Image via Wikipedia In my previous post I shared a press release reporting the results of the 2011 F as in Fat report on rates of obesity in America. In a nutshell, the trends are depressing, and a lot of great thoughts were posted in the comments section, many of which I agreed with strongly. […]
Americans Are Fat and Getting Fatter: The Depressing Details of the 2011 “F as in Fat” Report
July 8, 2011 By 22 Comments
Image via Wikipedia I spend a lot of time writing about topics like running shoes and running form here on Runblogger. Ultimately, though I enjoy the scientific debate involved when discussing research, as well as the fun I get to have when testing out new shoes, my primary motivator for writing this site is a […]
The Simple Joy of Being Active: Lessons Learned From Little Kids on My First Day as “Coach Pete”
September 12, 2010 By 10 Comments
Image via Wikipedia “Wow, my heart is beating really hard!” Those were the words that made this one of the best days that I have had in quite some time, and they were uttered by a 5 year old boy. Before I elaborate, let’s step back a bit for some background… A few weeks ago, […]
Thoughs on Food and Obesity by Airforce Ted on the You Don’t Have To Run Alone Podcast
July 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I’ve recently been listening to a podcast by a friend and fellow minimalist and dailymile runner named Ted Beveridge (@AirForceTed on Twitter – see picture at left). Ted is an amazing runner with an inspirational personal story of weight loss accomplished by getting active and changing his eating habits. His podcast, You Don’t Have to […]
One Hundred Pushups Program – Update on Round 3
June 30, 2010 By 3 Comments
About six months ago I published a post about the 100 Pushups Program. The program was developed by my friend Steve Speirs (of the Run Bulldog Run blog), and I’m now on my third go around with it. Both previous attempts ended in failure on my part (it gets hard in weeks 5 and 6!), […]
Obesity and Physical Activity in the United States: America Needs Some Exercise
May 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Sometimes a few simple pictures and videos can speak volumes. As part of my final set of lectures in my exercise physiology class this semester, I discussed the current state of affairs in the United States regarding physical activity, obesity, and the relationship of each of these to disease trends (I focused primarily on heart […]
Running Through Parenthood: More Tips From my dailymile Friends on How to Stay Active With a Baby in the House
April 28, 2010 By 2 Comments
About three weeks ago, just a few days after my son (third child) was born, I posed the following question to my friends on dailymile: “Help a new parent!!! As a father of a newborn, I’m looking for suggestions of how to handle training with a baby in the house from those who have been […]
Exercising With a Baby in the House: Tips for Parents on How to Stay Active
April 27, 2010 By 2 Comments
A few weeks ago I posted a question on dailymile asking how people managed to stay active with a newborn baby in the house (my current challenge!). In addition to the great responses I got in the comments after my post, I also received a very thoughtful message from my dailymile friend Christina H. of […]
Garmin Sync on Dailymile: Upload/Import Data from Your Forerunner
March 24, 2010 By 15 Comments
I am both a longtime user of a Garmin Forerunner 205 GPS watch (2+ years) as well as an active member of the social training community on dailymile. Together, I’d count my Garmin and the dailymile community as two of the most essential parts of my running toolkit, and when I first joined dailymile about […]
Introducing the dailymile Team – Myself Included!
March 11, 2010 By 4 Comments
I’ve talked quite a bit on this blog about a website that I belong to called dailymile. In a nutshell, dailymile is a social training site for posting workout data, and has an interface that is similar to Facebook, with the major exception being that it is geared directly toward active people who value exercise […]
Long Term Sitting and Weight Loss
March 1, 2010 By 2 Comments
Image via CrunchBase Quick post here to alert you to a great article recently posted on the New York Times website. The article, written by Olivia Judson, and titled “Stand Up While You Read This!,”discusses the negative health impacts of sitting for long periods of time during the day, even if you are a regular […]
Losing Weight Through Exercise and a Healthier Lifestyle – Stories of Personal Transformation on dailymile
March 1, 2010 By 19 Comments
Image by kastner via Flickr Last October I wrote a post on this blog about my personal story of weight loss achieved through running. In that post I mentioned a controversial article that was published in Time Magazine in early August of 2009 that questioned the efficacy of exercising to lose weight (“Why Exercise Won’t […]
NPR Story on the Benefits of Interval Training
February 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I’ve always found interval training to be one of the most beneficial types of workout in my training arsenal. If you’re not familiar with interval training, it’s a workout where you intersperse short bouts of intensive exercise (usually 200 or 400 meters or so for me = 1:00-1:30) with a period of rest (walking or […]
Guidelines for Weight Loss Monday’s (#WLMon) on Twitter
January 25, 2010 By 1 Comment
Image via Wikipedia A lot of so-called Twitter “experts” have published “do’s and don’ts” guides for the on-line social networking service. Among the things I frequently see listed as a “don’t” is posting of your workout data (here’s an example from The Oatmeal). Quite to the contrary, I use Twitter almost exclusively to connect with […]
Become a Runner in 2010 – Luau’s Pitch to Get People Active in the New Year
January 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Aside from posting links, I haven’t done much active promotion of other running blogs here on Runblogger – that changes now. I’d like to use this post to point you in the direction of a blog written by a friend named Matt, better know as @luau. His blog, Run Luau Run, is well written, he’s […]
