Sometimes, in the dead of winter, a nice day pops up. Like a crocus. Like today. Forty degrees, sun, no wind or rain. QUICK run out the door, jump on your bike and go for it. I did this...

Look, everyone knows you have to pull up your socks and go nuts on the day after New Years or all will be lost. Gym memberships soar, fitness resolutions are written in blood and so on.But it’s not a...

There was a great article in the Friday NYTimes by Jane Brody. Basic message: “Exercise, Exercise, Exercise.” “A 30 minute walk on most days is just not enough”. “There is a dire need for exercises that improve posture and...

One of the nice things about getting a tad older is that experience is layered…lots of stuff, past and present, going on at the same time. Like this. Last night, Hilary and I were at the Algonquin here in...

It is the season for exhilaration and, sometimes, the blues. I had a mild dose yesterday…bad sleep, touch of anxiety and, you know, massive self-loathing and despair. Thought very seriously of not rising at six to go to stinking...

Unlike virtually everyone else in the country – or so it seems – I do not have a bad back. Sadly we don’t have any universal advice about exercises to cure it either. What is an awfully good idea...