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Cardio machines often show pretty graphs indicating where your heart rate should be for “fat burning” versus “cardiovascular training”—usually your age subtracted from 200 and multiplied by 0.6. As the story goes, by maintaining this heart rate during cardio, you’ll maximize fat burning. There’s a kernel of truth here.  You do burn both fat and carbs when you exercise, and the proportion varies with the intensity of exercise. A very low-intensity activity like walking taps mainly into fat stores, whereas high-intensity sprints pull much more heavily from carbohydrate stores.  For example, at about 60% of your maximum heart rate, your...

As the cozy season arrives, we have a hankering for warm drinks and fuzzy blankets—wouldn't it be nice to camp out in a sweet rustic cabin for the weekend?Whether you're itching for a by-the-sea escape, an off-the-grid spot, or a redwood retreat, there's a cabin for rent in Northern California to suit every style and occasion.Rustic Creative Cabin in MendocinoHandcrafted Hideaway Near MendocinoThis peaceful refuge in the Mendocino redwoods is perfect for couples looking for some silence in their lives, or for the writers looking to hole away and finally finish that manuscript. This rustic getaway comes with a queen-bed...

This is my second post about our family's travels through Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. You can see the first post here. Because I blog about educational travel, I received complimentary admission tickets, media rates, and other benefits for some of the places we visited. Many attractions we toured are free to everyone and we paid full price for all of the rest. This has no bearing on my reviews, as I only share what I honestly recommend.---------Family Fun in NashvilleWe woke up on Sunday, December 26 eager to explore Nashville. But first, we had breakfast at...

CYCLES DEVINCI CAM ZINK JOINS DEVINCI CYCLES Video & Photos by @JPFILMS Cycles Devinci is proud to welcome powerhouse freerider Cam Zink as the newest addition to their global team. The 35 year-old brings a resume stacked with some of mountain biking’s heaviest moves and a strong American presence to the Canadian brand. The partnership gives fans more opportunities to watch one of the sport’s gnarliest riders do his thing, while doing some valuable testing for Devinci’s high performance products. Zink pushes his bikes to their limit on a regular basis, and this partnership will leverage his intense riding style...

Last year I as we studied modern history I was excited to reach two particular events: World War 1 and World War 2. I had an excess of hands on history lessons I planned to complete with the kids. Our World War 1 unit was a huge hit, and our World War 2 unit was also a huge hit. One of the big changes between World War 1 and World War 2 was the effectiveness of airplanes in combat. To show how it would work the kids got to enact a World War 2 bombing run simulation. You can do...