By Gabe Mirkin, M.D. Everyone should try to exercise every day because exercise helps to prevent diabetes and heart attacks by lowering high blood sugar and stabilizing plaques. A review of 12 studies shows that exercising within three hours after eating lowers blood sugar levels significantly because contracting muscles remove sugar from the bloodstream at a very high rate … [Read more...] about How Exercise Helps Prevent Diabetes and Heart Attacks
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The Benefits of Cross-Training in Winter
Editor's Note: Coach John Hughes reports that his cross-training regime of two weeks ago included two good days XC skiing, a fun day riding with a buddy and the next day falling off a ladder and breaking his right ankle and fibula. He'll be doing a different sort of cross-training for a while. He's non-weight bearing on his right leg for 6 weeks and is in rehab learning how to … [Read more...] about The Benefits of Cross-Training in Winter
Winter Cycling In Florida: More Traffic, Yet More Trails
By Stan Purdum This winter, and for the past few, my wife and I have been able to escape the northern cold and spend January and February in Florida. And so, of course, I bring my bicycle along. Our place is in central Florida, not far from Disney World, but far enough away that I have some feasible options for road riding. … [Read more...] about Winter Cycling In Florida: More Traffic, Yet More Trails
Correcting the False Equivalencies in the Cars vs. Cyclists Debate
Editor's Note: A buddy and I were riding last weekend when he mentioned that, while on a recent trip to Singapore, he read about a cyclist (a bike courier) getting charged for murder after running down a pedestrian. My mind immediately went to the two well-publicized instances I could recall of cyclists killing pedestrians in the U.S. – and then, later, I thought of an article … [Read more...] about Correcting the False Equivalencies in the Cars vs. Cyclists Debate
How Do I Improve as I Age?
By Coach John Hughes Question: Fred Matheny said that Ed Pavelka took second in his class at Mt. Washington at 6'4" and 190 lbs. I am 74 and I weigh 200 at 6'2". I finished way back last year and will do it again in 2018. How should I train for it? I have lots of mountains, e.g. Greylock is near. Three years ago I finished second at Equinox (time lost in mists), then I … [Read more...] about How Do I Improve as I Age?