lot. The first study is
  • Upper Body Workout Then Local Rural Tour
    Upper Body Workout Then Local Rural Tour
    I did an upper soul workout with resistance bands, soul weight, and dumbbells yesterday. I’ve expressly been enjoying heavyhands walking, simulating cross-country skiing double poling with hand weights, and simulating kayaking with resistance bands. I followed this up with a pleasant tour of local rural roads and trails on my Vado, which has pretty fat (38 mm) tires and handles
  • Lorna Has Completed Three-Peaks Challenge; Home Stretch to Land’s End
    Lorna Has Completed Three-Peaks Challenge; Home Stretch to Lands End
    https://www.facebook.com/LornarunsFellow blogger, triathlete, and ultrarunner Lorna Cullen has finished the 3 peaks part of her Jogle run, with 1537.68 km run so far and 317.44 km to go. She is averaging 38 km a day, or just under a marathon, and has been for over 40 days. I ran 3 marathons when in my running days, and was completely trashed
  • Prime Early Access sale – my top picks!
    Prime Early Access sale my top picks!
    Sharing the weightier of the weightier for the Prime Early Access sale! This is when you can get Woebegone Friday-ish deals surpassing the holidays and so many of my faves are discounted right now. *Affiliate links are included unelevated that indulge me to earn a small legation I use to alimony this lil blog running. Thank you so much to
  • 113: Top nutrition struggles and what to do about it
    113: Top nutrition struggles and what to do about it
    Hi friends! Hope you’re having a wonderful morning! I’ve got a new podcast episode up today and I’m chatting with Carlee Hayes, RDN, CD all well-nigh the top nutrition struggles she sees and what to do well-nigh it.Carlee works with Nutrisense, and I’ve used their CGMs (continuous glucose monitors) a handful of times. I’ve learned so much well-nigh how my
  • Items worth adding before Prime Early Access sale is over
    Items worth adding before Prime Early Access sale is over
    Hi friends! I hope that you’re having a wonderful day. The kids are officially on fall unravel (WAHOO!) and I’m packing us up for a little staycation at Unconfined Wolf Lodge. I wanted to share some of the weightier deals from the Prime Early Access sale that are still available. The sale ends tonight, so I’m spending an hour or so