Solo Stoves are more efficient wood-burners than traditional campfires, emitting less smoke and leaving less ash behind. We reviewed a similar version recently if you want to learn more, but the Bonfire is much more portable. Just toss it in the truck and take it wherever you plan on pitching camp for the night.
An even smaller and lighter version, the Solo Stove Lite, is available for $70 ($20 off). It’s great for cooking dinner or just boiling water. The company is running a BOGO offer on the Lite, so if you buy one you can gift another to your hiking buddy for free. Stoves like the larger Titan and larger-still Campfire are also on sale and have the same BOGO free offer.
Solo Stove Grill Ultimate Bundle for $550 ($225 off)
Solo Stove
If you’re less concerned with moving quickly to cover ground and just want to go car camping, the charcoal-fed Ultimate Grill is big enough to cook for everyone. The Ultimate Bundle comes with two stands of different heights, a grill cover, grilling tools, starter nuggets (for starting the fire), charcoal briquettes, and a carry case.
Patagonia Nano Puff Jacket for $139 ($60 off)
Backcountry
You’ll rarely hike in a puffy jacket—they’re just too warm. These are best for when you’re stopped to eat a meal or stepping out of your tent at night to tighten the guylines. The Nano Puff is a lightweight, compact synthetic-insulation jacket that’s plenty warm enough for subfreezing temps. There’s a men’s version on sale for the same price.
Climbing Gear Deals
Photograph: Backcountry
If you can’t wait to climb, then don’t wait. I learned in 40-degree rain on granite slab, and I swear it taught me balance and poise better than if I had learned on toasty, dry rocks in the summer.
Black Diamond Solution Harness for $56 ($19 off)
Backcountry, Moosejaw
This is enough harness for any sport climbing route, outdoors or indoors at a climbing gym. It’s what I use, because it’s well padded and easy to adjust, so you won’t mind spending a full day at the climbing gym in your harness. There’s a women’s version, too.
Petzl Grigri Belay Device for $82 ($28 off)
Backcountry, Moosejaw
No matter what kind of top-rope climbing you do, you need a belay device. Some people like assisted braking devices, of which the Grigri is the most famous, because they instantly lock if your climbing buddy up on the wall takes a fall. Compared to a regular belay device, there’s some peace of mind for some folks knowing their climbing partner isn’t totally reliant on their quick reactions and muscle power. Just remember to keep your hands on the rope as normal (for backup) and to not hold the release lever if they’re falling.
Mountain Hardwear Scrambler 35 Pack for $120 ($40 off)
We’ve all had those days when it was hard to trek up the stairs or even walk due to muscle soreness and tightness, and sometimes foam rolling and stretching just doesn’t cut it. If you need to up the ante on your recovery routine, The Theragun Elite ($399) will loosen your tightest knots. And in honor of Black Friday, you can score it for $100 off its usual price.
The tool acts as an in-home percussive therapy treatment, and has become a cult-fave among gym-goers for its ability to relieve tension. It uses targeted, rapid pulses, which helps to induce blood flow to your soft tissues. As a result, you get less muscle tightness and enhanced mobility. According to research, body percussion can lead to better physical and mental health, and one study found that it can decrease the levels of lactic acid in your muscles for up to 48 hours after a workout. “Vibrational therapy can help with pain, muscle soreness or tightness, and recovery,” Lauren Lobert, DPT and owner of APEX Physical Therapy previously told Well+Good. “It can be an inexpensive alternative to massage to help maintain performance by working out knows and preventing the build-up of lactic acid in the muscles.”
While all of Therabody’s devices will give your muscles this sort much-needed massage (in two minutes flat, by the way), the Elite has become a fan favorite for a number of reasons. It’s the quietest device in the brand’s collection, and its slender design allows you to take it with you no matter where you are, making it the ultimate partner for every workout. It features an OLED screen and wireless charging capabilities (yay for no cords!), and you can pair it with the Therabody app for a more personalized experience. Thanks to an ergonomic, multi-grip handle, the device allows you to reach all of those hard-to-reach muscle knots, and you can choose between five different speeds to ensure you’re getting exactly the treatment you need. So what are you waiting for? Go get your percussive buddy (for a seriously discounted price) and say goodbye to muscle soreness once and for all.
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Looking to get fit in 2020? The best fitness tracker (aka a fitness band, aka “those things you wear that count your steps”) is a decent place to start, especially if you’re trying to stick to New Year resolutions, even though it’s only autumn. Fitness trackers are not expensive but the best Black Friday deals and best Cyber Monday deals.
• Shop the best cheap Fitbit deals on right now.
With the market extremely well established there really is something for everyone in terms of prices, from around £20 to £200+, with products that do little more than count steps and ‘track sleep’, with varying degrees of inaccuracy, all the way up to devices with heart-rate tracking that are more like scaled down running watches.
After many years of doing very little beyond counting steps, makers of trackers and bands are now realising that many consumers want more useful feedback on how fit they are and how to get fitter. They are addressing this with, it must be said, ‘varying’ degrees of success. Or, if you’re less diplomatic, not much success.
To cut a long story short, if you’re interested in fitness, my strong advice is to get a running watch instead. The term ‘running watch’ is just shorthand – they’re fitness watches that also useful when cycling, hiking, at the gym and even, in a few cases, swimming.
However, if you must have a Fitbit or similar, get the new Charge 4 or one of their more versatile watches such as the Versa 2.
But what is the best fitness tracker?
Okay, it’s a Fitbit. Quite hard deciding which, as they are so similar in terms of functionality but at present we rank them like this:
Fitbit Charge 4: best fitness tracker overall. Finally, Fitbit has given runners, HIIT workout heroes and anyone who likes more intense exercise what they want. There’s GPS to track outdoor activity, improved pulse monitoring accuracy and a new points system that rewards SWEAT.
Fitbit Versa 2: best fitness tracker with smartwatch elements. With fairly good pulse tracking, Alexa, and an excellent app, this is a good fitness band made just big enough to incorporate a smartwatch-style screen and functionality. No GPS built in but you can tap into your phone’s.
Fitbit Versa Lite: best cheap fitness tracker and easily good enough for most people.
Garmin Vivoactive 4: best fitness tracker made by someone other than Fitbit. with built-in GPS, tracking of more intense workouts and impressive accuracy, this is obviously the device that the Charge 4 was built to take on. The look and feel of it, plus the social and app elements are a bit crappier, however.
Fitbit’s app, social network and general ecosystem are just by far the best. Seriously, it’s not even close. Garmin’s new, tightened-up app is a step in the right direction in some ways, but it’s still too sprawling, because it’s designed to be for everyone from 10,000-steps-per-day mums to elite triathletes.
A Pembroke, Ont., woman who was found guilty of impaired driving causing death in 2015 has lost her dentist’s licence for six months.
According to the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario, Christy Natsis will also be monitored for the next two and half years through office visits, pay $7,500 in costs to the college and receive an official reprimand.
The college cited Natsis breaking the law and acting with “disgraceful, dishonourable, unprofessional or unethical conduct.”
Those allegations were uncontested, a spokesperson for the college said, and the hearing proceeded with an agreed statement of facts and a joint submission for the penalty.
The college held a teleconference on Thursday and announced its decision.
Natsis was found guilty in May 2015 — after a 55-day trial that stretched over three years — of impaired driving causing death and dangerous driving causing death in the March 2011 crash that killed Bryan Casey.
She was eventually sentenced to five years in prison, which she unsuccessfully appealed.
The 21st century began with the first draft of the human genome, and with it, the promise of immense new powers to treat, prevent and cure disease.
In high-income countries like Australia, rates of heart disease were falling, and life expectancy was rising.
Over the past two decades, lots has changed about the factors that affect our health, wellbeing and how long (and well) we live.
So what do we know now that we didn’t then, and how far have we come?
As part of Radio National’s Big 20 series, Dr Norman Swan speaks to three leaders in their field to find out what’s happened in dementia research, cancer care and chronic disease over the last 20 years.
Chronic disease has been getting worse
Dr Norman Swan talks to Professor Chris Murray, director of the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington.
Dr Swan: Take us back to the year 2000. What was the pattern of disease?
Professor Chris Murray:In the year 2000, right before the big push globally on reducing health problems in low income settings, we were pretty much nearing the peak of the HIV epidemic and, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, we still had a very large number of deaths under age five — 12 million or so a year.
We hadn’t yet had the big efforts to control malaria. And many middle-income countries were right in that transition from a profile of disease burden dominated by infectious diseases and starting that shift towards cancer, heart disease, chronic kidney disease.
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In the high-income world — Australia, Europe, North America — the [disease burden] looked pretty similar. It was already heavily dominated by heart disease and cancer, chronic kidney disease, but there was less obesity back then, there was less diabetes, and we were still back in the heyday of heart disease coming down pretty rapidly.
Dr Swan: What has happened in the two decades since?
Professor Murray: We’ve seen really dramatic progress bringing down child death rates.
In a place like Niger in West Africa, the improvements are just spectacular. You’ve probably halved child death rates in that period … bringing [it] down below the 5 million mark because of antiretrovirals for HIV.
There has been real progress on controlling malaria because of bed-net programs. So just lots of progress racked up, until COVID, on a number of fronts in the low-income world.
Then at the other end of the spectrum in the high-income world, we’ve seen heart disease progress slow, and in some places reverse.
We’ve seen this steady rise of obesity and bringing with it diabetes, high blood sugar, bringing up blood pressure levels in some countries, despite all the therapies that exist for them.
In the middle-income world we’ve seen progress but we’ve seen the rise of ambient air pollution in the last two decades. It’s becoming a bigger and
Dr. Carolyn Borow has delivered more than 3,500 babies in her 41 years as a family doctor. But she hasn’t delivered one since the coronavirus pandemic began.
Instead Borow, like many medical professionals, has gone virtual, doing all those appointments about pregnancy complications, sore throats and COVID fears via computer and FaceTime. In fact, the only time she’s been in a hospital recently was when she herself had surgery.
“I am definitely going through baby withdrawal,” said Borow, who works out of Allina Health in West St. Paul and Eagan. “I’d never planned that at some point I’m not going to be doing this. Only a pandemic would keep me from it.”
At a time when a growing number of veteran doctors are suddenly considering retirement, Borow is finding renewed purpose in her work.
A 2020 survey of 2,300 U.S. physicians by the nonprofit Physicians Foundation reported that 37% of doctors said they would like to retire within a year. Many expressed fear for their personal health, including 28% who had “serious concerns” about catching COVID-19.
Borow, though, sees value in her shifting work experience.
“I thank everybody who is making these appointments,” Borow said. “Because it has allowed me to still feel meaningful. Because I had no intention ever of not continuing to serve people.”
Initially, to cut down on coronavirus exposure, Allina limited the number of its doctors going in and out of United Hospital in St. Paul, where Borow has worked. So, Allina hired doctors to serve full time in the hospital.
Secondly, because of her age and medical risks during the COVID crisis, Borow decided to curtail her in-person contact with patients. She went virtual on the fly.
“It was all new to me,” she said of distance doctoring. “But in my motivation to serve people, I just learned it quickly.”
Borow is as busy as ever. An empty nester with a retired husband, she dons her scrubs every morning — in the clinic, she used to wear streets clothes and a lab coat — and sits at an Allina-issued computer in her son’s old bedroom in their Mendota Heights home. Her two cats sometimes scratch at the door. But Borow is diligent and determined, officially working 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday (actually, two nights until 6) and on-call every other weekend. Of course, that doesn’t include the two or three hours every night of paperwork and the pre-shift prep for her appointments.
She also spends a half-day per week in the clinic signing forms, wearing a mask and shield over her glasses.
With a different virtual patient scheduled every 20 minutes, the doctor is much more punctual than in her days at the clinic, where an assistant could warn an impatient patient that the physician is running late.
“I have openings every day, people can get right in, which was never the case before,” Borow said. “Although before, we could work someone in with double booking.”
Let’s face it, it’s been a challenge to get and stay in shape in 2020. Remember when gyms shuttered, and fitness equipment suddenly sold out in April? Luckily, over the past few months, brands have worked hard to restock fitness favorites that we’ve missed more than we ever thought possible.
Since many gym memberships remain in limbo, among the best Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals are at-home fitness gear and equipment. Retailers aren’t holding back for 2020. We gathered the best Black Friday weekend and Cyber Monday fitness deals on everything from gym equipment and activewear to fitness trackers, smartwatches, and other gear.
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Whether you’re on the market for fitness tools, home gym equipment or a new pair of sneakers, the key to a successful Black Friday is to get most, if not all of your shopping done digitally. Ahead, we round up our favorite Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals to shop online right now. Just like in April, these deals will probably sell out soon, so we advise you act fast when you find a product you like. Whether you’re looking for a few accessories to spice up your home fitness routine or looking to turn your garage into an entire gym this year, we have you covered. Gone are the days of lining up on storefronts in the cold, haggling others, hoping to snag a doorbuster. Shop the best in fitness, ahead from the comfort of your own home (no shoes required).
Echelon Connect Sport Indoor Cycling Exercise Bike
Schwinn IC2 Indoor Cycling Bike
Echelon Connect Sport Indoor Cycling Exercise Bike
Lifepro 4 Speed Vibrating Foam Roller
Hydrow Black Friday Package
Schwinn IC2 Indoor Cycling Bike
Bowflex Select Tech 840 Kettlebell
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LifePro Waver Vibration Plate
JAXJOX DumbbellConnect Adjustable Dumbbell Pair
Horizon Fitness T101 Treadmill
Garmin vivoactive 4, GPS Smartwatch, Features Music, Body Energy Monitoring, Animated Workouts, Pulse Ox Sensors and More, Black
FITNESS REALITY 1000 PLUS Bluetooth Magnetic Rower Rowing Machine with Extended Optional Full Body Exercises and Free App
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Popular brands like Fitbit and Garmin are on major sale for Black Friday. With wellness at the top of mind for many during the new year, fitness trackers are sure to be a well-received gift for anyone on your list (including yourself). While they don’t come with all of the bells and whistles as a smartwatch, fitness trackers are a great way to stay motivated in your health and fitness goals. So, while you’re out there counting your steps, never forget all of the money you saved on your handy new fitness tracker.
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While we can’t deny the awesomeness of the fitness tracker deals below, there are plenty of other impressive savings that are worthy of your attention. When you’re done here, hop on over to check out our best Black Friday 2020 deals roundup.
The best Fitbit, Garmin and fitness tracker deals you can buy right now
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Pembroke dentist Christy Natsis has lost her license to practice for six months in connection to her past conviction of drunk driving causing death.
Natis was sentenced to five years in prison in 2012 after being found guilty of drunk driving causing death in a 2011 crash that killed Bryan Casey on Highway 17 near Arnprior. She was granted parole in June of 2019 after serving just 13 months and resumed her practice a short time later.
A hearing before the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario on Thursday found Natsis guilty of two allegations against her, one of breaking the law and a second of disgraceful, dishonourable, unprofessional or unethical conduct.
The decision means Natsis has been formally reprimanded by the College, will have her license suspended for six months and have her practice monitored with regular visits until April 18, 2023. The suspension will take effect on Dec. 26. She must also pay $7,500 in costs.
Natsis’ trial was one of the long in Canadian history, dragging on for three years before she was convicted and another two years for appeals to be exhausted.
Casey, a father of three, was killed in the crash with Natsis on the night of March 31, 2011.
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