5 Strategies to Cope With Bottled-Up Emotions
Suppressing intense feelings can carry a heavy emotional toll. When letting it all out just isn’t a good option, here’s a healthier way to cope.
A Matter of Taste
I think it’s not often enough acknowledged that embracing healthy foods—and avoiding less healthy ones—isn’t necessarily a matter of white-knuckled willpower.
The Power of Attention
What you put your attention on grows. Here are seven tips on how to train your attention.
Half-Pipe Humanitarian: Hannah Teter
For world-champion snowboarder Hannah Teter, competition and compassion go hand in hand.
Wise Beyond Our Years
Given the wealth of knowledge concentrated in our gut wisdom, most of us would do well to draw on it more often.
PUMPING IRONY: Immune to Logic
I've been battling a bit of a cold for the past few weeks, somehow managing to keep it at bay with a regular regimen of sleep, vitamins, and the occasional intervention of Echinacea and homeopathic aconite. All in the service of…
PUMPING IRONY: Sixteen Tons
There's a scene in Shane, one of my favorite westerns, in which the gunslinger Shane (played by Alan Ladd) and the homesteader Joe Starrett (Van Heflin) do battle with a gnarly old stump in Starrett's dusty front yard. They go after…
PUMPING IRONY: Dock of Ages
A week ago, this knee thing had me a little worried, but it's been improving pretty steadily in the past few days, to the point that Saturday's annual taking-in-the-dock ritual didn't even do it in. I think I've written before…
Fitness Fixes: 2 Exercises to Alleviate SI Joint Pain
That niggling pain in your lower back may be caused by aggravated sacroiliac (SI) joints. And you may be able to solve the problem in just a few minutes a day with simple stretches and core-strength work.
What’s Your Happiness Set-Point?
Marci Shimoff, author Happy for No Reason, offers feel-good advice on positive-psychology wisdom.
No, There’s Not an App for That
When it comes to improving our experiences with food, new technologies have their limits.
Expert Answers: “Barefoot” Shoes, Lean Muscle, and Training With Sandbags
We wrangle leading fitness experts to also address the benefits of sandbag training and how to lift to create long, lean muscle.
How to Prepare for a Long-Distance Hiking Trip
Here's how to explore the nation’s most pristine long-distance hiking trails — and discover your inner strength along the way.
How I Learned to Love Fitness Technology
It wasn't until my early 30s that I decided to try running again. By this time, I had a lot more knowledge under my belt. I also had a secret weapon of sorts — a heart-rate monitor.
Upgrade Your Brain
Your brain changes over the course of your lifetime — for better or for worse. Here’s how to make the most of your gray matter.
7 Tips to Reclaim Your Time and Find Joy Offline
At work, at home and on the go, you probably spend hours enmeshed in the Web. Is it time to pull more of your life free of its sticky grasp?
The Science of Speed: Apolo Ohno
Apolo Ohno has used hard work, perseverance and cutting-edge training techniques to become one of the fastest skaters in the world.
Fitness: Then and Now
First it was strength. Then it was cardio. Next came balance and coordination. Now, at last, it’s all coming together.
The Delicate Side of Cabbage: How to Use Napa and Savoy Cabbages
Light in texture and subtle in flavor, napa and savoy cabbages present a refreshing alternative to conventional reds and greens.