Kickstarter Top 5: food and drink edition
Good food and drink is essential for charging hard in any action sport, as is rewarding yourself when you get off the mountain, out of the water, back to camp or back to civilization. Below are [...]
Diet
Food, recipes, dietary advice
Sports nutrition tips – what to eat
Right now, I have a lot of triathletes I am working with on their Annual Training Plans and laying out their training and racing goals for the year. Pretty much everyone has been asking me about what [...]
HitchSafe: stash keys for a surf or workout
Surfing in the Summer is quick and easy; boardies, rash guard and off you go. The only problem is there’s nowhere to stash a key (which in wetsuit season goes behind my calf). Surfers, runners, [...]
Best Deals in Intertown
In the past week I’ve had 4 people tell me how grateful they were that I turned them on to Steepandcheap.com. Steep and Cheap sells gear (I’d describe it as general outdoorsy gear) one [...]
Polar RS300X with GPS and Footpod – Worth it?
Growing up, I was always a fan of The Hulk cartoons and TV show. My cousin Joe Harnell wrote the theme song for the TV show (song title: ‘The Lonely Man‘) and was kind enough to send me [...]
HangTimer: Back-up that Spray with Some Facts Son
Many moons ago I wrote about the Airpod, a device you wear while snowboarding that measures hang time while pulling airs. Now an application for the iPhone does that and adds a few more bells and [...]
O’Neill Mutant Wetsuit
Surfing in the Northeast really picks-up in the Fall, with better wind direction for most breaks and storms that kick-up the swell to head / overhead conditions. To enjoy the quality surf, you have [...]
This Thing About Surfing
We had a beautiful weekend here in New England. On Saturday a friend and I headed to the beach with our families with no expectation other than to paddle and keep fit for an anticipated swell later [...]
International Walk to School Month
October is International Walk to School Month. Taking-on childhood obesity is a noble and worthwhile effort. If your kids struggle with weight they need to be encouraged to exercise. Visit the [...]
Age is Just a Number – Keep Fighting It
I keep telling myself that age is just a number. At 38 I’m hardly over the hill, but I will say the hill is kicking my ass. Last weekend I took an awkward fall snowboarding and pulled a muscle [...]
An Idiot Light for Bodies in Motion
In college I had an old Chevy pickup truck that was cursed. For starters the rear bumper had a way of removing itself from the truck’s frame – once I clipped a wall and pulled it off, [...]
Recipe: Holy Boca Guacamole
It’s been over 16 years since I’ve eaten red meat or pork and about 14 since I’ve eaten chicken. Oddly enough though I do eat turkey and if I seafood I eat it. Ever since I was a [...]
Beating a ‘Cold’ January
You probably noticed I haven’t posted in a few days. Despite my efforts to avoid germs, I’ve had the worst cold known to mankind. Actually I’ve had the cold for probably a month, [...]
Bitness Labs: Experiment 18382b.2 Genetic Supplements
The first genetically specific nutritional supplements are here! When Blade Runner gave us a peek into 2019, we saw genetically manufactured beings called replicants put into service to take-on the [...]
Ghetto Gorp – You Heard it Here First Punk!
Climbers burn a lot of fuel. At my weight an hour climbing can burn as much as 900 calories (estimate the number of calories you burn in a given sport here). In a mad rush to pack my gear and grab [...]
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