Strong Body, Strong Mind

Here a few mantras that help our fitness editor boost her motivation and focus.

Our fitness editor — a self-professed nonrunner — committed to jogging daily last summer. Here’s what she learned.

Motivation exists on a spectrum. Our fitness editor explains why it’s worth embracing the fluidity.

As she gets back into a gym routine, our fitness editor relies on ladder workouts for volume, skill work, and a little mindset magic.

Our fitness editor explains why an annual kettlebell-swing challenge brought an unexpected benefit during turbulent times.

Amid the coronavirus crisis, a step challenge helps our fitness editor regain her footing.

While running with Olympian Carrie Tollefson, our fitness editor rekindles her love of an old pastime.

Mixing up her workout routine with Zumba classes, our fitness editor discovers new steps to fitness.

Our fitness editor challenges the mindset of exercise as a way to “burn off” your last meal.

It’s possible to grow — as an athlete and a person — without trying to control the outcome.

Our fitness editor reflects on her changing motivations to work out.

When an injury forced our fitness editor off her favorite cardio machine a decade ago, she learned to embrace all a gym can offer.

Our fitness editor reflects on the two-move routine currently setting her heart — and glutes — on fire.

When in doubt: Don’t leer. Don’t comment. Apologize if you catch yourself being weird.

Why our fitness editor says mechanics, consistency, and intensity — in that order — are the keys to fitness progress.

A one-day, 27-mile through-hike teaches our fitness editor about what it means to push her body and mind beyond perceived limits.

Our fitness editor learns that movement is a balancing act — literally and figuratively.