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Running: A FEVER
Running: A FEVER is a podcast about fitness, diet, and medicine. The goal is to live a long, happy, healthy, active life right up to the very end. The host is not an expert but a fellow traveler on the journey to a physically fit lifestyle. Do you love your life enough to make it last as long as possible?
Episodes
Running: A FEVERRAF364: Goals and Inspiration
Hello and welcome to the 79th in our series Shattering the Yoyo. My name is Michael Davis, and this is a podcast about fitness, diet, and medicine. My goal is…
Running: A FEVERRAf363: Can't Get no Satisfaction
I remember this day very well; it was November 3rd, 2018. The episode was called "Achieving the Goal," a two-parter, this being part 1. The goal was to walk…
Running: A FEVERRAF362: Pickup the Pace
Well, this episode came out on December 17, 2018. It's a little dated now, you may have noticed. Walmart still has grocery pickup. The thing is, everybody does…
Running: A FEVERRAF361: Having Enough But Not Too Much
In addition to learning about Mauritius, a country I had never even heard of before, there were great life discoveries revealed in this episode. My comments…
Running: A FEVERRAF360: Adaptation and Aggressiveness
Welcome. The biggest thing I get from this episode is adaptation. When life throws something at me that knocks me off course, like COVID, for example, or a…
Running: A FEVERRAF359: Generations of Time
I kind of wanted to talk about time today. I also wanted to mention that I saw a news article about "Long COVID" and some new information about it, so…
Running: A FEVERRAF358: Undepressed
And we're walking! A couple is trying to fly a kite in this crazy Arkansas wind. It's beautiful, even if it's not working very well for them. Many people are…
Running: A FEVERRAF357: Arkansas' High Point
Today it is a beautiful day at Mount Magazine State Park, where I am spending my vacation. I'll have some extra pictures this time. They'll be on the website…
Running: A FEVERRAF356: Shattering the Yo-Yo - Ease Into It
Welcome to the 75th episode of our Shattering the Yoyo series, which looks back at episode 103 from December 12th, 2018. The original title of this episode is…
Running: A FEVERRAF355: Laughter is Healthy
I'm at the Running: A FEVER world headquarters and about to head down to the Lake Fayetteville trail. It's cloudy, and I'm getting some drops, but do you know…
Running: A FEVERRAF354: Extremes
I'm warming up my lower extremities and stretching my back. My back is the part that gives me the most trouble when I'm walking. I don't expect to get much…
Running: A FEVERRAF353: The Lombardi Rules
I'm warming up, and Frankenstein (my cat) is very interested because she hasn't seen me do this indoors for a while. Warmups are important, and with as many…
Running: A FEVERRAF352: A New Trail Coming
It's a beautiful day at Lake Fayetteville. I got up at 0430 this morning, trying to get back into the routine that I've known and that has worked for me…
Running: A FEVERRAF351: The Road Goes on Forever
Welcome to the 73rd in our series about ending the phenomenon of yo-yo dieting and weight loss and weight gain. We're looking back at the banner year 2018 in…
Running: A FEVERRAF350: The Sound of my Voice
Welcome to the 72nd in our series, Shattering the Yoyo. Episode 100 was a lot of fun to do. It's a real milestone for a podcaster. Years ago, I heard that the…
Running: A FEVERRAF349: New Experiences
Welcome to Running: A FEVER. My name is Michael Davis, and this is a podcast about fitness, diet, and medicine. My goal is to live a long, healthy, happy…
Running: A FEVERRAF348: Time Is Priceless
It's a beautiful day at Lake Fayetteville. The car says 58 degrees. In the garage, it was 54, so it's actually warmer out here. The phone says 61, so it's…
Running: A FEVERRAF347: The World Today - Macro Stress
We've talked about stress in the past, and I was thinking today about all the things in the world that can give us stress. Big picture things. We've talked…
Running: A FEVERRAF346: Orange is Awesome!
I'm recording on my phone today, actually holding the phone up to my face, because I like recording podcasts. And I brought the recorder that I normally use…
Running: A FEVERRAF345: However Hard it Is
Alright. Welcome to Running: A FEVER. My name is Michael Davis. This is a podcast about fitness, diet, and medicine. My goal is to live a long, healthy, happy…
Running: A FEVERRAF344: Repetition Reaps Results
Welcome to the 70th installment in our series, Shattering the Yoyo. In this episode, we review episode 98, which was published on November 23, 2018, with the…
Running: A FEVERRAF343: The Little Things
I think I would like to go to some of these locations away from the area where I live. I don't know if I want to play the dead animal pelt matching game, but…
Running: A FEVERRAF342: Holiday Stress
I'm going to warm up here a little bit. It's pretty cold outside. I don't know if "warm up" is the appropriate term to use. But I can try to get some blood…
Running: A FEVERRAF341: Be a Health Expert
We're taking a trip back to November 16 of 2018, as we review some excerpts from episode 96, Become an Expert in Your Own Health. Read the full post at…
Running: A FEVERRAF340: God Speaks in Exercise
Welcome to the sixty-seventh installation of Shattering the Yoyo. Today, we look back at episode ninety-five, from November 14, 2018, titled "Eggs and…
Running: A FEVERRAF339: Death
And we're walkin'! I did a warmup. I've been doing a pretty extensive warm-up before walking because, as you know, I've had Achilles tendon problems over the…
Running: A FEVERRAF338: Metaphor for Life
It's a beautiful day at Lake Fayetteville, surprise, surprise. It's maybe seventy degrees, maybe a little warmer than that. It's been a great day, maybe low…
Running: A FEVERRAF337: A Windy Place
This is the second episode I've made in recent times. I made one last week. On the trail, I mean -- I've been doing studio episodes for a while. But, fully…
Running: A FEVERRAF336: Just Do It!
I'm trying to remember some of the exercises I was doing when I was in physical therapy to use as I warm up to protect that Achilles tendon after that rupture…
Running: A FEVERRAF335: Watching My Blood Pressure
I've had a couple of doctor visits recently, and my blood pressure has been completely within limits, not too high and not too low. I think it may be that I am…
Running: A FEVERRAF334: A Non-Boring Healthy Lunch
A good exercise plan---you know I was doing a lot of different things when episode 93 was recorded, and that's good. I was able to keep that up for a while…
Running: A FEVERRAF333: Nutrigenomics
We're on #64 of our Shattering the Yoyo series, looking back at episode 92, which came out November 2nd of 2018, a year in which I dramatically improved my…
Running: A FEVERRAF332: Living to 100 and Beyond - Delphia Welford
Who is Delphia Welford? It sounds like she's from Pennsylvania, for sure. Even though she died in 1992, she is just now being added to the top 10 list. She was…
Running: A FEVERRAF331: Living to 100 2023
First things first. I have returned (last episode) from the hiatus, which was in effect starting in late September of last year. When I sat down and started…
Running: A FEVERRAF330: Know Thy Health Self
In the last episode, I talked about learning from my own experience and studies and living my life accordingly. Okay, maybe I didn't mention the studying part…
Running: A FEVERRAF329: Choices
One of the most important things to me, as I have been doing this research and practice and work over the last few years, is that I need to become an expert at…
Running: A FEVERRAF328: The Right Way
In the determination of right, the game between right and wrong, we need some rules. This is a universal tenant of being human. It's why we have codes of…
Running: A FEVERRAF327: And More Injuries
I don't always follow my own advice. But I do appreciate, these days, the good people and the other good things in my life. I know that the things I read, the…
Running: A FEVERRAF325: Attitude of Abundance
Abundance. It's a life-changer. I was producing Patti Brunner's podcast, which you should all check out, by the way, it's called Truth of the Spirit. She also…
Running: A FEVERRAF324: Choose an Active Beautiful Life
I've been letting my current injuries stop me, and I'm running out of excuses. Today the temperature is 79, and we have probably a little more much-needed rain…
Running: A FEVERRAF326: Hiatus
Due to health issues, I am taking an indefinite break from the show. No new episodes will be published for a while. http://RunningAFEVER.com
Running: A FEVERRAF323: Tunnel Vision
Obsession ... single-mindedness ... tunnel vision. How important is balance to health and longevity? When I say it like that, I think of balance as a kind of…
Running: A FEVERRAF322: Food Innovation
This episode relates my trip to The Hive, a local restaurant a couple of towns over from where I live. Read the full post at http://RunningAFEVER.com/322 Photo…
Running: A FEVERRAF321: The Pursuit of Happiness
I didn't really witness much patriotism at all on Independence Day this year, though I did attend a fireworks show. The place where my parents live is across…
Running: A FEVERRAF320: Could Have Eaten
We have been experiencing a bit of a heat wave here in Northwest Arkansas, many consecutive 3-digit temperature days. Sunny days are nice, but at those…
Running: A FEVERRAF319: The Foot Bone is Connected
Yeah, my body, bones, tendons, and muscles are kind of a mess right now. Interesting that the archery bow image was used back then. My podiatrist used this…
Running: A FEVERRAF318: Weight Management Economics
Guess what? There ARE training robots? I put a bunch of links in the show notes; check 'em out. Episode 80 is a good one for me to hear now. Back then I was in…
Running: A FEVERRAF317: Worst Injury EVER!
Achilles was a mythical great Greek warrior, the son of Peleus and the sea nymph Thetis, who, upon his birth, dipped baby Achilles into the River Styx, making…
Running: A FEVERRAF316: I Finally Got COVID
Friday, June 11, 2022, a date that will live in infamy, is when I started having symptoms of covid-19. After 2 years of living cautiously according to CDC…
Running: A FEVERRAF315: Stats and Action
Keeping stats is a good idea. It helps me to see my progress and identify areas that need improvement and importantly, areas where I'm doing well. It's…
Running: A FEVERRAF314: Bulking, Cutting, and the Six Meal Plan
At this point in episode 78 I'm focusing a lot on building muscle mass, which is a good part of an overall health plan I think. It can be overdone, as my…
Running: A FEVERRAF313: Workout Meals to the Extremes
Don't go to extremes. This is something I'm at times not very good at, for example, the exercise extreme that got me into my current ankle injury. At other…
Running: A FEVERRAF312: Changing What You Like
Once I went to my primary care physician Dr. Bicak. I told him about my dietician, who kept forgetting I didn't like avocado. He said I could learn to like it…
Running: A FEVERRAF311: T-Shirt Sizes
In the corporate world, I hear this buzzword. It's not a major buzzword or buzz phrase, like "outside the box", "unconscious bias", etc. But in my world, I…
Running: A FEVERRAF310: The Temptations
I am better able to handle temptations when I am healthy. That's not exactly obvious. On its face, that statement might be seen as a mistake that should be…
Running: A FEVERRAF309: Blessings in Disguise
Makes me sad, I can't deny it. I want to live a happy and healthy life and I'm not healthy now and not happy. Why? I can't walk. I love walking. And I'm…
Running: A FEVERRAF308: The Foot Doctor
Perhaps you've heard me talk about how I can't exercise, walk, etc lately and have wondered why. I suppose this is a good time to say I've been seeing the…
Running: A FEVERRAF307: Maintaining a Stable Weight
Looking back, I got some really good advice from the dietician when I was having regular appointments with her. I know that experience drove the advice she…
Running: A FEVERRAF306: A Variety in Exercise
I think this was a great sort of directional adjustment in my exercise routine. I began regular resistance workouts, took shorter walks. These days I yearn for…
Running: A FEVERRAF305: Recovery Foods
In both episodes 68 and 69, I mentioned recovery foods, and it's a good reminder not to starve myself, even though I'm not exercising near as much as I was…