- Travel -
Campfire Cuisine
By Kaelyn RileyYes, you can camp out and still create healthy, whole-food meals.
Fitness
- Fitness Tips -
The Real-Fitness Manifesto
By Maggie Fazeli FardOur best fitness tips to help you move well, recover fully, and achieve your fittest life.
Quick on His Feet: A Q&A With NPR’s Peter Sagal
By Michael DregniThe host of Wait Wait. . .Don’t Tell Me! talks about his new book and how running 14 marathons changed his life.
How to Power Clean
By Andrew HeffernanOlympic lifts are designed to give athletes more full-body strength and power. Two renowned Olympic coaches show us proper power-clean form.
- Weight Loss -
Jason Schanta’s Success Story
By Jason SchantaConnecting with his bigger why helped one man kick his emotional-eating habit and learn to love working out.
- Fitness Tips -
How Do I Freshen Up After a Bike Commute to Work?
By Jon SpaydeEven if you don’t have a shower at your workplace, you can still ride your bike to work. Here are some tips on cleaning up.
- Travel -
Volunteer Vacations
By Heidi WachterService trips benefit others — and they leave you with a rewarding experience.
- Fitness Tips -
STRONG BODY, STRONG MIND: Just Do It?
By Maggie Fazeli FardOvercoming the inertia of irregular workouts can be challenging. Here’s how our fitness editor finds the the motivation to move.
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The Happy-Hamstrings Workout (Video)
By Experience Life StaffLearn the moves for this workout, which includes exercises that strengthen your hamstrings and glutes.
- Workouts -
BREAK IT DOWN: The Hollow-Body Hold
By Maggie Fazeli FardEnhance your core with this gymnastics and Pilates staple.
- Fitness Tips -
Hamstring Stretches to Release Tension and Improve Flexibility
By Lauren BedoskyThree moves to improve your lower-body mobility.
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The Anchored-Strength Workout (Video)
By Experience Life StaffLearn the moves for this landmine workout — six unique exercises performed with a fixed-point barbell.
- Workouts -
6 Unconventional Barbell Exercises
By Lauren BedoskySix unconventional barbell moves to get you strong from head to toe.
- Sports/Recreation -
The Art of Bouldering
By Elizabeth MillardExpert advice and drills to boost your bouldering skills.
- Prenatal/Postnatal Fitness -
What to Know About Postpartum Exercise
By Nicole RadziszewskiDuring the “fourth trimester,” it’s important to respect your body’s recovery time and ease back into a fitness routine.
- Travel -
A Sea Change
By Maggie Fazeli FardOur fitness editor picks up a kayak paddle to explore one of her favorite vacation areas in a new way.
- Prenatal/Postnatal Fitness -
How to Exercise in Your Third Trimester
By Nicole RadziszewskiIf you stay active and support your body’s needs, you’ll improve your mindset prior to labor and boost your chances of a smoother postpartum recovery.
- Fitness Tips -
Life in the Rainbow Jersey
By Michael DregniThree-time cycling world champion Peter Sagan on racing, sprinting — and wheelies.
- Fitness Tips -
4 Drills to Improve Your Triathlon Transition Time
By Sarah Tuff DunnThe transitions from swimming to biking to running represent triathlon’s fourth discipline, and they require their own kind of training.
- Prenatal/Postnatal Fitness -
How to Exercise in Your Second Trimester
By Nicole RadziszewskiJust because you can doesn’t mean you should. Continue to strengthen areas of your body that will support you during and after pregnancy — but beware of pushing too hard.
- Fitness Tips -
STRONG BODY, STRONG MIND: Can You Lift a Million Pounds?
By Maggie Fazeli FardOur fitness editor weighs in on the benefits of friendly fitness competitions.