Are Women More Likely to ‘Tend and Befriend’?
“Fight or flight” may be seen as the traditional choice when faced with stress, but your real response may depend on your gender.
Down(hill) but Not Out: Lindsey Kildow
Olympic downhill skier Lindsey Kildow has faced some daunting injuries. But her strong spirit and her willingness to take time to heal have kept her coming out on top.
You Snooze, You Win: The Health Benefits of Sleep
Getting enough sleep is essential to health, happiness and productivity. Here’s how to give your slumber the priority it deserves.
Tips to Move On From a Bad Training Season
Despite intense preparation and a maximum effort, your competitive season didn't go as planned. How do you recoup and regroup?
How to Relieve Shoulder Blade Pain
The scapulae, or shoulder blades, can cause a whole lot of shoulder pain. Are imbalanced blades bothering you?
On a Roll: The Benefits of Foam Rolling
Using foam rollers can help relieve myofascial pain and increase flexibility. Best of all? They're really easy to use.
Quick Fixes Worth Hyping
If there’s one editorial temptation we’ve worked hard to avoid here at Experience Life , it’s the category of “gimmicks and hype.”
How to Eat More Plant-Based Protein
Discover the power of plant protein. You'll get all the protein you need plus reap a rich nutritional harvest.
How Individualized Nutrition Optimizes Health
The ideal diet, the spot-on supplement strategy — can a few simple tests help you carve out the one and only nutritional program that's perfect for you?
Real-Age Eating
Don't assume that aging equals poor health, says John La Puma, MD. With a healthy diet, you can turn back the clock.
Discovery Zone: Cheryl Tiegs
For supermodel Cheryl Tiegs, the real beauty in life comes from seeking adventure, embracing new challenges and making healthy balance a lifelong priority.
How to Increase Muscular Stamina and Cardiovascular Stamina
There's more to building stamina than increasing your time on the treadmill. Find out how your endurance affects your overall health.
How to Exercise With Knee and Hip Pain
Pain in your hips or knee joints may cause you to shy away from exercise, but there are ways to work around (or through) the condition - without sacrificing your fitness.
How to Use Resistance Bands to Build Strength
It doesn't take pumping iron or fancy weight machines to get a strong body. Fitness bands let you do a wide array of safe, effective exercises that make building strength simple.
Unlock Your Fitness Potential as a Master’s Athlete
Wine and cheese aren't the only things that get better with age. Thanks to masters divisions in many sports, older athletes are finding fun new ways to get fit.
Strength in Numbers
This past January, I celebrated my 40th birthday. And thus, I've spent much of the year noticing what it feels like to utter those potentially charged words in a matter-of-fact way: I'm forty.
Toughing It Out
For as short as everybody likes to remind us that life is, in truth, if we're blessed with good health and good luck, it goes on for a good long while. And all the way along, it's filled with twists and turns, steep hills, long plateaus, and surprises of all kinds.
Pulling Together
We tend to think of the quest to improve our health and fitness as a solitary endeavor. We imagine it’s something we have to do, and take responsibility for, all on our own.
Expert Strategies for Getting Your Family to Eat Healthier
Getting your family to eat right can be tricky. Here are the clever tactics — and expert wisdom — that can help you rise to the top 5 challenges.
Heidi Swanson’s Groovy Goodness: 3 Delicious Recipes
Once derided as hippie food, millet, amaranth, quinoa and other healthful ingredients can be combined to create delicious meals for us all. Chef Heidi Swanson shows us how.