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Do You Burn More Calories If You Drink More Water? 27 Aug 2013 | 02:56 pm
The advice to drink 8 glasses of water a day when dieting received some confirmation from researchers - drinking a glass of water does raise your metabolism briefly. Drinking enough is important for w...
10 Tips for Walking With Your Dog (or Someone Else's) 21 Aug 2013 | 01:33 pm
If you begin walking with your dog you may soon find his tail is wagging your walking program. Here are 10 tips for walking with your dog that might improve your walkies together. ... Read Full Post
Walking Off the Vacation Weight Gain 19 Aug 2013 | 01:26 pm
While I seemed to keep off weight on my walking vacation in June, the river cruise vacation had too much delicious food and not enough walking each day. I finally stepped on the scale to assess the da...
Walking is Better Than... 15 Aug 2013 | 12:40 pm
We know how great walking is. But sometimes you find yourself in a debate with friends and loved ones who prefer running or biking or just sitting on the couch. How do you defend walking? ... Read F...
Stumbling Stones Evoke History 10 Aug 2013 | 10:45 pm
I took a river cruise on the Main, Rhine and Mosel Rivers of Germany last month, with daily walking tours through small towns and cities. More: Walking on the River Cruise ... Read Full Post
How to Racewalk 10 Aug 2013 | 01:35 pm
If you are preparing for a walking event where speed counts, learning to racewalk can give you that extra oomph - increasing your speeds to under 12 minutes per mile. The New York Times reports on a ...
Hot Solution - Coolhead Cap and Total Zero Shirt 7 Aug 2013 | 02:42 pm
How do you keep your cool on hot weather walks? I stumbled across Columbia Sportswear's line of active cooling hats and shirts on my way to a hot river cruise vacation. ... Read Full Post
Walk to Work - Weigh Less and Cut Diabetes and Hypertension Risks 7 Aug 2013 | 01:42 pm
A large study of workers in the United Kingdom found that those who walked or biked to work were less likely to be overweight and had significantly less incidence of diabetes. Walkers also had less in...
Disappearing Steps? Wristband Pedometer Woes 4 Aug 2013 | 01:13 pm
Yesterday I went on a hike at Clear Lake in the Oregon Cascades. Because of the rough trail, I used trekking poles for stability, and an odd thing happened with my Nike+ Fuelband wristband pedometer -...
Drawing Your Walking Route 2 Aug 2013 | 11:38 am
MapMyWalk / MapMyRun has a little contest that ends tonight (August 2, 2013) to draw a walking/running route as a piece of art. You can use their online mapping program to map and measure a route befo...
