Tag: Fitness

  • Walking Fit

    Walking Fit

    Until now, I’ve resisted writing about walking. Not because I lack stories, but because walking has become a kind of ritual—my daily meditation. It feels strange to dissect something so deeply woven into my life. Most mornings, during my three-month Oregon adventure, I start before the sun comes up. The cabin is warm, the river…

  • The Five Rules That Saved Me

    The Five Rules That Saved Me

    A simple system men can actually follow (even after Thanksgiving) Most men don’t fall apart all at once. We drift. One day you’re a lean, capable guy with a jawline. Then a decade goes by and suddenly there’s a soft equator forming around your midsection and you swear the dryer is shrinking your shirts. I…

  • My Second Tipping Point: Gasping for Air Above Timberline

    My Second Tipping Point: Gasping for Air Above Timberline

    Gasping for air on a mountain trail high above timberline, I stopped and looked up at the hikers disappearing into the rocks above me and wondered what I had gotten myself into this time. In July 2017, I closed one chapter of my life and began another. Since first visiting the Rocky Mountains as a…