Pumping Iron is Good for your Brawn AND Brain!
James Fell covers the topic in his latest “In Your Face Fitness” column for the LA Times. Voss and her team examined more than 100 studies on the topic and discovered some interesting things. Here’s one: The brain benefits of resistance training (such as lifting weights) seem to differ from those you get from aerobic exercise. “Aerobic exercise improves ability to coordinate multiple things, long-term planning...
“It’s Against Everything I Stand For.”
The title of this post is a quote from superstar chef Alice Waters. I pulled it from a recent “Op-Doc” in the New York Times, “El Wingador,” created by independent filmmaker Errol Morris. Here’s the context: I have been fascinated by champion eaters for over 30 years. When I was in Berkeley, Calif., in the 1970s I made a pilgrimage to Oakland to visit Eddie Miller, known as Bozo, the world champion...
Some Enchanted Evening…
Valentine’s Day is approaching! While it’s just another “Hallmark Holiday” to yours truly, lots of people take it more seriously. For them, it’s a time of romance, to be celebrated with champagne, flowers, jewelry, heart-shaped boxes of chocolate… And dinner boxes from Pizza Hut??? Yep. For only $10,010, you can order Pizza Hut’s “Perfect Proposal” package! Pizza Hut will provide...
“The Cure For Everything”
Dr. Yoni Freedhoff of “Weighty Matters” reviews an interesting new book, “The Cure For Everything: Untangling Twisted Messages About Health, Fitness and Happiness.” Sounds like it could be good… You see Tim’s book is something I’m not sure I’ve ever read before. I’d describe it as an “evidence-based romp” (words that I’d never thought I’d string together)...
Michelle Obama vs. Jimmy Fallon
Mrs. Obama beat him fair and square! (sorry about the ad… that’s NBC for ya).
Hopefully, Our New Neighborhood Will Have a Decent Walkscore
We’re planning to move to Spokane, WA soon – so I spent the better part of the day looking online for info on rental homes. One of the resources I looked at was Zillow.com – and one of the cool features about Zillow is that WalkScores are included as a part of the property information. I wrote about the WalkScore system a few years back, when we first moved to the Tri-Cities… and I’m pleased to discover...
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