What a lovely week we had…this birthday week. We had two dinners…one for 22 in our New York apartment and one for 25 in the country. No help either, and, Mercy, it was fun. Two of the nicest nights...
GOING NUTS
Being in low-exercise, rehab mode is driving me nuts. Called the doc today and begged to be allowed to bike, despite some pain and he said Yes, thank God. So…out the door at last. Gotta be sane…stay out of...
HIP HIP HOORAY
Life on (or, more accurately,off ) the new hip continues to go well. I am going nuts with no exercise and did persuade the doc to take the stitches out on Friday instead of Monday. Then I guess i’ll...
3000 VERTICAL
Did a peppy 3000 ft vertical climb yesterday on snow shoes…up the steep back of Ajax Mountain, the Midnight Mine route. Took almost three hours, which is not great, but a wonderful piece of exercise. My heart rate was...
OBAMA WORKOUT
Just in case you missed it on the home page, our new president understands exactly how important exercise is in his life. Does it every day. Does it pretty hard, too. And it shows. If he has time, we...
MORE WEIGHT AGONY
Re the new book, have been going to a variety of trainers for a variety of instruction. Perhaps the best to date was a variety of “plyometrics”…which seems to mean: doing some all-body exercises under a tight time limit...
