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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.
3 Yin Poses for New Yogis
These three restorative poses can improve mobility and promote a sense of calm and relaxation.
Searching for Solitude in Joshua Tree National Park
An Experience Life editor travels to Joshua Tree in search of quiet. She finds something else.
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.
A Full-Body Workout Combining Free Weights and Machines
This fat-burning strength workout integrates resistance machines into your free-weight routine.
The 7 Best Exercises You’re Not Doing
Mix up your strength routine with these seven underused — but supereffective — moves.
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.
How to Encourage Activity-Averse Kids
Four tips to get your kids moving.
Going It Alone
New editions of kayaking pioneer Audrey Sutherland’s classic books provide inspiration for anyone looking to make a solo journey.
How to Guide the All-In Athlete
Here are four tips to make sure your sports-loving kid does not become overwhelmed.
How Do I Get the Stink Out of My Gym Clothes?
Here are four DIY tips to get odor out of your workout clothes.
How to Do the Olympic Lifts
A coach shares tips on improving the two Olympic lifts: the snatch and the clean and jerk.
Riding the Waves of Life
Legendary waterman Gerry Lopez explores the deep connections between surfing, yoga, and living.
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.
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.
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.
What’s in Your Protein Powder?
In a recent study, 70 percent of protein powders tested contained detectable levels of lead.
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.
The Barre Basics Workout
This ballet-inspired, body-weight workout targets stability and flexibility from head to toe.
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.
The Barre-Basics Workout (Video)
Learn the moves for this workout which can improve mobility, motor control, and body awareness.




















