Greylock
Lifestyle
Outdoor Exercise Events
Cardiovascular Health
Indoor Exercise
100

National trail that travels up and over Mt. Greylock.

What is the Appalachian Trail?

100

After 2,000 steps or so you have walked this distance.

What is 1 mile?

100

This race is traditionally run on Patriots Day in Boston.

What is the Boston Marathon?

100

This gas is synonomous with the word 'aerobic' as you need it as you climb that hill or brisk walk.

What is oxygen?

100

First used as punishment for prisoners, now common in all gyms, this machine goes at all types of speeds and inclines.

What is a 'treadmill'?

200

The Mt. Greylock Visitor center is located on the south end of the mountain.

What is True?

200

The DASH diet suggests reducing the intake of sodium/salt to lower this manageable health concern.

What is hypertension or high blood pressure?

200

This old railroad bed, now a paved pedestrian path, travels 11 miles from Pittsfield to Adams.

What is the Ashuwillticook rail to trail path?

200

Tennis, golf, bowling, walking and biking have participants of all ages, that's why they are referred to in this category of sports.

What are 'lifetime' sports?

200

Circuit training involves an individual going from machine to machine in order to gain this component of fitness.

What is muscle strength?

300

Skiing down Greylock on this side is like 2 clouds clashing in a storm?

What is the 'Thunderbolt'?

300

Eating fewer ultra processed carbohydrates, reducing concentrated sugar sources and minimizing weight gain all reduce the likelihood of developing this 'adult onset' disease.

What is Type 2 diabetes?

300

BRASS is an organization in Pittsfield that teaches people how to row in racing boats on this lake.

What is Onota?

300

Strongly associated with protecting against lifestyle diseases, N.E.A.T. is the old world way of moving. Think chores around the house.

What is:

Non Exercise Activity Thermogenesis

300

This company, and it's stock, blew up during the pandemic as it focuses on at home indoor cycling.

What is 'peloton'?

400

The memorial tower built in 1933 at the top of Mt. Greylock was intended to honor the veterans of what war?

What was World War I?


400
The M in the acronym M.E.T.s (a measure of how high this gets during exercise).

What is 'metabolism'?

400

A team or individual must complete these 3 events to finish the Josh Billings.

What is a bike ride, a row on water, and a run?

400

The % of your maximal heart rate you should achieve for 20 minutes during cardiovascular exercise.

What is 65% or more?

400

Due to a lack of snow one winter, this machine was created by a man that loved this cross country skiing in Minnesota.

What is the Nordic Trak?

500

The average hiker on Mt. Greylock travels at this rate.

What is 2 mph?

500

The Red Ring on the apple watch translates your 'MOVE' into this.

What are calories?

500

If you drove east from Dalton, up to ~2,000' you would shortly reach one of the states finest cross country ski centers run by Trustees of the Reservation. 

What is Notchview?

500

Long considered the perfect  exercise because it requires strength, cardiovascular fitness, balance and range of motion.  Famously from Scandanavia.

What is cross country skiing?

500

This machine was created by a lover of a nice easy row on a Vermont lake.

What is 'Concept II'?