For those of us who are just starting out or getting back into doing some exercise, the question of whether to go fast or slow may seem moot. Just getting going can be a challenge. Likewise, even for regular exercisers, “go big or go home” may seem out of the question some days. But, since…
Just looking at the question here, your automatic response could be “of course!” After all, exercise burns calories, and calorie burn helps a person lose weight. But there are many other things going on with walking and weight loss. For example: Perhaps some of you have decided to get going on regular walks but have…
During the past year of the pandemic, many of us have been eschewing our usual haunts where we were able to take part in some exercise. Now that things are slowly opening up again, let’s take a moment to re-appreciate what swimming can do for us. Swimming and COVID FIRST, some of you may be…
Often we hear in fitness that most of our movements in sports and life involve rotation, bending, flexing, and making circles to warm up our joints. After all, we are dynamic beings, doing all sorts of things, and need to be able to move appropriately for whatever it is we want to do. Getting loopy…
By now most of you know squats are one of the basic, human moves that we make. We do them several times a day, every day. Up and down from a chair, off the toilet, and possibly picking things up off the floor. Because of that, squats are considered a “must do” in any exercise…
I don’t know about you, but as the winter and the pandemic drag on, I find myself climbing the walls. I feel like I don’t have to elaborate. We are all in “Plan B” (and probably C, D and E) and have been for a long time now. Perhaps we have run out of ways…