This weekend I attempted to bike to the new location that my work is moving to — Riverton, rather than downtown Salt Lake City. It’s a 15 mile commute from my house in Eagle Mountain, part of it along the Jordan River Parkway trail, which is a scenic, paved route wide enough for a couple of bikes. The idea of biking to work appeals strongly … more »

Can You Get Fit in Six Minutes a Week? – Well Blog – NYTimes.com. This article will blow you away. Don’t have time to work out? If you go down to the gym for 2 minutes at lunch and bike or run as fast as you possibly can, the effect will be the same as working out for an hour or more. I’m totally going … more »

This past week I started exercising at lunch—it was the best thing I did all week. Given how sedentary the job of technical writing is, you’d think this would be a no brainer. But in fact, it’s not. My company’s gym is rarely used. I see just two or three people (out of hundreds) in there during lunch. While working out, I also listen to … more »

Working in IT often means sitting motionless in front of a computer for most of the day. Except for typing, the rest of your body remains stagnant, sedentary, in a state of atrophy. Blogger J. Angelo Racoma explains what happens as he turned into a full-time freelancer and blogger and settled into a sedentary lifestyle: When I quit the corporate grind to be a freelancer … more »