Three Links for Your Saturday

[med_cat]

From The Washington Post; all of these are gift links:

This doctor was tired of patients not exercising. So he joined them for walks, by Dr. Leana Wen

The idea has since grown into a program with more than 570 locations.

How to make exercise nonnegotiable in 2025

Specific tactics can help make a resolution more likely to stick.

His path to reaching 106? ‘I did everything I shouldn’t do’

Herbert Stern, the oldest living graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, continues to drive, shop and cook.

Comments

[shirebound]

Since I live by my digital calendar for work, each week’s exercise gets scheduled in the same color-coded blocks as my meetings. I don’t skip meetings, so I don’t skip my workout.

Wonderful idea!

The 106-year-old veteran reminds me of my 96-year-old father, who still enjoys a dessert of milk and cake (or pie) every night.

[med_cat]

It can be a good idea, yes; I've encountered it before.

I think the caveat is, that it works best w. office-type jobs...

That's nice re: your dad :)