Lake Tahoe Articles - Tahoe City & West Shore - Outdoors

Biking Your Way to Better Health

By Harrison Brown, DPT
Riding a bicycle offers many physical and mental health benefits. Cycling is a cardiovascular workout that burns calories and targets your lower body muscles while minimizing the stress on your joints, knees, and hips, making it a great low impact cross-training activity. Considering the price of fuel these days,... Read More

Pinpointing Relief for Acute Low Back Pain

By Dr. Greg Berkard Jr.
Extensive snow removal can take a toll on your body, as repeated movements like shoveling the weight of snow is strenuous on your back. It causes weaker muscles to do more work and overstretches the spine's ligaments, causing lower back pain or strain. Most back pain gradually improves within a few weeks after home... Read More

Revamp Your Warm Up for Better Golf Performance

By Kyler Crouse, Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist
The goal of warming up for exercise is often misunderstood. A proper warm-up is not only designed to raise your body temperature and blood flow, it should also prepare you for the specific workout or sport you are about to participate in. Common warm-ups involve spinning on a stationary bike or hopping on the... Read More

Lake Tahoe Hikes

By Hannah Lee
Taking a Lake Tahoe hike is one of the truly special ways to experience all the beauty that the area has to offer. Plus, there are hundreds of networks of different Lake Tahoe hiking trails to play with throughout the basin. From sweat-dripping, big-elevation-gain hikes that lead you deep into the wilderness to road-... Read More

Three Great Lake Tahoe Hikes on the West Shore

By Tahoe Staff
Lake Tahoe hiking is one of the area's biggest draws. You don't have to be a seasoned mountain man or woman to enjoy these hikes! Emerald Bay Emerald Bay is home to historic Vikingsholm, an authentic reproduction of an 800 A.D. Norse castle built here in 1929. There is a paved trail down, but for parents with... Read More