Wow, What a Week. A few Updates, a Passed Up Savage, and More…

by suburban | Jan 13, 2011 | Economy, Guns & Weapons, Les Stroud, Physical Fitness, Preparedness

Well, what a week it has been.  The crazy news, the weath­er here in the north­east, work is crazy, and the week­end is going to be about catch­ing up and be just as nuts.  Cur­rent­ly, I am in the process of read­ing a book by Scott B. Williams called... Read more

Wow, time is not in abundance and the 4‑Hour Body.

by suburban | Dec 15, 2010 | General, Health, Physical Fitness

Wow, the new job is cer­tain­ly keep­ing me busy.  So busy in fact that I have not had the time to write much the past two weeks…  Not real­ly what I had planned on, but you have to make hay while the sun shines as they say. I just bought Tim Fer­ris­s’s new... Read more

Eating Healthier for a Better Life

by suburban | Aug 11, 2010 | Cooking, General, Health, Physical Fitness

I just read a blog post on Doc­tor Prep­per this morn­ing ab0ut health­i­er eat­ing.  I try to eat healthy, but if you saw me eat on a busi­ness trip, you might think I was addict­ed to steaks or a junk food junkie.  Sad but true.  I can say that I... Read more

My Run Down the Street, and Getting Fit as a Preparedness Goal.

by suburban | Jul 22, 2010 | Health, Physical Fitness, Psychology

This is real­ly just a quick blurb.  Recent­ly, I have been back at the gym.  It has been an inter­est­ing ride, get­ting back to the gym after 10 years of let­ting my health go.  I am by no means obese, but my lung capac­i­ty and strength were... Read more

My Survival and Outdoor iPhone Apps

by suburban | Jun 20, 2010 | Books, Bushcraft, Cooking, DIY, Energy, Fire, first aid, Fishing, Food, Gear, Health, Hunting, Hygiene, Improvised Gear, Iphone/Smartphone, Knots, Medicinal, Navigation, Physical Fitness, Plants, Politics, Preparedness, Psychology, Shelter, suburban survival, Water, Weather

When I bought my iPhone last year, I quick­ly real­ized it had the poten­tial to be a sur­vival tool  My search for iPhone apps under “camp­ing, hik­ing, and sur­vival” quick­ly returned many options for me.  I have tried a bunch of them, and am using the... Read more

Physical fitness and the survivalist; a repost from a forum that I am on

by suburban | Apr 24, 2010 | General, Health, Physical Fitness, Psychology

Phys­i­cal fit­ness. Well, I have been work­ing at get­ting in bet­ter phys­i­cal con­di­tion over the past months. Today, I went for my first 5+ mile hike. Nine mile hike, in fact. Boy will I be in pain tomor­row. I digress. So, today, I went hik­ing the Appalachi­an... Read more