Today was another longer adventure day, so I rode (standup pedaling) North to Bernal road in San Jose. I then briskly walked up the Bernal hill (AKA the IBM hill because this road also leads up to IBM's Almaden research center). I then road home, mostly seated. This was a great 3 1/2 hour workout. … Continue reading Riding and Uphill Walking →

I had my first ever virtual doctor's visit the other day, with my cardiologist. It went great. I told him about my bloodwork that I recently described. This brought up a funny confusing moment. He asked when the blood draw was and I said "February 2nd and 4th". "You mean the blood was drawn on … Continue reading New Challenge- Exercise Stress Test →

I am an unabashed fan of the late Dr. Len Schwartz and his work, see this post. I just saw a comment on that post from John, mentioning his new youtube channel with some videos with Dr. Schwartz: Panaerobic Longstrength . The link should work, or if not just go to youtube and search for … Continue reading More On Heavyhands and Dr. Len Schwartz- The “Panaerobic Longstrength” Channel →

I went for a longer ride and decided to see if I could go farther than before without sitting, so I headed south towards Gilroy. It felt great, this exercise reminds me of the rhythmic relaxing feeling of running but with no impact. Enjoying The Rural Roads South of Morgan Hill I was shooting for … Continue reading New Record- 3 Hours Standing Pedaling →

There is a detailed discussion of how gait can become worse with age in [1], such as "increased gait variability, shorter stride/step length, slower walking speed, increased percentage of the gait cycle spent in double support and stance, decreased stride width with increased stride width variability, and less accurate tandem walking". Some reasons for shorter … Continue reading Gait For Healthy Aging, Part II: Understanding and Preventing How Gait Degrades With Aging →

This is the name of a New York Times bestseller by Dr. Cyrus Khambatta and Robby Barbaro. I found it a fascinating read, and it would be an extremely helpful book for anyone with prediabetes or diabetes. Dr. Cyrus and Robby are themselves both type I diabetics, which they both acquired at a fairly young … Continue reading Mastering Diabetes →

I've discussed various ways to motivate us to get fit in previous posts. This is especially important in these unusual Covid times when people have been restricted in some of their options like going to gyms. I came across an interesting new approach from a Colorado fitness site: the lose your lockdown love handles challenge. … Continue reading Interesting Fitness Motivator →

"Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them"- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr I believe there is something in each of us that we are uniquely qualified to give to the world, based on our talents and life experience. A unique purpose. That is "our music". In Buddhism there is … Continue reading Find and Express your “Music” →

It's really rare for us to get snow at this low elevation. Usually the "snow line" is above 5000 feet or so, sometimes it comes down to about 4000 so we get dusting on top of the taller local peaks like Mt Hamilton, but these local foothills near my home are less than 1000 feet. … Continue reading Walking in… Switzerland? Colorado? No, it’s Morgan Hill →

I previously wrote briefly about the importance of maintaining a good walking gait for healthy aging here and here. I promised to follow up on that in more detail, which I'm getting around to now. This took me a while because I had to do a lot of reading on the fascinating topic of biomechanics … Continue reading Healthy Gait For Healthy Aging, Part I →