Tag: exercise
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The Keys to Success: Action Keeping track of food (and exercise) can be every bit as difficult as you want to make it, but it doesn’t have to be. As with any new area of learning, it helps to start small, reconsider your assumptions, and experiment a little to find what works best for you.…
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The Power of Walking
The CDC recommends 150 minutes a week of cardio — in stints of at least 10 minutes at a time. I recently saw someone reassure a new exerciser that it’s OK if you don’t get that much exercise, because it’s hard to get that much gym time, and it made me a little sad. Exercise…
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Conventional Wisdom and Its Discontents The fitness and weight-loss worlds are full to the brim of “do this! not that!” advice, “one true way"s, and weirdly counterintuitive claims. Here are some closer looks, a little math, and some ways to separate the general strategies (like "eat less, move more”) from the day-to-day tactics that make…
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Give me a minute… Cartoon by Drew Dernavich, published by the New Yorker in April 2014.
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Starter Steps isn’t really an exercise how-to or training blog, but occasionally I mention equipment — especially if I think it’s compact and versatile enough to consider having at home or work. How to Use Your Baby as Exercise Equipment — check with the other parent first (you may want to train together!) Should I…
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When We Make Excuses Changing the way we eat or move can be difficult for many reasons. Our environment is filled with obstacles to healthy habits, from time constraints to financial considerations to social pressures. This art, from a Nike campaign, shows excuses where they live: in your head. Nike’s answer is to “Just do…
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Finding the Exercise That’s Right for You If you haven’t exercised regularly since physical-education class in high school, the idea of getting started can sound frankly awful. Fortunately, being active is a lot more fun — and can easily be far better personalized — than those grim tests and dodgeball sessions in the school gym.…
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Exercise and food have both spawned dizzying gadget and gear industries, with product reviews in their millions all over the Web. Fortunately, you don’t require much gear to improve your eating and exercise habits, but a few things can help nudge you in the right direction and keep you accountable to your goals. How Does…
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Exercise Keeps Us Young The New York Times has a nice discussion of an article just published in the Journal of Physiology, “An investigation into the relationship between age and physiological function in highly active older adults” (full article available at the journal’s page). This study looked at a mix of laboratory and other “internal”…