In a sense, in writing this blog as a Borders employee I am getting paid to do physical activity. And nothing worries us professional athletes more than the prospect of injury.
Now, in terms of the more common things that can happen to you on a soccer field, there’s no doubt that the injury di [...]

*sigh*
Having admitted to being The Least Flexible Person on the Planet, I was determined to start stretching every day. And while I can say I’ve done so more in the past three weeks than probably the previous six months, I’ve missed a few days and still suffer from a general lack of enthusiasm for the [...]

When I first started this challenge, I admit that I didn’t think doing at least 30 minutes of exercise each day for five out of seven days a week would be that big a deal. Sure, it was more activity than I was used to, but this isn’t exactly Comeback 2.0 territory here.
To say I [...]

Just when you thought it was safe to keep taking a lighthearted attitude toward your pitiful result in the V-sit reach exercise, along comes this gem from the New York Times.
In a post on their Well blog under the headline, “Phys Ed: Can Touching Your Toes Test Your Arteries?” writer Gretchen Reynolds answers thusly: pretty [...]

In the context of my challenge, the good thing about taking a fitness test designed for people roughly half my age was that it satisfied the half hour of daily activity I need to keep progressing toward that Presidential Active Lifestyle Award.
Nice.
The bad thing about taking a fitness test designed for people roughly half my [...]

When was the last time you did a shuttle run?
You know, placing erasers 10 yards apart and dashing back and forth in a race against the stopwatch? Odds are you haven’t noticed it in any Nike or Gatorade ads and I’ll admit that it hasn’t exactly been a staple of my training regimen, but it [...]