Fitness – Experience Life

- Travel -

Tread Lightly

By Heidi Wachter

Heading out for an adventure? Here’s how to ease your footprint on the landscape.

- Fitness Tips -

How Do I Get Rid of Leg Cramps When Working Out?

By Jon Spayde

Pickle juice is just one tip.

- Fitness Tips -

How to Roll Out Your Feet

By Kaelyn Riley

Relieve your tired feet in less than five minutes with one affordable, portable tool.

Strong Body, Strong Mind: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

By Maggie Fazeli Fard

Our fitness editor reflects on her favorite children’s book and what it can teach us about heeding our bodies’ intuition in the gym.

- Travel -

Exploring Berlin By Bicycle

By Heidi Wachter

Our globetrotting staff writer shares fun ways to explore Berlin by bicycle.

- Sports/Recreation -

Tips to Improve Your Kayaking Skills

By Sarah Tuff Dunn

Kayaking requires a strong core, good posture, and comfort in the water. Three guides share their secrets.

- Success Stories -

Phyllis Jones’s Success Story

By Phyllis Jones

After recovering from a life-changing brain aneurysm, one woman discovered a workout program that helped her change her lifestyle and lose nearly 70 pounds.

- Sports/Recreation -

Your Seasonal Fitness Guide

By Andrew Heffernan

Mother Nature can be an inspiring personal trainer. Follow her rhythms to banish workout boredom, stave off injury, and build your fitness.

- Workouts -

Build Your Backside

By Nicole Radziszewski

This two-month program pumps up your posterior chain, improving posture and boosting athletic performance.

- Fitness Tips -

Shadowboxing Cardio Workout

By Nicole Radziszewski

Jab! Cross! Hook! Learn how to throw these punches — and combine them for a high-intensity workout.

- Prenatal/Postnatal Fitness -

How to Exercise Before, During, and After Pregnancy

By Laura Fogelberg

Brooke Cates, founder of the Bloom Method, explains why innovative core exercises can help expecting and postnatal women.

- Fitness Tips -

Break It Down: The Box Jump

By Maggie Fazeli Fard

Power up your lower body with this plyo move.

- Sports/Recreation -

Always Forward: Melissa Stockwell

By Heidi Wachter

Army veteran and two-time Paralympian Melissa Stockwell is on a mission to help people see the power of a positive mindset in overcoming adversity.

- Success Stories -

Bill Heyman’s Success Story

By Bill Heyman

How one man — after losing his wife to leukemia and surviving his own cancer treatment — reclaimed his health and completed a 365-mile bike ride through Israel.