Fitness

How to Have a Relaxing and Fun Staycation

Sometimes the best vacations are staycations. Here’s how to find active adventures in the place you call home.

By Kelle Walsh

3 Exercises to Relieve Grip Pain from Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI)

It’s not just desk jockeys who suffer from repetitive-strain injuries. They can strike even superfit athletes. Here’s how to prevent and treat them.

By Bob Cooper

Pain Relief Recovery

The 5-Move, 20-Minute Strength Workout

Only have a half-hour to get your resistance workout done? These five moves will do the trick.

By Matt Fitzgerald

At-Home Workouts Equipment-Based Workouts

How to Battle Your Inner Critic and Win

How one woman’s weight struggle inspired her to confront her limiting thoughts — and discover a powerful tool for personal growth in the process.

By Jacquelyn Fletcher

Success Stories

a man writes while sitting on the front step of a retreat center in a tropical area

Transform Your Life With a Vision Board and a Life-Planning Retreat

Life-visioning retreats can free you from your routine, spark new revelations about how you really want to live and equip you with a plan to get there.

By Laurel Kallenbach

Travel

table with rotation for upper back mobility

3 Exercises for an Immobile Thoracic Spine

Immobility in your thoracic spine can send pain into your shoulders, neck or lower back. Here’s how to correct the problem.

By Matt Fitzgerald

Flexibility & Mobility Pain Relief

Sensory Perception: Eduardo Xol

On Extreme Makeover: Home Edition - and in his life - designer Eduardo Xol creates spaces that appeal to the senses, and to his own notion of what living well is really about.

By Jamie Martin

Travel

How to Optimize Your Cardio Workouts for Maximum Results

Cardio workouts are not a one-size-fits-all proposition. Here’s how to make your program work better for you.

By Bob Condor

Cardio Fitness Tips

How to Prevent Muscle Cramps and Side Stitches

Cramps and side stitches can derail any workout. Here’s how to treat and prevent these painful contractions.

By Sarah Tuff

Fitness Tips Recovery

Welcome to the Fitness Revolution

No more mundane workouts. The time has come for a new fitness approach that's as fun and interesting as you are.

By Gina DeMillo Wagner

Fitness Tips Pilates & Barre

How Training for a Big Athletic Event Can Transform Your Health

When your workouts are lagging, nothing can get you charged up quite like registering for a really big race.

By Bob Cooper

Sports & Recreation

What Is the Graston Technique?

Feeling a little stiff after surgery? Suffering from a sports injury and need to get back in the game 10 minutes ago? The Graston Technique could be just the thing to untangle your tissue.

By Jenny Lui

Pain Relief Recovery

The Young and Not-So-Restless: Assessing Your Kid’s Activity Level

They run, they jump, they play, they compete. That’s great. But how well do their real-life activities measure up to recommendations?

By Elizabeth Larsen

Family/Parenting/Kids

5 Ways Speed Training Can Improve Your Health

Kids have the right idea: They love racing and chasing and seeing just how fast they can go. Here’s why adults should pick up the pace, too.

By Bob Condor

Family/Parenting/Kids Fitness Tips

How Training for an Athletic Event Can Strengthen Family Ties

Participating in an athletic event as a family—from a fun-run 5K to a full-on Olympic triathlon—can improve your fitness, and your bond with each other.

By Kara Douglass Thom

Strong, Fast, and Fit Program

Let It Out With Julie Foudy (Video)

At her cover shoot for the July/August 2008 issue of Experience Life, former soccer pro Julie Foudy talks about the role sports have taken in shaping her life and explains why she believes it's important for young girls to get involved in them, too.

By Experience Life Staff

Sports & Recreation

All About RAGBRAI!

The annual ride across Iowa offers an exhilarating test of fitness and a large dose of Midwestern hospitality.

By Sarah Tuff

Travel

Creak, Crackle, Pop!: Why Do My Joints Make Noise?

What is that sound coming from your joints, and should you be concerned? Find out what’s normal, and what you might want to get checked out.

By Kelle Walsh

Arthritis & Joint Health Healthy Aging

Fitter Than You: Seven 50-plus Athletes Who Can Kick Your Butt

The passing of a few measly decades needn’t bring one’s fitness pursuits to an untimely end. Indeed, for these three athletes, getting older means getting better.

By Sheila Mulrooney Eldred

Active Aging Healthy Aging