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Fitness

A person swims in a pool.

How to Improve Your Swim Stroke

Swimming requires focused breathing and a strong core. Three experts share their secrets for mastery.
By Sarah Tuff
Aqua FitnessFitness Tips
Woman stretching

STRONG BODY, STRONG MIND: What Your Workout Is Missing

Our fitness editor explores movement through her senses, peeling back the exercise experience layer by layer.
By Maggie Fazeli Fard
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3 Yin Poses for New Yogis

These three restorative poses can improve mobility and promote a sense of calm and relaxation.
By Kaelyn Riley
Fitness TipsRecovery
Joshua Tree State Park

Searching for Solitude in Joshua Tree National Park

An Experience Life editor travels to Joshua Tree in search of quiet. She finds something else.
By Courtney Helgoe
Travel
three images of Tom Tittman standing in front of mountains and white water rafting

Tom Tittmann’s Success Story

After suffering from ulcerative colitis for more than three decades, one man discovered a way to get to the root cause of his illness.
By Tom Tittmann
Gut HealthInclusive Wellness
a woman performs a barbell squat

A Full-Body Workout Combining Free Weights and Machines

This fat-burning strength workout integrates resistance machines into your free-weight routine.
By Nicole Radziszewski
Equipment-Based WorkoutsStrength Training
A woman helping a man do a glute-ham raising.

The 7 Best Exercises You’re Not Doing

Mix up your strength routine with these seven underused — but supereffective — moves.
By Andrew Heffernan
Equipment-Based WorkoutsFitness Tips
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How to Do a Kettlebell Carry

Build your core, upper back, grip, balance, and endurance with this simple full-body move. Explore five variations to add variety to your workout routine.
By Maggie Fazeli Fard
Fitness TipsStrength Training
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How to Encourage Activity-Averse Kids

Four tips to get your kids moving.
By Andrew Heffernan
Family/Parenting/KidsSports & Recreation
audrey-sutherland

Going It Alone

New editions of kayaking pioneer Audrey Sutherland’s classic books provide inspiration for anyone looking to make a solo journey.
By Heidi Wachter
Personal DevelopmentSustainability
All In Athlete

How to Guide the All-In Athlete

Here are four tips to make sure your sports-loving kid does not become overwhelmed.
By Andrew Heffernan
Family/Parenting/KidsRelationships
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How Do I Get the Stink Out of My Gym Clothes?

Here are four DIY tips to get odor out of your workout clothes.
By Jon Spayde
Fitness TipsHome/Living
Olympic Lifts

How to Do the Olympic Lifts

A coach shares tips on improving the two Olympic lifts: the snatch and the clean and jerk.
By Nicole Radziszewski
Fitness TipsStrength Training
Photos of Gerry Lopez

Riding the Waves of Life

Legendary waterman Gerry Lopez explores the deep connections between surfing, yoga, and living.
By Michael Dregni
Sports & RecreationYoga
Train Like Olympian

Train Like an Olympian: The Low-Intensity Secret Behind Marit Bjørgen’s Success

Norwegian cross-country skier Marit Bjørgen has won eight Olympic gold medals. Here's how she trains.
By Michael Dregni
At-Home WorkoutsCardio
Three kettlebells

3 Bears Kettlebell Workout: A Cardio and Strength Circuit

All you need is three kettlebells and 10 minutes to tackle this fat-burning cardio workout.
By Jennifer Blake
Equipment-Based WorkoutsFitness Tips
Richard Morris Success Story

Richard Morris’s Success Story

One man shares how he reclaimed his health — and lost more than 150 pounds — by embracing whole foods and his family's agrarian roots.
By Richard Morris
Food CultureInclusive Wellness
A picture of a shake with protein powder

What’s in Your Protein Powder?

In a recent study, 70 percent of protein powders tested contained detectable levels of lead.
By Kaelyn Riley
Fitness TipsNutrition Tips
Trapeze

STRONG BODY, STRONG MIND: The Thrill of the Trapeze

Our adventurous fitness editor learns to fly through the air with the greatest of ease — eventually.
By Maggie Fazeli Fard
Sports & Recreation
barre squat

The Barre Basics Workout

This ballet-inspired, body-weight workout targets stability and flexibility from head to toe.
By Jennifer Blake
Body-Weight WorkoutsPilates & Barre
Teenagers playing baseball

Beyond All or Nothing: Finding the Balance in Youth Sports

Kids are often sports obsessed or activity averse. Here's how to help your children find movement that's just right for them.
By Andrew Heffernan
Family/Parenting/KidsSports & Recreation
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