How Strength Training Balances Your Hormones
Looking to regulate your sex hormones and increase insulin sensitivity? Try weight training.
Smoked Salmon and Hard-Boiled Egg Salad
This protein-rich Icelandic breakfast will keep you energized all day.
5 Ways to Eat for Energy
Forget cutting calories and skipping meals. Try these tips to boost your energy levels.
Backpacking 101
Heather Balogh Rochfort shares insights from her new book, Backpacking 101, on planning the ultimate backcountry trip — and 10 essential items to pack.
California Classifies Weed Killer Roundup as Cancer Causing
In milestone move, the state lists the world’s most applied herbicide as a human carcinogen.
Seize the Day
Behavioral scientist and adventurer Jon Levy shares his four-stage process for creating an epic experience anywhere.
How to Protect Your Fruits and Veggies
Here are five tricks to help veggies and fruits stay fresh longer.
PUMPING IRONY: Saddle Up, and Take Your Chances
If bicycling at my age wasn’t already a risky proposition, new research suggests that the simple act of breathing while pedaling may be unwise.
4 Tips to Overcome Your Fear of the Weight-Room
Intimidated by the weight room? Here are four tips for beginners.
How to Build Your Microbiome
Modern life is tough for the trillions of microbes living in your body. Learn what you can do to protect and strengthen them.
Thai Basil Beef
This stir-fry features the classic interplay of Thai flavors: sour, sweet, salty, bitter, and spicy.
PUMPING IRONY: A Geezer in the Garden
Is it OCD or just my aging insistence on order that has been propelling my recent yardwork?
Shifting Focus: Sahar Aker’s Success Story
How cognitive behavioral therapy gave one woman the tools to work through depression and start a social-media movement.
Expert Answers: Is It Possible to Get Leaner and Stronger at the Same Time?
It's possible — but the fitter you are, the harder it might be.
Tropical Tacos With Jicama Slaw
These ground pork tacos are livened up with a crisp slaw, diced mango, and island spices.
How to Pack a Backpack
Carry and access all your gear more easily with this efficient, ergonomic approach.
Summer of Fun
Editor in chief Jamie Martin on creating everyday adventures — and stepping out of your comfort zone.
“The Case for Strength”
(September 2012)
I came of age in an era when “thin was in” — and the exercise routine of choice involved lots of cardio with some highly specific spot training (Abs of Steel, anyone?). This article, as well as “Lift to Lose” (September 2012), about the benefits of full-body strength training signify a major societal shift. Today, finally, it’s common knowledge that building strength, no matter your size or shape, is one of the best things you can do for your health.
— Maggie Fazeli Fard, editorial director of fitness
Live and Learn: The Benefits of Lifelong Learning
An active mind and a quest for knowledge can pay healthy dividends — now and in the future.