Lake Tahoe Articles - Kings Beach & North 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

Lake Tahoe Mountain Biking

By Tahoe Staff
Lake Tahoe North Shore EMIGRANT TRAIL Beginner/intermediate, 19 miles out and back. This popular Lake Tahoe mountain bike trail sees plenty of weekend traffic, but it's a worthy ride for people of all ability levels. You'll see plenty of wildflowers in spring and early summer while you roll along over fun and fast... Read More