Fitness

How Does Sleep Influence Weight Gain?

New research shows that sleep significantly influences metabolism, appetite, and weight management. Could getting more shuteye help you ward off excess pounds?

By Kristin Ohlson

Immunity Metabolism/Weight Loss

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.

By Andrew Heffernan

At-Home Workouts Body-Weight Workouts

Plyometrics: Might as Well Jump! (Video)

Jump into this challenging and fun routine.

By Experience Life Staff

Workouts

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.

By Experience Life Staff

Fitness Tips

The Exuberant Animal Workout

Unleash your primal instincts, and move like you were meant to.

By Nicole Radziszewski

Body-Weight Workouts Workouts

Expert Answers: Ab Wheels, Postworkout Nutrition, Finding Your Fitness “Edge,” and Back-Saving Squats

Here we wrangle leading experts to address your workout quandaries and conundrums — from conquering love handles with an ab wheel to alternatives to prevent pain when performing a squat.

By Jen Sinkler

Fitness Tips

Behind the Scenes With Hannah Teter (Video)

Find out about this Olympian's heart for helping others, and how she uses her training to keep her instincts sharp.

By Experience Life Staff

Sports & Recreation

Primitive Workouts: How Training Like Our Ancestors Boosts Strength, Endurance, and Health

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.

By Andrew Heffernan

Body-Weight Workouts Fitness Tips

Half-Pipe Humanitarian: Hannah Teter

For world-champion snowboarder Hannah Teter, competition and compassion go hand in hand.

By Laine Bergeson, FMCHC

Sports & Recreation

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.

By Jen Sinkler

Pain Relief Recovery

Behind the Scenes With Apolo Ohno (Video)

The Olympic champion shares how he uses fitness testing on improve his performance on the ice.

By Experience Life Staff

Sports & Recreation

An Easy Guide To Heart-Rate Training (Video)

Quick heart-rate training tips that will help you lose weight and work out more efficiently.

By Experience Life Staff

Fitness Tips

a woman lifts a sandbag in a gym setting

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.

By Jen Sinkler

Fitness Tips

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.

By Kelle Walsh

Travel Walking

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.

By Laine Bergeson, FMCHC

Sports & Recreation

a man sits and drinks coffee before his morning workout

Expert Answers: Caffeine and Your Workout, Hand Calluses, and Beginner Tabata

We wrangle leading fitness experts to address your most perplexing workout quandaries and conundrums.

By Jen Sinkler

Fitness Tips

workout partners perform the glute-ham exercise

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.

By Andrew Heffernan

Equipment-Based Workouts Fitness Tips

How Social Connections Influence Your Health and Habits

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.

By Courtney Helgoe

Fitness Tips Friends