The Importance of Writers Warming Up by Faith Van Horne
We all know that we need to warm up before engaging in strenuous physical activity, since people are more likely to injure tight, unprepared muscles. But the way we warm up is also important.
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Writing Outside by Faith Van Horne
Not only that, recent studies are also lauding the health benefits of simply being in nature. In addition to lowering our blood pressure, evidence is mounting that time spent in natural setting may even help restore our ability to perform attention-needing tasks.
Healthy Writers Club: Move More Than Your Brain by Beth Barany
Inspired by Josh Clark’s article on the site, coolrunning.com, I’ve been doing a Couch-to-5K training since Oct 2012. Really, I have. With breaks. About weekly I share my Exercise Log to stay accountable to my...
Writing and Karate: Beating Out a Scene by Faith Van Horne
Physical activity is good for more than priming the pump, though. I find it also helps when I’m writing along and get stuck.
Healthy Writers Club: Just Go Fo It!
About weekly I share my Exercise Log to stay accountable to my commitment to my health and to the Healthy Writers Club, a collection of writers dedicated to health and movement started by author Shallee McArthur. In this log, I also reflect on my writing, creativity, and a creative life.
Writing: Just Don’t Sit There! By Faith Van Horne
According to a slew of recent studies, even if you’re exercising when you’re not sitting, the act of sitting itself is physically damaging.
Healthy Writers Club: When Life Gets Busy, The Busy Get Walking, I Wish
Inspired by Josh Clark’s article on the site, coolrunning.com, I’ve been doing a Couch-to-5K training since Oct 2012. About weekly I share my Exercise Log to stay accountable to my commitment to my health and...
Healthy Writers Club: Exercising During the Holidays
Log for the Healthy Writers Club: Saturday, Dec. 8th: Walked in my neighborhood, using Week #4 on the Couch-to-5K training. In the hills; hard on my heel. Wednesday, Dec.19th: Capoiera: Even though I didn’t feel...
Dealing with Winter Blues by Faith Van Horne
I feel like it’s all I can do to haul myself out of bed and do the minimum of day job work without pounding donuts all day.
Healthy Writers Club: Dealing with Life’s Curveballs
Inspired by Josh Clark’s article on the site, coolrunning.com, I’ve been doing a Couch-to-5K training since Oct 2012. Last week I finished WEEK #4, BUT skipped one day. I decided to do WEEK #4 again this week, but…
Healthy Writers Club: Being My Own Best Friend
Inspired by Josh Clark’s article on the site, coolrunning.com, I’ve been doing a Couch-to-5K training. I’m in WEEK #4, still being gentle with myself.
What Karate Taught Me About Writing (And Vice Versa) by Faith Van Horne
I always figured that, one day when I grew up, I would be a writer. Trick is, you have to actually write something before that can happen.
Healthy Writers Club: Move and Write
This has been a mixed week for exercise, what with the cold and wet weather starting. I felt a little off my game, since I started week #2 of my own Couch-to-5K program, inspired by Josh Clark’s article on the site, coolrunning.com.
Healthy Writers Club: Let’s Get Walking
This week I walked more, and did 2 20-minute walking sessions, where I used my cool iPhone app called Seconds Pro (their site: http://www.secondsapp.com/). This app pings in intervals so I can do interval training, also known as Fartlek.
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