Fitness

Having trouble fitting fitness into your new mom life? Here's how to create a fresh routine.

Adventurer Will Gadd scales rocks and kayaks choppy waters to deepen his connection with nature – and to spread the message that outdoor spaces are worth saving.

Looking for a time-efficient workout that builds muscle power and functional fitness? Then give Olympic-style weightlifting a try.

Whether piling up the training miles or racing against the world's top middle-distance runners, Olympian Carrie Tollefson just loves to run.

Grin and bare it — barefoot training can make you faster and less injury prone.

With the help of a few plyometric training tools, you can teach your neuromuscular system to unleash impressive speed and strength –the two ingredients behind the explosive power treasured by athletes.

Bad posture doesn't just look bad. It can also compromise your workouts, undermine your health and contribute to injuries. Here's how to straighten up.

Think you know everything about sit-ups, squats and pushups? Well, Russian strength trainer Pavel Tsatsouline thinks you might know just enough to be dangerous.

Outdoor excursions restore and rejuvenate your body, but if you travel with the environment in mind, your vacation can also help restore some of the world's most pristine wilderness.

Discover one of the world's fastest-growing and easiest-to-learn fitness routines: Nordic walking.

Muscle imbalances caused by too much sitting, typing and monitor gazing can set up chronic problems throughout the body. Are work-related imbalances throwing your body out of whack?

Are you skipping your warm-up or cool-down? You may be squandering fitness results and making your workouts harder than they have to be.

When it comes to exercise, the more, the better . . . right? Not necessarily. Finding your own fitness sweet spot is a balancing act.

Routines – even healthy ones – have a way of becoming, well, routine. Here's how to put the fun back into your fitness experience.

In the context of other life priorities — such as career and family — sometimes our workout plans have to give a little. But how much, and for how long?

Determined to get into better shape? Don't drive yourself to exhaustion: Coach yourself to satisfaction — and real results that last.

How Annabelle Bond found personal inspiration in the world’s seven tallest peaks.

If your weight-loss efforts seem stalled or stymied, heart-rate-based interval training may provide just the metabolic boost you need.

Pilates can lengthen and strengthen muscles, turn your core from weak to sleek, and even rehab old injuries. Here's what you need to know about this popular mind-body method.

Before you rush into setting health and fitness goals for the year ahead, stop and appreciate what you've already accomplished.

Fitness coaching options for every ambition.