What Nelson Mandela Can Teach Us About Fitness

March 30, 2012

“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” -Nelson Mandela In 1953, he co-founded the only all-black law firm in South Africa. With the African National Congress (ANC), he organized numerous attempts to protest the unjust system of apartheid, which ultimately led to him spending 27 […]

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The Minimalist Guide to Exercise

March 23, 2012

Do you think you need spend six hours in the gym every week to get the results you want? Or that you need to work every muscle group in isolation to failure once or twice a week? Or maybe you think you need fancy equipment, expensive classes, and complex supplements to lose fat and build […]

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How to Cook Killer Irish Stew

March 16, 2012

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist. That is all.” -Oscar Wilde It’s that time of year again. People are dressing in green. They’re speaking in faux-foreign accents. They’re drinking green beer. For a non-official holiday, St. Patrick’s day is surprisingly well-observed here in the States. And it is by […]

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Five Lessons in Health from Ron Swanson

March 9, 2012

“I’d go to a banquet in honor of those Somali pirates if they served bacon-wrapped shrimp.” -Ron Swanson I’m not a big TV person, but I usually have one or two pop culture guilty pleasures going on at any one time. Recently, it’s been Parks and Recreation. One of the standout characters from this show […]

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The Incredible, Indispensable Slow Cooker

March 2, 2012

If you don’t have a slow cooker, you are wasting too much time in the kitchen. Did that get your attention? Good. I started using a slow cooker many years ago. And through many moves, times when I consciously tried to get rid of anything I didn’t want to haul around, this baby always made […]

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Questioning Authority–The Worst Cookbooks of 2011?

February 24, 2012

I kinda-really hate words like “healthy” and “unhealthy.” On the one hand, we all have an intuitive understanding of what these words mean, but when we try to define it in a way that allows us to take action on it, things seem to go terribly wrong. Exhibit A can be found in just about […]

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Hiking the Otter Trail–This Is Why I Do This

February 17, 2012

With every step, I thought that my knees were going to give out. I had been scaling a set of stairs so steep it could have been a ladder. It felt like years since I was able to walk on level ground. Panting, and with sweat pouring down my face, I finally reached the top […]

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