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- Irishman Walking (Stage 1 Chapter 18) - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2013 from Michael Denis CrosseyIrishman Walking is about my walking the coastal roads of Japan through a series of summer, winter, spring, and autumn stages. Stage 1 began in Cape Soya in Hokkaido in the summer of 2009, and ended in Noshiro City in Akita Prefecture seven weeks later. This summer (2012), Stage 8 started at ...
Views: 2280 - Irishman Walking (Stage 3 Chapter 6) - by Submitted on Jul 03, 2013 from Michael Denis CrosseyIrishman Walking is about my walking the coastal roads of Japan through a series of summer, winter, spring, and autumn stages. Stage 1 began in Cape Soya in Hokkaido in the summer of 2009, and ended in Noshiro City in Akita Prefecture seven weeks later. Last summer (2012), Stage 8 started at ...
Views: 2238 - Walking 10,000 Steps a Day -- When Can You Find Time? - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2009 from Dr. Kirk MahoneyYou probably have to be creative to find time to walk 10K steps/day. There ARE ways to walk before or after work, although these periods may at first seem tight. There ARE ways to integrate walking into your work day, although many of us lead sedentary work lives. And, there ARE ways to make ...
Views: 2229(5 votes) - Irishman Walking (Stage 1 Chapter 17) - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2013 from Michael Denis CrosseyIrishman Walking is about my walking the coastal roads of Japan through a series of summer, winter, spring, and autumn stages. Stage 1 began in Cape Soya in Hokkaido in the summer of 2009, and ended in Noshiro City in Akita Prefecture seven weeks later. This summer (2012), Stage 8 started at ...
Views: 2228 - Irishman Walking (Stage 1 Chapter 11) - by Submitted on Nov 21, 2012 from Michael Denis CrosseyIrishman Walking is about my walking the coastal roads of Japan through a series of summer, winter, spring, and autumn stages. Stage 1 began in Cape Soya in Hokkaido in the summer of 2009, and ended in Noshiro City in Akita Prefecture seven weeks later. This summer (2012), Stage 8 started at ...
Views: 2226 - Walking 10,000 Steps a Day -- A Comparison to Running Them - by Submitted on Oct 19, 2009 from Dr. Kirk MahoneyWalking 10K steps/day can be superior in many ways to running 10K steps/day. "DAILY" IS A CRUCIAL CONCEPT. The body can easily sustain walking 10K steps every day. In contrast, most running programs include rest days and/or cross-training days. This down-time with running makes it harder ...
Views: 2201(3 votes) - Live Well Age Well - by Submitted on Sep 20, 2009 from Anita SelbyLive Well, Age Well You can spread expensive crèmes on your face, dye your hair and even get plastic surgery. However, there’s a much more cost-effective and natural way to get an age ‘lift’; it’s called living well. Our physical, mental and emotional habits all contribute to how gracefully ...
Views: 2183(5 votes) - Irishman Walking (Stage 1 Chapter 8) - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2013 from Michael Denis CrosseyIrishman Walking is about my walking the coastal roads of Japan through a series of summer, winter, spring, and autumn stages. Stage 1 began in Cape Soya in Hokkaido in the summer of 2009, and ended in Noshiro City in Akita Prefecture seven weeks later. This summer (2012), Stage 8 started at ...
Views: 2164 - How to Make Any Walk Exciting. Three Tips That Will Help You Stay On Track - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2010 from Jason StarkHave you heard of the expression "Walk in the Park"? It usually means that something was done easily, quickly. But do you sometimes feel that it also tells you that the walk in the park is just boring and not exciting at all? If that is so, how likely is it that you will keep your schedule and ...
Views: 2148(3 votes) - Irishman Walking (Stage 1 Chapter 14) - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2013 from Michael Denis CrosseyIrishman Walking is about my walking the coastal roads of Japan through a series of summer, winter, spring, and autumn stages. Stage 1 began in Cape Soya in Hokkaido in the summer of 2009, and ended in Noshiro City in Akita Prefecture seven weeks later. This summer (2012), Stage 8 started at ...
Views: 2141 - Irishman Walking (Stage 1 Chapter 2) - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2013 from Michael Denis CrosseyIrishman Walking is about my walking the coastal roads of Japan through a series of summer, winter, spring, and autumn stages. Stage 1 began in Cape Soya in Hokkaido in the summer of 2009, and ended in Noshiro City in Akita Prefecture seven weeks later. This summer (2012), Stage 8 started at ...
Views: 2087 - Choosing Gaiters for Hiking - by Submitted on May 21, 2012 from Bruno BlackstoneTraditionally Gaiters for Hiking are garments worn over the shoe and lower pants leg, and used primarily as personal protective equipment; similar garments used primarily for display are spats. Originally, gaiters were made of leather. Today, gaiters for walking are commonly made of plasticized ...
Views: 2084 - Irishman Walking (Stage 1 Chapter 12) - by Submitted on Nov 20, 2012 from Michael Denis CrosseyIrishman Walking is about my walking the coastal roads of Japan through a series of summer, winter, spring, and autumn stages. Stage 1 began in Cape Soya in Hokkaido in the summer of 2009, and ended in Noshiro City in Akita Prefecture seven weeks later. This summer (2012), Stage 8 started at ...
Views: 2077 - Fitness Plans & You - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2011 from Teddy DanfieldWe all have tried various fitness plans to lose weight, build muscle or increase endurance. The problem with most fitness plans is they were designed by someone else for their needs, not yours. Let’s take a look at how you can develop your very own fitness plan using other fitness ...
Views: 2069 - Fitness Walking - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2008 from beatrice stephensonMany people prefer fitness walking before going to the gym or doing work out classes. But is it really an effective way to get fit and lose weight or even cellulite? Could it be as good as going to the gym? Well, the simple answer is; yes it can. If you walk 30 extra minutes a day you would ...
Views: 2059(2 votes) - Walking 10,000 Steps a Day -- FAQ about Health-Effect Reasons - by Submitted on Oct 25, 2009 from Dr. Kirk MahoneyHere are answers to Frequently Asked Questions -- an FAQ -- about the health-effect reasons for walking 10K steps/day. Q1. "Why should I care about losing excess weight?" If you are overweight and extremely sedentary today and your physician approves your undertaking a 10K-steps/day ...
Views: 2044(4 votes) - Walk Your Way Well - by Submitted on May 06, 2010 from B.L. StevensRythmic Movement is one of the most relaxing, healing, balancing modes of exercise we can participate in. Riding a horse is an excellent example of rythmic movement, and is used beneficially for accelerating recuperation from brain injury. Equestrian Therapy is a wonderful means to helping ...
Views: 2043(3 votes) - Hiking the Appalachian Trail Georgia section useful tips - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2019 from Merlyn SeeleyThe AT is a very unforgiving place and when you choose to venture out to start or even continue your adventure. You will need to know all you can to get through. In this article, I hope you will find some information very helpful. You will need about 250 dollars per person on a debit or credit ...
Views: 2018(3 votes) - Walking Connection Owners - About Us - by Submitted on Aug 15, 2008 from Gene TaylorThe Walking Connection is the brainchild of Jo Ann. Her concept for our program began more than thirteen years ago. It started with personal and professional changes she had made in her own life. Step one for her (no pun intended) was begin living a healthy and active lifestyle. Step two was to ...
Views: 1997(2 votes) - Irishman Walking (Stage 1 Chapter 15) - by Submitted on Nov 21, 2012 from Michael Denis CrosseyIrishman Walking is about my walking the coastal roads of Japan through a series of summer, winter, spring, and autumn stages. Stage 1 began in Cape Soya in Hokkaido in the summer of 2009, and ended in Noshiro City in Akita Prefecture seven weeks later. This summer (2012), Stage 8 started at ...
Views: 1959 - ***Walking Barefoot - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2012 from Susun WeedWalking Barefoot c.2011, Susun Weed With the weather so warm and mild, we are still going barefoot, though we are well into the middle of November!I love to let my bare feet inform me. What do they tell me?First, they let me know how my health is. Reflexologists say that there is a ...
Views: 1942(1 vote) - Start Your Own Walking Group - by Submitted on Feb 23, 2008 from Cliff EgginkThe Mayo Clinic has the following suggestions for starting a walking group. Starting a walking group doesn't require much. Simply spread the word and get organized. Soon you'll be walking toward better health. Talk to family members, friends, neighbors and colleagues. You might be surrounded by ...
Views: 1887(2 votes) - Fitness Walking Step by Step - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2009 from Peter StockwellHumans are bipedal creatures. We are designed to walk on two legs. Just look at the pleasure on a toddler’s face as he takes his first steps – pleasure that only increases as he learns to use his legs to run, jump, skip and so on. Fitness walking programs were unheard of in “Clan of the Cave ...
Views: 1868(2 votes) - Walking 10,000 Steps a Day -- A Checklist for Where to Do It - by Submitted on Oct 23, 2009 from Dr. Kirk MahoneyWhen you are new to walking 10K steps/day, finding locations to reach this daily goal can seem overwhelming. So here is a checklist for where you can walk hundreds or thousands of steps at a time toward your goal. [_] Walk in a shopping mall. Granted, you probably cannot do this every day, ...
Views: 1842(5 votes) - Do You Know a Fragmentation of Walking Can Eliminate Your Stiffness Nature? - by Submitted on Jan 22, 2012 from Enayet ChowdhuryTo keep our body fit, most of the time we decide to do many strange things, like running up and down the stairs. However, we forgot ourselves that walking may be the best symbolic exercise, and we can adapt to our daily life. There would be none who will say negative to it. So that, People from ...
Views: 1833 - If You Hear an Owl – Take Your Clothes Off - by Submitted on Nov 27, 2011 from Bruno BlackstoneThe cuckoo's first call in Spring gives us annual news in the correspondence pages of the UK 'Times' newspaper. Supposedly from olden times the quantity of calls a cuckoo produced suggested different things whether you were actually a young person (the point when you would get hitched), a ...
Views: 1824 - Hiking the Appalachian Trail during spring break safely - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2019 from Merlyn SeeleyWell here we are on the verge of yet another season of hiking and above all the trails in the US, there is no doubt that the famous Appalachian Trail will see more feet this Spring Break than any other trail. Every Spring Break people flock to the trail either for a weekend or week of hiking or ...
Views: 1823(1 vote) - 5 Time Tested Ways to Walk Off Depression - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2011 from Dave KanofskySeveral years ago I was diagnosed with hypertension otherwise known as high blood pressure. My doctor told me to modify my diet and to begin an exercise program. He also said that if I lost weight my blood pressure should begin to stabilize and eventually I could come off the medication that was ...
Views: 1818(2 votes) - Walking 10,000 Steps a Day -- What-If Questions to Ask Yourself - by Submitted on Oct 21, 2009 from Dr. Kirk MahoneyThere are many "WHAT IF" questions that you can ask yourself about walking 10K steps/day. Ask yourself, "WHAT IF I were to become inspired to run or walk a marathon or half marathon because I became able to walk 10K steps/day?" Ask yourself, "WHAT IF I were to become pickier about those ...
Views: 1805(3 votes) - Irishman Walking (Stage 1 Chapter 10) - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2013 from Michael Denis CrosseyIrishman Walking is about my walking the coastal roads of Japan through a series of summer, winter, spring, and autumn stages. Stage 1 began in Cape Soya in Hokkaido in the summer of 2009, and ended in Noshiro City in Akita Prefecture seven weeks later. This summer (2012), Stage 8 started at ...
Views: 1802 - Night Time Safety For Wheelchair Users: How You Can Be Safer At Night - by Submitted on Jul 28, 2011 from Gene EmmerEvery year a large number of wheelchairs are hit in traffic accidents. Although the rate of accidents involving power wheel chairs is probably greater than for of non-motorized wheelchairs, all people who use wheelchairs are at risk of becoming a traffic statistic. Why is it that so many ...
Views: 1800 - Pedometer Walking: The Benefits of Walking 10,000 Steps - by Submitted on May 23, 2016 from Evan Borneman(can be viewed with graphics at https://isolatorfitness.com/blog/) Unless you have a debilitating injury or infirmity, walking is the most natural, and easiest primal movement for human beings, and the most convenient form of exercise. Since walking involves no specialty equipment, there are ...
Views: 1795 - Become a Walking Entrepreneur - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2010 from Diana Fletcher“Above all, do not lose your desire to walk. Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness. I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it.” ...
Views: 1794(9 votes) - Irishman Walking (Stage 1 Chapter 5) - by Submitted on Nov 17, 2012 from Michael Denis CrosseyIrishman Walking is about my walking the coastal roads of Japan through a series of summer, winter, spring, and autumn stages. Stage 1 began in Cape Soya in Hokkaido in the summer of 2009, and ended in Noshiro City in Akita Prefecture seven weeks later. This summer (2012), Stage 8 started at ...
Views: 1790 - Irishman Walking (Stage 1 Chapter 7) - by Submitted on Nov 17, 2012 from Michael Denis CrosseyIrishman Walking is about my walking the coastal roads of Japan through a series of summer, winter, spring, and autumn stages. Stage 1 began in Cape Soya in Hokkaido in the summer of 2009, and ended in Noshiro City in Akita Prefecture seven weeks later. This summer (2012), Stage 8 started at ...
Views: 1780 - The Sacred Journal part I- Preparing to hike the Appalachian Trail Georgia section - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2019 from Merlyn SeeleyOn a cold February in 2005 my wife and I set out to hike a portion of the Appalachian Trail, it would be the first time we have tried this in our lives. It would also be the trip of a lifetime and one that would change our lives forever. I kept a live journal of every day on the trail and called ...
Views: 1780(1 vote) - Using Self-Knowledge to Shut Out the Confusing & Repetitive “White Noise” - by Submitted on Jun 25, 2013 from S.A. AbrahamSelf-knowledge and analysis, awareness, understanding our motivations and reactions; as well as practicing and putting into action effective methods of dealing with the world at large become very valuable tools with which to navigate our lives. One of our greatest advantages is that we can ...
Views: 1778 - Get your butt off the couch: 7 tips to help you start working out when you hate it - by Submitted on Nov 28, 2016 from Helen SheplyakovaThe hardest part of developing a consistent workout routine and not dropping out after a few days of exercise is actually embarking on the fitness journey and holding through the first challenging weeks of the exhausting workouts that make your body, which is not used to barely any exercise ...
Views: 1774 - Macizo de Montgo Nature Park is a place to explore from your Villas in Alicante - by Submitted on Mar 10, 2012 from Porsche KlingerIf you are a lover of nature then book your VILLAS IN ALICANTE province in the little village of Cabo de San Antonio. This will give you access to one of the most beautiful natural parks along the coast, the Macizo de Montgo. With 20.92 square kilometres of countryside situated in the Marina ...
Views: 1765 - Walking For Weight Loss: Secrets To A Successful Walking Workout Plan - by Walking contains all of the necessary qualities that you need to lose weight and become healthier. It exercises the major muscles and gets your heart rate up, which can, in turn, boost your metabolism and help you lose weight.
Starting a walking program is easy, no matter what your age or ...
Views: 1759(2 votes) - How to take care of your walking boots - by Submitted on Oct 24, 2012 from Bruno BlackstoneWhen you’ve invested in a decent pair of walking boots you need to take care of them not only to get good value for money ( a good, well looked after pair of boots can last for many years) but to keep them in good condition so that they keep you dry, comfortable and well supported on your walks. ...
Views: 1754 - Just 15 minutes of jogging every day reduces the risk of depression: Doctor tells his patients 'to exercise outside' rather than popping a pill - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2019 from Santosh RathiJust 15 minutes of jogging every day could reduce the risk of depression, a doctor has said. Speaking on the back of a recent study that found physically active people are less at risk of the mental health condition, a medic from Massachusetts General Hospital urges the public to 'just ...
Views: 1742(1 vote) - 4 Reasons to Take Your Pet Along for a Jog - by Submitted on Nov 08, 2012 from Cecelia BrownIt is clear that when your dog is able to ambulate, he or she should be on foot beside you when you are walking or jogging. The issue that pet strollers address is when your pet is no longer able to walk or run beside you. Your pet might be small and unable to run long distances, or your pet ...
Views: 1736 - Dog Walking around Ullswater in the Lake District - by Submitted on Oct 03, 2012 from Morgan SchaefferDog Walking Around Ullswater The Lake District provides some of the most breathtaking scenery in England, with the mix of fells and lakes offering a stunning array of vistas and views. One of the most popular destinations is around Ullswater, in the east of the Lake District. Often called ...
Views: 1722 - Pool of immortality – Amritsar - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2012 from rajkumar viaAmritsar is one of the old and divine cities of India. The city clenches great religious importance for the Sikh people, repose onto the presence of the holy Harmandir Sahib or the Golden Temple, the religious and ethnical center of the Sikh belief. The place attracts thousands of devotes, both ...
Views: 1684 - Irishman Walking (Stage 1 Chapter 6) - by Submitted on Nov 17, 2012 from Michael Denis CrosseyIrishman Walking is about my walking the coastal roads of Japan through a series of summer, winter, spring, and autumn stages. Stage 1 began in Cape Soya in Hokkaido in the summer of 2009, and ended in Noshiro City in Akita Prefecture seven weeks later. This summer (2012), Stage 8 started at ...
Views: 1680 - The way to get the most out of camping. - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2011 from Bruno BlackstoneCamping definitely is a very good way to relax and bond with the great outdoors, whatever age you are and regardless of whether you are on your own, a family, a couple or a group of pals in search of a break there is a camping break to suit you. Lately there are numerous camp sites, tents and ...
Views: 1669(1 vote) - Fun Run: What is Your Ideal 5K? - by Submitted on May 20, 2016 from Evan Borneman(can also be viewed with graphics at https://isolatorfitness.com/blog/fun-run-what-is-your-ideal-5k/) So you’ve decided that you’re going to participate in a 5k fun run this year. Good for you! The only thing left to figure out is what kind of race fits you best, so that you can be sure to ...
Views: 1650 - The Importance of Walking - Get All Its Benefits! - by Submitted on Jan 19, 2012 from Jose CamachoIn the January 2011 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association, research which verified that gait is a reasonable prediction of life expectancy was revealed. The research followed nine cohort studies over a period of fourteen years and found that accurate longevity predictions ...
Views: 1649 - Irishman Walking (Stage 1 Chapter 3) - by Submitted on Nov 16, 2012 from Michael Denis CrosseyIrishman Walking is about my walking the coastal roads of Japan through a series of summer, winter, spring, and autumn stages. Stage 1 began in Cape Soya in Hokkaido in the summer of 2009, and ended in Noshiro City in Akita Prefecture seven weeks later. This summer (2012), Stage 8 started at ...
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