I found the experience exhilarating, the freedom snowshoes gave me to climb or descend any snowy terrain. Even in a resort setting the trails had a remote feeling as if the rest of the world was far, far away. Snowshoeing gave me the opportunity to really experience nature up close and personal. The views and the vastness were all mine and I achieved it with my own two feet.

I started snowshoeing about 7 years ago while training for a hike up Mt Whitney. In those days people laughed at us, but no more. The sport is one of the fastest growing winter sports, and for good reason. Recently Lynn Swan, chairman of the President’s Council on Physical Fitness, endorsed the sport as well as the centers for Disease Control. I was even asked to do a segment for ABC-7’s ‘View From The Bay’ recently about snowshoeing. So the word has spread about this great sport and it is finally getting its due. Read the rest of this entry »

Snowshoeing is a great way to exercise and it’s easier than you think.

Getting some exercise this winter season is easier than you think! Fitness expert Lorrie Sullenberger shows “The View from the Bay’s” Leigh Glaser how to burn 750 calories in an hour. It’s fun and you can do it with your family!

All you need is the right equipment and the right moves.

As we get older, you may notice it gets harder and harder to get rid of the fat around the mid-section. Lorrie Sullenberger was here to help “The View from the Bay” yo get a flatter stomach. She is a fitness expert and owner of Fit and Fabulous Outdoors Personal Training. Read the rest of this entry »

Don’t let winter stop you from making tracks. There are great health benefits to working out outside during the colder months.

“Winterize Your Walk.” - Better.tv

Are you like the vast majority of us who have resolved, promised, signed contracts and simply willed yourself that THIS will be the year to finally take off those unwanted pounds? And like the majority of us, only to you feel your resolve slipping away by mid-February. And when failure seems eminent do you dive straight into those mashed potatoes (or what ever your pleasure)? We have become an all or nothing nation of exercisers and dieters. Read the rest of this entry »