Back to Basics: Your guide to 7 summer calorie-burners

In the summer, I like to exercise outside as much as possible – soak in enough sun (with sunscreen on, of course!) to make up for all those dreary winter months. I almost always wear my heart rate monitor to track the calories I burn. But this simple guide from the American Council on Exercise can help you get a general idea of how much you’re burning doing these 7 popular summer activities… so burn, baby, burn! Walking at 4 MPH 120 pound person burns 4.5 calories/minute 180 pound

Reminiscing on Summers Past

“Summer” by Juxxo Oh, Summer. I remember long, lazy days, the heat radiating from the hot earth, the sun browning my skin. Where I had nothing to do but make sure I avoided my mothers futile attempts to put sunscreen on every pale inch of my body, make sure I drank enough lemonade and root beer and had a cheeseburger at the end of the day off the grill on the back porch. Later, we’d watch the fireflies dance and have a bonfire by the pond, gaze at the stars in the sky and roast marshmallo