Category: Fitness

  • Long Recumbent Outing
    Long Recumbent Outing
    The Bay Area recumbent group I occasionally ride with did a ride lanugo at my end so I joined them yesterday. They rode the Coyote Creek Trail from South San Jose to Morgan Hill for a lunch stop, then rode back. I rode up to meet them on a variegated route so I wouldn’t traverse the same route twice. This
  • What Caused the Obesity Epidemic?
    What Caused the Obesity Epidemic?
    The marrow line: to maintain a healthy weight, don’t eat junk! Dr. Hall is a well-known nutrition researcher. His study in Cell Metabolism (see the link in the post) unmistakably demonstrates that without counting calories we tend to eat 500 calories a day less if we stave overly processed foods.Great post!FOOD, FACTS and FADSWhat caused the obesity epidemic? What are
  • Knee Update- Mixed News
    Knee Update- Mixed News
    https://orthoinfo.aaos.org/en/diseases–conditions/discoid-meniscusI saw my primary superintendency doctor for a follow-up well-nigh my knee, without getting MRI and x-ray results. The bump on my knee is fairly benign- there is a lateral meniscus tear which is permitting joint fluid to escape, causing a cyst. That explains why the size of the tumor has waxed and waned over the past few weeks- it
  • 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