Roy Wallack
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Irvine-based Roy M. Wallack writes about health and fitness for various publications. An endurance cyclist and runner, he has competed in some of the world’s toughest athletic challenges, including the Eco-Challenge, the 750-mile Paris-Brest-Paris ride, and the Badwater Ultramarathon. His latest book is “Bike for Life: How to Ride to 100.”
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As we drove deep within the Santa Monica Mountains in Agoura Hills, parts of which were still scorched by November’s Woolsey Fire, we were shocked by the scene before us.
Kevin Hart was breathing hard. “I feel like I’m having a Hart attack!”
Why would a middle-aged man run as fast as he can and fling himself headfirst across a grassy field with an arm outstretched like Superman trying to intercept a flying object — knowing full well that he’ll feel the repercussions of the ensuing crash landing for the next week?
Hiking the Grand Canyon was not on my bucket list. A marathon, yes. Bike 200 miles in a day, yes.
Fitness classes making use of a wall-mounted ballet barre are seemingly everywhere, mixing and matching dance-inspired stretches and pliés with aerobics and strength training.
At this point, on the eve of the Los Angeles Marathon, you can’t get in better shape.
Until you go to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, held in January each year, you simply don’t know that you need special sensor-embedded socks that measure your stride length, calculate foot strike — and map your route.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta did something I’d never heard of anyone doing during an interview: 10 pull-ups.
Everyone thinks triathlon is a sport made of three sports: swimming, biking and running.
“Look — it’s Bruno!” shouted our guide. All heads turned left.