Geezer would like to nominate Reuters’ surprising illustration of  common injuries of World Cup players as the “most innovative” use of interactivity in the online presentation of the World Cup games. He would also like to ask “What kind of drugs make editors think that things like this are a […]

Long known for its ability to preserve bone strength, vitamin D is now credited with powers that seem almost magical. The Los Angeles Times reports that a growing number of serious scientists speculate that the compound may ease aches and pains, slow some cancers and prevent diseases as varied as […]

Jure Robic, the man the New York Times suggests is the world’s greatest endurance athlete, can cycle thousands of miles with the slightest rest. That’s the good news. The bad news is he’s crazy, at least, Robic gets crazy during races, behaving in ways that frighten onlookers and disturb even […]

Writing in Rodale’s Best Life magazine, Sara Wells describes knees as "the Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston of the human anatomy: They’re under a lot of pressure." Geezer, who, despite only the vaguest of memories of 70s disco parties, insists that he knows who Whitney Houston is, accepts the metaphor, […]

Last week, while an Oxford University study reported that high doses of ibuprofen taken over a long period of time can double the risk of heart attack, attendees of a meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine learned of another way to kill pain that results from working muscles. […]

Imagine this: Thirty-two recreational runners, aged 18 to 55, watch a video explaining that super-oxygenated water provides up to 10 times more oxygen than tap water and thus improves running times. The runners then run three 5-Ks; the first is to get familiar with the indoor track and the next […]

The New York Times reports on a trend that just couldn’t not happen: people seeking like-minded exercise partners online. Craigslist, the Times reports, had 23,000 postings in its Activities section in 2001. Last year it had 228,125. Several sites, such as the year-and-a-half-old Exercisefriends, and newcomers like yoplayas.com, sportsvite.com and […]

A reader of Outside magazine asks fitness answer man Chris Carmichael a question that Geezer has often asked himself–to little avail. What’s the best thing to eat after a long workout?  No, the answer is not a delicate Pinot Noir; it’s carbs and protein, preferably carbs and protein in a […]

Geezer remembers a time when it was possible to go to a yard sale and not see a rowing machine for $15, but that was long ago and far away. Now, however, Roy M. Wallack, writing in the L.A. Times, reports that rowing machines may be cruising back to their […]

Note to anyone looking for yet another reason to take off a few pounds: losing weight may reduce the risk of heartburn. The AP reports on a study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine and authored largely by a Boston University professor, that links weight gain to an […]