Health & Fitness
Is CrossFit for you?
CrossFit has quite the reputation for being extreme, causing injuries and making women “buff”. However, it is also described as friends, fitness and fun, like …
Optimize Your Run – Before & After
Running is one of the oldest and most primal forms of exercise. Paleolithic men and women ran from predators and ran to hunt food. Today, …
Summer Hydration 101
It is a fact: we are dependent on water. The human body consists of about 55% to 75% water—that’s about 10 to 12 gallons inside …
Bloomsday ’12 online registration is open!
This just in….Bloomsday 2012 BLOOMSDAY ‘12 ONLINE REGISTRATION IS OPEN! Early Entrants May Win iPad from Strong Solutions January 3, 2012—With Spokane enjoying a mild …
Health & Fitness: Weatherize Your Child
This is the time of year when we’re getting out there with family and friends to enjoy the cold weather, and hopefully the white stuff …
Health & Fitness: The Blood Clot Issue Pt. 1
I did not think I would ever be writing about blood clots, aka thrombi, for OTM. But when John Speare came to see me, saying …
Are You Sleep Deprived?
My wife, Amy, suggested I write about sleep because she thinks I am sleep deprived. While she “needs” eight hours of sleep, I get by …
Can Nature Heal The Wounds Of War?
As a kid growing up in Medical Lake, Washington, Shawn Graves wasn’t much different than his buddies. As a self-described “outdoors type person”, he used …
Survive in the Wild
Chances are, if you are drawn to the wild, you might, someday, have to survive in the wild. Whether you’re a hiker, biker, floater, fisher, …