In this post, Geezer borrows from Outside Magazine, who borrows from Paul Scott’s book: Outside Fitness. Whatever. It’s all good. Here are Scott’s 15 tips to lifetime fitness. To find out exactly what he’s talking about, visit Outside, or better yet, buy the book. 1. Periodize your workout.2. Rest and […]

"Physically,"   Dr. Nicholas A. DiNubile, a Philadelphia-area orthopedic surgeon, told the New York Times, "you can’t do at 50 what you did at 25." The curiously named surgeon, the Times reports, has been so busy treating the sports injuries of baby boomers that he has coined the term "boomeritis."  DeNubile […]

Geezer says: if you don’t know a half-dozen people with back trouble–you’ve got hearing trouble. Back pain is one of the most common ailments in medicine, and because the back is complicated, so is back pain, and so is back pain treatment. National Public Radio hopes to make all of […]

Why is it that the fastest growing segment of triathletes is people over 40?  The New York Times looks at the phenomenon and comes up with a surprising answer: training for a three-sport event is actually easier on your body (because it puts less strain on muscles and joints) than […]

The dope on CrossFit, described in this L.A Times piece as "a free, fast-growing, largely underground workout plan that some say is rewriting the rules of fitness," is that it really can help you develop aerobic fitness and strength training at the same (very short) time. How does it do […]

Can fear that is felt by others sharpen your mind? Research conducted at Rice University suggests that it can. Scientists at that school found that women who were exposed to chemicals from fear-induced sweat performed more accurately on word-association tasks than did women exposed to chemicals from other types of […]

Geezer knows all too many people for whom the real pain of a sports injury is not the injury–it’s the inability to run through a normal daily exercise routine for the days or weeks it takes to recover. What to do? The Moving Crew has a few suggestions specific to […]

How do you know you’re an exercise addict? You know, right off the bat, if you deny that exercise is addictive. Beyond that no-brainer response, Geezer turns to the advice of BBC partner OneLife, where we read that you may be an addict if: Feeling like exercise is a compulsion, […]

A reader of Outside magazine wonders if it’s possible for an out-of-shape runner to get it back in a month.Geezer is doubtful, but Outside answer-man Chris Carmichael says it can be done, and offers a program: Start running every other day. After a week or two, start grouping your running […]

While it would be a stretch–OK a complete lie– to say drinking makes women smarter, at least one  study has found that women who have a drink or two a day scored about 20 percent higher on the Mini Mental State Exam (MMSE) than women who didn’t drink at all […]