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How to Use Resistance Stretching For Strength
Conventional stretching nets you conventional results. Resistance stretching (the secret weapon of Olympic athletes) can make you more flexible — and stronger! — in a hurry.
Your Qs: Healthy Joints and More
Jen Sinkler, our fitness editor, wrangles leading experts to address your most perplexing workout quandaries and conundrums. Email ’em to askjen@experiencelife.com.
Emphasizing Eccentrics for Tendon Strengthening (Video)
Eccentric or the lower phase of resistance exercises has been shown to strengthen tendons and connective tissues in your joints.
COMING CLEAN: Get a Grip
My muscles have been feeling all kinds of sore in the past few weeks of training on the TRX, but…
Your Qs: Ab Wheels, Postworkout Nutrition and Back-Saving Squats
Jen Sinkler, our fitness editor, wrangles leading experts to address your workout quandaries and conundrums.
Primitive Workouts
Why today’s hottest fitness regimens are looking back to our ancient, hunter-gatherer past for the best ways to get fit and live healthy.
An Easy Guide To Heart-Rate Training (Video)
Quick heart-rate training tips that will help you lose weight and work out more efficiently.
Your Qs: “Barefoot” Shoes, Lean Muscle and More
Fitness editor Jen Sinkler wrangles leading fitness experts to also address the benefits of sandbag training and how to fix SI joint pain.
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.
A Healthy Kind of Contagious
You’ve heard by now that you can “catch” obesity from your friends, family — even distant acquaintances. But you may have missed the flip side of that story: Good health and fitness are catching, too.
Your Qs: Caffeine, Calluses, Tabata, Shin Splints
Fitness editor Jen Sinkler wrangles leading fitness experts to address your most perplexing workout quandaries and conundrums.
More of the Best Exercises (You’re Not Doing)
Some of our favorite fitness experts return to share another batch of the most effective, little-known exercises for your upper body, lower body, and core.
TRX: Strength Hangs in the Balance
It’s just a pair of nylon straps, but the TRX Suspension Trainer offers hundreds of strength-building exercises - and it fits in the corner of a suitcase.
The “Shortest Mile” Track Workout
Increase your aerobic capacity and strength in just four short laps around a standard running track.
Switch!: How to Create Lasting Change
Brilliant ways to change things for the better — even when change is hard.
TRX “Y” Deltoid Fly (Video)
Jen Sinkler, senior fitness editor for Experience Life magazine, demonstrates a TRX "Y" deltoid fly.
TRX Suspended Side Plank (Video)
Jen Sinkler, senior fitness editor for Experience Life magazine, demonstrates a TRX suspended side plank.
TRX Kneeling Rollout (Video)
Watch as Jay Ross of CrossFit 215 demonstrates a TRX kneeling rollout during a photo shoot for Experience Life magazine.
TRX Supine Pull-Through (Video)
Jay Ross of CrossFit 215 demonstrates a TRX kneeling rollout during a photo shoot for Experience Life magazine.
TRX Hamstring Curl (Video)
Jay Ross of CrossFit 215 demonstrates a TRX hamstring curl during a photo shoot for Experience Life magazine.
TRX Suspended Lunge (Video)
Jen Sinkler, senior fitness editor for Experience Life magazine, demonstrates a TRX suspended lunge.