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 →

The title of this book caught my eye because there are many programs like "couch to 5K" out there. That was probably the intent. Anyway, the author, Chris Daniel, wanted to do something to honor his beloved wife Rita, who was fighting cancer, and to raise money for charities that support people with cancer. Sadly, … Continue reading From Couch To 18000 Miles →

After I finished Exercise is Medicine, I began intrigued with the connection between exercise and maintaining bone density as we age, I blundered into the book Whole Body Vibration: The Future of Good Health on Amazon. http://www.Amazon..com/books This book was interesting. It made some strong claims like strength training for 10 minutes on a vibrating … Continue reading Vibrating Platform →

Today was another "hard leg" day, but I went back to the more standard version I do that has a long warmup and cooldown, with some shorter intervals in between. This follows Clarence Bass's dictum "walk and sprint, not much in between", and works well for me. It started to rain pretty heavily (which we … Continue reading A More Fun Hard Day →

My legs were a little sore from the "time trial" I did Saturday so I took it easy today, and did my ride seated. I went for about 3 hours at a comfortable pace. The result was interesting because I can't see my heart rate during the ride, it's on my phone in my pocket. … Continue reading Three Hours Easy Spinning →

Recently I've written some posts describing my training plan and some of my training sessions. My goal is to provide some inspiration that an old guy like me can still move pretty well despite some of the setbacks I've gone through, But I'm concerned I might be intimidating people who are new to exercise or … Continue reading How Much Exercise Is Enough? →