Keeping Fit and Healthy!
Intro Carrying a weighted pack transforms your walking into cardio as well as strength exercise. Practically every muscle from your shoulders to your feet gets involved. Men and women benefit from rucking. What Is Rucking? Rucking is simply walking or hiking while carrying a weighted rucksack or backpack. You can also wear a weighted vest and wristed …
Intro Absolutely amazing weather. Spring Day, celebrated in South Africa on the 1st September, marks the beginning of this delightful season, where nature awakens from its slumber, and the air is filled with a sense of joy and rejuvenation. Spring in the Southern Hemisphere starts on 22nd/ 23rd of the month but in South Africa, warmer …
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Intro Thanks to everyone who joined us on the 11K and the 15K hikes. Please do join us on the next hike. Thank you to David, Maggie, Nachi, Paul, Rochelle, Sylvia, Teslar and Tony for the great photos. Stats – Hiking Klipriviersberg Johannesburg – 2023 June 4 So much fun. You burnt 1000 calories on …
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Intro – Hiking Klipriviersberg Johannesburg – 2023 May 7 A cold, overcast autumn morning with promise of rain but it turned out to be very pleasant hiking weather. The dassies (a distant relative of the elephant) were out in their numbers and apparently not frightening of the hikers. To quote Teslar “it seemed as though …
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Intro – 9 Vital Strength Benchmarks for Men Goals: The one thing that separates a training program from just an exercise program. If you want to stay consistent with your workouts and get better results from your efforts, you need something to shoot for. To get the athletic and muscular body you’ve always envisioned (not …
Intro – Hiking at Picos de Europa Spain The Picos de Europa National Park, Parque Nacional de Los Picos de Europa is a perfect place to relax and unwind. The name Picos de Europa or in English “the Peaks of Europe” is said to come from the renaissance era sailors returning from the Americas on ships. …
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Intro If you celebrate Religious Events a Happy Easter, Passover and Ramadan to you and to your Family. Glorious weather this morning in fact the entire week. Very mild and pleasant for autumn… may it continue as I am certain nobody is in a hurry for winter. We were a bit thin on Hosts and …
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Intro Great weather and great people. We were fortunate to see quite a number of springbok, wildebeest, zebra and one lonely blesbok. Following the hike some of us tested the EBar at Thaba Eco Hotel a place surrounded by bush all around. Very pleasant. Lunch at the Kraal Restaurant (Thaba Eco Hotel) is always a …
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Young Trevor Silvera (80 years) cycles on average 262,4 Km a week! He does at least 1 Gran Fondo every month (for a Gran Fondo you have to cover a distance of 100 Km in 1 day). Trevor lives in the Philippines and some of the roads there are not as smooth as they could be but …
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Intro – Stair Stepper – Workout Benefits for Men and Women The stair stepper or stair climber machine can be extremely efficient for building muscle and/ or to lose fat. Workout Benefits – Stair Stepper – Workout Benefits for Men and Women 1. It builds leg and butt muscles Skip other cardio machines if you …
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