at home in…, w| Gerald Zhang-Schmidt

When people do something for their fitness, it’s typically for a very distinct aim: losing weight, getting into (a certain) better shape, running a marathon, bench-pressing a certain weight. As in the case of weight, goals can be helpful, and observations of progress (trends) even more so. However, a singular focus on single aspects does [...]

… or, Everyday Life Lessons with a Sharp Blade Talk is going around about the demise of guys; men have apparently gone missing – and the images by which advertising and TV shows portray manly men are at least as dumbfounding as the impossible women they present. In such everyday things as personal hygiene, things [...]

A year ends, a new year starts, gym memberships go up – but it’s not the solution, it’s perhaps a part of the “disease” that we think we need fitness centers for our health and fitness. And no, it doesn’t necessarily take running, either. Of course, I sympathize with Scott Jurek, ultrarunner par excellence, when [...]

Of course we eat, whether we run or not. You live, you eat. Running and eating, however, often seem to run counter to each other, even while these two sides of life could just as well run in tandem and make for better living. [Sorry about the running gags, can't resist.] After all, for all [...]

How do you make yourself at home where you are, as you are, but with growth and learning? For me, in 2012, this was very much about physical activity around the places where I live. Often enough, truly around, seeing how I usually run in circles – and tried to circle around Vienna. The prior [...]