How To: Pushups

How to perform pushups with an animated image showing the move. Click on the picture to see the full sized animation. Lie face down on the floor with your hands (palms down) about shoulder width apart. Your feet should be together with your toes tucked under your...

Is it a gym, or is it a zoo?

I remember now why it is that I normally lift weights at six o’clock in the morning. At 6 o’clock in the evening, the gym is a zoo. There are people everywhere! It is fit to make you claustrophobic. All of the cardiovascular machines have heaving, sweaty...

50 Marathons 50 States 50 Days

One of my goals in life is to run a marathon in every state. I do not have any interest (right now) in races longer than the marathon. I have previously written about Dean Karnazes when I reviewed his book Ultramarathon Man. Things do not seem to have changed much in...