There’s something no-nonsense about a piece of workout equipment that looks like it should be hanging in a medieval dungeon. It involves lots of stretching, a good deal of hanging as well. And your body will certainly feel the effects. Torture? Depends upon your perspective. All that swam through my head as personal trainer Larisa Lotz walked me into one of the side fitness rooms at Seaboard Fitness in downtown…
Continue Reading +Whenever I think of inspirational characters, my thoughts naturally turn to Fearless Fly . humble hayseed Hiram Fly one minute, he slips into a matchbox and emerges … Fearless! The next time we go to the climbing gym and need inspiration, though, we won’t be thinking of Fearless Fly, we’ll be thinking of this guy.
Continue Reading +The holiday party season officially begins this weekend (because the first party I’ve been invited to is this weekend). That means lots of seductive holiday treats, from sausage puffs to rum balls, from one kind of chocolaty thing to 50 other kinds of chocolaty things. As the thoughtful Mae West once said, “I generally avoid temptation unless I can’t resist it.” Come the holiday party season we all have a…
Continue Reading +You know you want to be healthier in 2010. But do you know why you want to be healthier? It’s human nature that as one year draws to a close we wonder how we might make more out of the year ahead. In our neck of the self-improvement universe here at GetGoingNC.com, that translates to how we can improve our physical lot in 2010. You may know that you want…
Continue Reading +“Readers Respond: How do you avoid holiday weight gain with exercise?” Source: About.com This about About.com post is a year old, but the advise is timeless. Tips sent in by readers about how to avoid tubbing out over the holidays. Some you’ve likely heard elsewhere (“Eat a healthy snack before a big holiday party …”), others maybe not (“Go for a brisk run about thirty minutes before you go to bed,…
Continue Reading +Through year’s end, GetGoingNC.com will feature a hike in North Carolina that just about anyone can do. It won’t be a long hike (though we may throw in a recommendation for going long), it won’t be strenuous hike (but there could be an option to really get the heart pumping). This week, the 6.8-mile Neusiok Trail in the Croatan National Forest. Neusiok Trail Distance: 6.8 miles. Type of route: Partial…
Continue Reading +If you’re not already among the 21 million with a Wii Fit video system, odds are you’re starting to hear the steady drumbeat from your kids as the holidays rev up: “We just absolutely have to have a Wii Fit! It’ll make us healthy!” Since it’s introduction in 2007, the Wii Fit has been touted as the antidote to the typical video game that straps a kid to the couch…
Continue Reading +Gale-force winds, heavy rain, heavy rain mixed with snow, snow, swollen mountain streams, hiking barefoot for a quarter mile, wild boars. Sunshine. Crazy day on the trail. My weather-challenged week of backpacking continues. Back in the planning stage of this trip to the Smokies, with maps spread on the family room floor, guidebooks at the ready, an amber beverage within reach, the plan for today was to do a 13-mile…
Continue Reading +In my New-Year’s-On-Thanksgiving post, I touted the benefit of walking. But I didn’t address the benefits of walking. If you like to see evidence before making a committment, here’s some recommended reading on the benefits of walking. The Mayo Clinic One of the best Web sites for information on any health topic, the Mayo Clinic’s Web site notes: “Walking is a gentle, low-impact exercise that can ease you into a…
Continue Reading +Had great weather today hiking a 13.2-mile loop up Deep Creek in the Smokies, but by the time I got back to the car, a gauze of white clouds was forming, tipping off the next storm system moving into the region. Rain is expected to begin in the middle of the night and last into Thursday morning. That’s rain in Bryson City, elevation 1,752 feet. It occurred to me, with…
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