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Kickin’ It
Seemingly on cue with my second heaping plate at the holiday party, and with the soft layer of flesh enveloping my hips and escaping my waistband, SFR got me a one-month kickboxing membership for Christmas. The cave was populated with accustomed bodies that exhaled a comical “neesh, neesh” as they landed their kicks and punches. Huge punching bags stood at attention in ordered relief to sundry workout equipment and countless placards.
Dharma or Bust
For those of you outside the yoga thrill cult, Kripalu is a major yoga center nestled in the Berkshires approximately three hours north of New York City. Citing Kripalu to my old high school chum was akin to mentioning backdoor access to The Vatican in a room full of rosary-bead-worrying Catholics.
A Raw Deal
Deva Khalsa theorizes that as people feel like the economy, the country and their lives are spiraling out of control, they want to take charge of one of the few things they can dictate entirely: What goes into their bodies.
Adventures in Wonderland
But adventure racing enthusiasts don’t want the sport’s image as one of multiday, nonstop globe-trotting marathons—think Survivor producer Mark Burnett’s 10-day Eco-Challenge—to scare away more casual outdoorsmen from trying out the sport and, in the process, taking advantage of New Mexico’s beautiful natural surroundings.
Lost and Found
If you happen to get lost in the Santa Fe area, chances are members of local volunteer search and rescue teams Santa Fe Search and Rescue Group and Atalaya Search & Rescue—two of many organizations throughout the state, including the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s posse, mounted on horseback, that may also be dispatched—will come after you. Chances are, they’ll find you.
Telepathy and Trickery
As the coaches, competitors and students at the New Mexico Fencing Foundation will tell you, today’s fencing derives from one long-ago practice: the gentlemanly fight to the death.
Fightin’ Chance
I joined a strength-training class at Undisputed Fitness, a jujitsu and kickboxing gym in West Alameda’s Solona Shopping Center, thinking I’d get back in shape. With some previous mixed martial arts training under my belt, I assumed I could handle it. I was wrong.
Mental Muscles
“lt’s like riding a bike—you never forget.” There are so many situations applicable to this oft-repeated pearl of wisdom—sex, serial killing, soufflés—but I would never guess skateboarding.
For Your Outer Athlete
Advice for athletes looking for the grandest options in gearing up.
