OK, maybe sex is not the absolute best treatment for anxiety, but Geezer will bet that it’s the most pleasant, and according to a recent study conducted at the University of Paisley, UK, it really does work pretty well. New Scientist reports that "the study compared the impact of different […]

For years, it was widely believed that Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS), the tenderness and loss of strength that peaks 24 to 72 hours after extreme exertion, was an unfortunate byproduct of lactic acid buildup. And for years, the connection appeared to make sense: lactic acid buildup does cause the […]

Once upon a time, Harvey B. Simon believed that the only good workout was an intense, cardio-throbbing thrashabout. Now, the Harvard med school professor and editor of Harvard Men’s Health Watch is singing a different song–one whose tempo is a bit closer to adagio. Simon’s latest book, The No Sweat […]

Geezer has heard lots of complaints from friends who believe that their late night basketball or hockey games render them walking founts of adrenaline. Many of these friends seek to neutralize the adrenaline with carefully administered bottles of cold beer–the best way, they say, to get to sleep. Geezer, who […]

Geezer is beginning to come to terms wiith the otherwise universally accepted decline in strength, speed and coordination in virtually all athletic persons of a certain age. Still, he holds out hope that a corresponding decline in athletic performance might be offset by improvements in mental discipline. What kind of […]

Do the math:[W + (D-d)] x TQ    M x NAAnd it’s really quite obvious: the most depressing day of year is January 24. That, at least, is the calculation of British psychologist Cliff Arnall, a specialist in seasonal affective disorders at the Univeristy of Cardiff, Wales.In Arnall’s formula W=Weather, […]

Geezer recently dined with a friend who, after suffering a series of stress-related back spasms, stopped carrying his wallet in his back pocket, on the theory that constant pressure on one side of his butt was a contributing factor to his spasms. Believing his friend to be not quite correct […]

For this issue, Geezer respectfully turns to Karen Voight, the very sensible "Good Form" columnist for the Los Angeles Times. Voight recommends what she calls a "simple muscle-tighenting maneuver" to "challenge the large muscles" of the backside. Here’s the challenge:Lie on your back and place your feet on a chair. […]

Away.com. the travel/adventure guide that is the online partner of Outside Magazine, offers these ten resorts as the best places to snowboard this winter: Big Sky Crested Butte Jackson Hole Mammoth Mountain Snowbird Squaw Valley Stevens Pass Stowe Stratton, Vermont – Whistler-Blackcomb

Geezer is always intrigued by alleged breakthroughs in understanding  the female sex drive, largely because decades of personal research have yielded rewards that he would prefer to describe as ‘immeasurable’. Now comes a report from researchers at Southwestern University, suggesting that the sex drive of women can be ratcheted up […]