Music = Motivation
By Experience Life StaffResearchers explain why listening to music can help us work out longer and harder.
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Yoga 4 You
By Gina DeMillo WagnerWhether you're a newbie, a dabbler or a committed devotee, there's always more to discover about yoga. We sampled four master categories to help you find the type of practice (or practices) that suit you best.
The Perfect Warm-Up
By Andrew HeffernanHere’s a cutting-edge, all-purpose body-priming routine you can crank out in 10 minutes flat.
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The All-Purpose Warm-Up (Video)
By Experience Life StaffLooking for a dynamic warm-up you can do before any workout, game or competition? All you need is the All-Purpose Warm-Up.
Expert Answers on Digesting Protein, Exercising During a Detox and More
By Experience Life StaffWe ask the experts how much protein you can digest, if you should exercise during a detox, if certain yoga poses detox the body and how to get rid of side stitches.
Learn This Skill: Twisting Triangle
By Experience Life StaffCelebrated yogi Seane Corn offers tips on mastering this detoxifing pose.
Learn This Skill: Strengthen and Stretch Your Hip Flexors
By Experience Life StaffFitness expert Susan Bianchi shares the ultimate lengthener and strengthener for one of the tightest muscle groups in the body.
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Hip Flexor Stretch With Susan Bianchi (Video)
By Experience Life StaffSusan Bianchi, a Ki-Hara resistance-stretching instructor, demonstrates how to strengthen and stretch your hip flexors.
Expert Answers on Resistance Training and Flexibility, Drinking and Working Out, and More
By Jen SinklerJen Sinkler, fitness editor, asks the experts if resistance training causes inflexibility, if drinking will derail workout efforts, if chiropractic care can improve fitness and how to exercise with adrenal fatigue.
Intuitive Training for Fitness
By Andrew HeffernanWant better workout results in less time? Start taking direction from your body. It knows exactly what to do.
A Running Revolution
By Experience Life StaffResearchers find that a new interval-training program improves performance and health in half the time.
Playing it Cool: Ricky Rubio
By David SchimkeA career-threatening injury taught NBA star Ricky Rubio to slow down, stay cool and have some fun.
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The One-Sided Strength Workout (Video)
By Experience Life StaffChallenge your strength with one-sided exercises that provide whole-body benefits.
Taking Sides: The One-Sided Strength Workout
By Nicole RadziszewskiGym-goers often gravitate toward two-legged and two-armed movements. But intentionally embracing a one-sided imbalance can deliver whole-body benefits.
Web Extra: Your Fitness Mission PDF
By Experience Life StaffDownload a PDF of Your Fitness Mission Q&A from the January/February 2013 issue's feature "You, Inc."
The Risk of Knee Injuries in Women
By Experience Life StaffRecent research establishes why women are more susceptible to knee injuries.
TACFIT for Life
By Nicole RadziszewskiThis tactical fitness methodology from world-champ MMA fighter Scott Sonnon emphasizes precision over power, recovery over exhaustion.
Expert Answers on Thick Trapezius Muscles, Injury-Related Pounds and More
By Jen SinklerFitness editor Jen Sinkler asks the experts how to avoid building thick “traps,” shed injury-related pounds, minimize joint pain, and get in some non-running sprints.
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Show Me How: Engaging the Traps (Video)
By Experience Life StaffLooking for the best exercises to develop a strong trapezius? Personal trainer Alli McKee demonstrates two great moves you can do with a stability ball.
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You, Inc.: A Practical Guide for Setting Fitness Goals
By Andrew HeffernanWant solid returns on your fitness investment in the new year? Get down to business — with a smart, strategic plan worthy of an MBA.
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Learn This Skill: A Faster Freestyle
By Experience Life StaffSwim and triathlon coach Craig Strong offers tips for strengthening your freestyle stroke in the first installment of our new series on building fitness skills.