Topic: Russell Pate

A new National Activity Plan

This week, a group of big health organizations (think the American Cancer Society, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and so on), government agencies, and academics announced an ambitious, wide-ranging plan to improve public health in the U.S. It's called the National Physical ...

National Physical Activity Plan Enlists a Village to Get Us Moving

Maybe it takes a village - and a school, and an office and a park - to get Americans to exercise more.. Rather than focusing on an individual prescription, it's recommending changes for pretty much every aspect of our environment - building ...

Juggling Your Workouts

A runner from Salt Lake City once asked me if he could do his long runs on Mondays, instead of weekends as I advise in my training schedules. Which day you do your long run affects every other type of workout you ...