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PUMPING IRONY: Recovery Mode
Well, the walls are built, the patio is expanded, and I’m back in the office today grateful for the opportunity to sit on my duff for a few hours and recover from the weekend’s work. I love puttering around the house, but I gotta build in some time to recuperate.
Are You Getting Enough Vitamin P?
Even small doses of pleasure can raise our levels of immune-boosting chemicals.
Opportunity Costs
Every time you commit your energy to one thing, you’re choosing to pull it away from something else. It pays to choose wisely.
PUMPING IRONY: Getting It Done on Dad’s Day
I imagine that a lot of dads out there spent Father’s Day lounging about the house with the Sunday paper…
PUMPING IRONY: This Workout Really Rocks
Concrete results from a three-hour sledgehammer workout. A lot of forward-thinking trainers and gym rats these days are turning to…
PUMPING IRONY: Numbers Game
Exercise, like anything else, gets easier the more frequently you do it, so I was rightfully concerned last week when…
How Renewable Is Your Energy?
Until we better master the art of cultivating renewable, sustainable health and vitality for ourselves, we’ll have a hard time respecting the principles on which all sustainable energy production depends.
The Power of Optimism
Whether you’re determined to achieve a tiny goal or to change your entire life, believing that you can is the first, most important step.
PUMPING IRONY: My Handyman Workout
Well, last week wasn’t really ideal for making my tennis debut.
Practicing Change
We all have counterproductive reflexes and unconscious beliefs that stand in our way. It makes sense that we develop the courage and wisdom to face them well.
A Path to Progress
Got a goal that’s not going quite as well as you’d like? Try this two-part formula for adjusting your strategy—and your attitude.
PUMPING IRONY: Thanks for the Memory
Could stress be linked to memory loss?
PUMPING IRONY: Sudden Death
An old buddy of mine died recently. We’d grown up together, played Little League baseball (he was our first baseman;…
An Appetite for Integrity
It makes me happy to see that a growing number of us have lost interest in dog pills slathered in peanut butter. We’re hungry, instead, for the unvarnished, nutritious truth.
Clean Up, Pare Down
Life can be messy. Fortunately, spring is a great time to get on top of clutter, gunk and chaos of all kinds.
PUMPING IRONY: Hoop Dreams
I was just clearing dishes from the table after dinner last night when my son said two little words that are changing my life.
PUMPING IRONY: Snooze or Lose
Sleep is a wonderful thing. Indeed, as I’ve grown older and levels of a certain hormone have subsided, it is…
PUMPING IRONY: Spring Fling
As I think I’ve mentioned before, I typically put my bicycle away each fall when the first snow flies and…
A Brilliant Scheme
No matter what you’re trying to accomplish, you need an action plan. Here’s the process I prefer — and that Ocean’s Eleven made famous.
The Dangers of Doing Too Much
It is strange, perhaps, to open an issue dedicated to helping readers get more done with a caveat about overdoing. But as a person prone to doing just that, I feel it is, um — the right thing to do.
PUMPING IRONY: Peer Pressure
Mr. Parkour (AKA my son) has been on a bit of a fitness jag this week and, because I’m the…







