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How Exercise Benefits the Brain
The benefits of physical activity are more than muscle-deep. Moving your body builds and conditions your gray matter, making you smarter, happier, and more resilient.
3 Ways to Rest Better
Three tips to help you make the most of your downtime.
How Can I Stop Being So Competitive at the Gym?
Chronic competition can be stressful. The key is to focus on your own goals — not someone else’s.
3 Drills to Improve Your Tennis Game
Learn how to maximize your potential on the tennis court with tips from two pros.
How to Do the Pushup
Fine-tune your form in this fundamental upper-body move, and explore four variations to adjust the intensity according to your preferences.
Purposeful Movement
A veteran athlete learns the value of reintegrating nonexercise movement into her life — and how doing so yields surprising benefits.
You’re Probably Not Overexercising
If your workout routine has left you feeling fatigued rather than energized, the problem could be under-recovery. Learn how you can rest up and bounce back with this expert advice.
STRONG BODY, STRONG MIND: Listen to Your Body
Our fitness editor struggles with the age-old lesson that more — even of a good thing — isn’t always the answer.
16 Ways to Move More
Resist the call of the couch! For our basic well-being, we need to get moving.
Hip-Mobilizing Exercises (Video)
See these Functional Range Conditioning exercises in action.
3 Hip-Flexor Stretches for Mobility
Whether you spend your days doing heavy squats, cycling long distances, or sitting at a desk, chances are your hips could use some extra attention.
Heart-Healthy Exercise: By the Numbers
Just how good is exercise for the heart? Here are the numbers.
8 Tips to Be a Fab Fitness Buddy
Build your active partnership with thoughtful acts of support like these.
How to Start Indoor Rock Climbing
Indoor climbing requires physical and mental strength. A seasoned climber shares his hard-earned secrets.
How to Do the Deadlift
Build full-body strength — and a powerful posterior — with this move.
The Spartan-Strong Workout (Video)
Learn the moves for this intense strength circuit inspired by the popular obstacle-course race.
The Spartan-Strong Workout
Inspired by the popular obstacle-course race, this circuit boosts mental and physical strength, improves conditioning and agility, and burns fat.
How to Use Intuitive Training to Reach Your Fitness Goals
Want better workout results in less time? Start taking direction from your body. It knows exactly what to do.
Biofeedback for Strength Training
Tired of starting a new strength training program every time you progress and then plateau? Here’s how to use intuitive training to create the right workout.
How Do I Work Up the Nerve to Go Back to the Gym?
If you haven’t been to the gym in years, it can be intimidating to go back. Here are four tips to get you over the hump.
How to Do the Squat
Build essential strength with this powerhouse move.