- Fitness Tips -
Strong Body, Strong Mind: Reconnect With Your Backside
By Maggie Fazeli FardOur fitness editor reconnects with her backside and discovers that great glutes are about more than brute strength.
Fitness
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A 5-Minute Workout to Protect Your Shoulders
By Andrew HeffernanRestore mobility — and protect yourself from injury — with this short upper-body warm-up.
- Fitness Tips -
4 Drills to Improve Your Basketball Skills
By Sarah Tuff DunnBasketball demands an active body and a calm mind. Two experts offer techniques for training both.
- Success Stories -
Laurel Kallenbach’s Success Story
By Laurel KallenbachHow visualization exercises helped one woman heal from the trauma of three hip surgeries and take her dream vacation.
- Travel -
Reconnect With Your Partner on a Getaway
By Caren Osten GerszbergCommitting to an annual trip can help couples rediscover what brought them together in the first place.
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Meet 6 People Who Are Redefining Fitness
By Kaelyn RileyThese change makers are shifting the way we think about what it means to be fit.
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Behind the Scenes With Elena Hight (Video)
By Experience Life StaffGo behind the scenes with Olympic snowboarder Elena Hight as she talks about leaving a successful halfpipe career to reach for new heights.
- Stress Relief -
6-Week Meditation Guide for Athletes
By Lauren BedoskyThink you would benefit from a meditation practice but hate to sit still? Try this new approach.
- Workouts -
Break It Down: The Glute Bridge
By Maggie Fazeli FardFinesse your form to build a strong derrière that powers you in athletics — and in life.
- Workouts -
How to Get Your First Pull-Up
By Andrew HeffernanThis 30-day program can help you lift your chin over the bar once and for all.
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Riding Into the Unknown: Elena Hight
By Heidi WachterThe Olympic snowboarder talks about the benefits of seeking out new challenges.
- Fitness Tips -
What Are the Best Strength-Training Exercises for People With Osteoarthritis in Their Hands?
By Jon SpaydeThere are many great strength-training exercises that don’t require any gripping.
- Fitness Tips -
How to Improve Your Swim Stroke
By Sarah Tuff DunnSwimming requires focused breathing and a strong core. Three experts share their secrets for mastery.
Strong Body, Strong Mind: What Your Workout Is Missing
By Maggie Fazeli FardOur fitness editor explores movement through her senses, peeling back the exercise experience layer by layer.
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3 Yin Poses for New Yogis
By Kaelyn RileyThese three restorative poses can improve mobility and promote a sense of calm and relaxation.
- Travel -
Searching for Solitude in Joshua Tree National Park
By Courtney HelgoeAn Experience Life editor travels to Joshua Tree in search of quiet. She finds something else.
- Gut Health -
Tom Tittmann’s Success Story
By Tom TittmannAfter suffering from ulcerative colitis for more than three decades, one man discovered a way to get to the root cause of his illness.
- Workouts -
Mix It Up With Resistance Machines
By Nicole RadziszewskiThis fat-burning strength workout integrates machines into your free-weight routine.
- Workouts -
The 7 Best Exercises You’re Not Doing
By Andrew HeffernanMix up your strength routine with these seven underused — but supereffective — moves.
- Fitness Tips -
Break It Down: How to Do a Kettlebell Carry
By Maggie Fazeli FardBuild your core, upper back, grip, balance, and endurance with this simple full-body move.
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How to Encourage Activity-Averse Kids
By Andrew HeffernanFour tips to get your kids moving.