Posts Tagged sunshine

Alpha Warrior

On Saturday I completed the most enjoyable obstacle race I have done so far: Alpha Warrior. The second event in this new series which was just created this year was held in San Diego over Fathers’ Day weekend. Simply put, this was a great event. For someone like myself that wants to be challenged in […]

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Don’t Wash Away Your Vitamin D

Summer is almost upon us and the opportunity to spend some good time in the sun and make some vitamin D is coming. Just a few thoughts: Sunscreen prevents vitamin D. If you wear sunscreen, the sun rays don’t make it to your skin and you don’t make vitamin D. So no matter how much […]

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Nature Walk

Today I took a hike down a familiar little gully trail and I really paid attention to the world around me. Here’s a little video of what it looked and sounded like… What you can see from the simple 3 minute clip of a little section along that trail are how many different colors, shapes, […]

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Nature’s Energy Drink

Last night was a long night. Got to bed late (10:30) and then shortly after 11 the power in our neighborhood went out. Not usually a problem if you’re sleeping unless it happens to scare two of your young kids who won’t go back to sleep (thankfully the baby slept through all the commotion! he’s […]

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Come on Harvard…

Today I got the June edition of Nutrition Source Update, an e-newsletter from the Harvard School of Public Health, which claims “to help you cut through confusing information and find practical strategies for healthy eating”. It is often filled with so-called conventional wisdom but this month I read the email summary and went, “oh geez…” […]

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Follow The Sun

Rest Naturally & Connect The sun will guide you. Get up when it gets up, go down when it goes down. For thousands of years, this was the drill. Guided by the sun. Connected to the sun. Reliant on the sun. One with the sun. Then a hundred years ago, a guy named Edison forever […]

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The Super Spartan: Bare 5 Style

Looking for a way to get outside, challenge yourself mentally and physically and surround yourself with a bunch of like minded individuals? Look no further than the Spartan racing series. With a 3 mile Spartan Sprint under my belt last winter, last weekend I embarked upon the next level, the 8 mile Super Spartan… I […]

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So You Want to Lose Weight…

The Bare 5 Basics: Weight Loss 1. Eat Primal/Paleo/Ancestral/Natural 2. Lift Weights 3. Walk 4. Sleep 5. Get Sunshine In my mind, this is the most simple prescription for quick, easy weight loss. Focus on covering your bases from 1 to 5, in order. You don’t have to be perfect, just get them covered. There […]

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