I hiked Jennings Peak in the Sandwich Range / Waterville Valley today, December 15, 2018. Here's the route I took.

https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/new-hampshire/drakes-brook-trail

I ascended via Sandwich Mountain trail which is steeper but shorter (2.5 miles) and descended via Drake Brook Trail w...

Deciding what to keep and what to let go of  has been much harder than I had anticipated.

Tossing/donating the first “batch” of useless stuff was easy. It was obvious which items  no longer had any benefit in my life.

Now that I’m starting to pack the smallest bag possible for the work week I feel...

I hiked the Tripyramids on Saturday, October 20, 2018. My route started at the parking area at Livermore Road. I took Livermore Road to the beginning of the loop, then I ascended to the North peak first via Livermore trail, then on the south peak and down via the Mount Tripyramid trail. Once the loo...

Running is often said to be bad for your joints, especially ankles and knees. That's not untrue. But the impact on your bones during a run is actually helpful if you tend towards low bone density.

What I mean when I say "tend towards" is a genetic disposition (a blood relative with osteoporosis) or ...

It’s not news to you that I love hiking. I like being surrounded by nature, smelling the pine trees, hearing the birds and chipmunks, getting almost run over by two squirrels chasing one another and of course I like the views.

Most of all though I love the physical activity, I love feeling my heart...

I've heard this quote many many times before. I even use this phrase myself over and over again in my Pilates teaching. I tell my students not to get too caught up in the end product (to perform the exercise perfectly). All that matters is they do it a little bit better than the day before. Sometime...

The first time I used journaling as a tool for personal growth was after reading Julia Cameron's "The Artist's Way". She explains a technique called morning pages.  The process is simple. After getting up in the morning, before doing anything else, write three pages of whatever you're thinking about...

Have you ever been frustrated that you spend significant time stretching, but you're still tight? I’m pretty sure anyone who lives an active life, has experienced something like this before.

For some of you, that area of tightness gets worse and worse. If you, for example, spend much of your tim...

The side leg lift is a great exercise to strengthen our underutilized and overlooked gluteal muscles if performed correctly. Unfortunately, I often see it done poorly. Our sneaky thigh and hip flexor muscles want to run the show because that's what they have been trained to do in many of us. In the ...

The QL muscle (Quadratus Lumborum) connects the back side of the pelvis with the rib cage on each side of your spine. It often acts as the compensatory muscle to the oblique and can get very tight after a long run.   Additionally, there are a lot of other muscle attachments at the base of your back ...