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Fitness

A woman playing tennis outdoors.

3 Drills to Improve Your Tennis Game

Learn how to maximize your potential on the tennis court with tips from two pros.
By Yael Grauer
Fitness TipsSports & Recreation
Scott Kranz

Scott Kranz’s Success Story

Pursuing a newfound love of the outdoors motivated one attorney to rethink his career path.
By Scott Kranz
Motivation & InspirationSuccess Stories
a man on an indoor cycle

The Power-Cycling Workout

Forget pedaling without a plan. This strength-building, fat-burning workout reimagines the indoor-cycling routine.
By Nicole Radziszewski
CardioCycling
a woman holding lower portion of a push up

How to Do the Pushup

Fine-tune your form in this fundamental upper-body move, and explore four variations to adjust the intensity according to your preferences.
By Maggie Fazeli Fard
Fitness TipsStrength Training
a woman stands on a large downed tree while hiking

Purposeful Movement

A veteran athlete learns the value of reintegrating nonexercise movement into her life — and how doing so yields surprising benefits.
By Kara Douglass Thom
Fitness TipsSports & Recreation
Overexercising

You’re Probably Not Overexercising

If your workout routine has left you feeling fatigued rather than energized, the problem could be under-recovery. Learn how you can rest up and bounce back with this expert advice.
By Laine Bergeson, FMCHC
Fitness TipsRecovery
Maggie Fazeli Fard at the gym

STRONG BODY, STRONG MIND: Listen to Your Body

Our fitness editor struggles with the age-old lesson that more — even of a good thing — isn’t always the answer.
By Maggie Fazeli Fard
Fitness Tips
Couple walking their dog through a field

16 Ways to Move More

Resist the call of the couch! For our basic well-being, we need to get moving.
By Andrew Heffernan
Active AgingFitness Tips
a woman meets with a doctor

Coping With Psychogenic Pain

When the source of your pain escapes you — and your doctor — it could be psychogenic.
By Susan Gaines
Pain ReliefRecovery
a man holds his knee in a clinic setting

Your Guide to Treating a Muscle Strain, Joint Sprain, or Bruise

A muscle strain, joint sprain or contusion suffered just before a competition could put you on the shelf. Here are some quick-fix options.
By Matt Fitzgerald
Pain ReliefRecovery

Hip-Mobilizing Exercises (Video)

See these Functional Range Conditioning exercises in action.
By Experience Life Staff
Fitness TipsRecovery
90/90 stretch

3 Hip-Flexor Stretches for Mobility

Whether you spend your days doing heavy squats, cycling long distances, or sitting at a desk, chances are your hips could use some extra attention.
By Kaelyn Riley
Arthritis & Joint HealthBody-Weight Workouts
illustration of a woman jogging with heart leggings

Heart-Healthy Exercise: By the Numbers

Just how good is exercise for the heart? Here are the numbers.
By Michael Dregni
Fitness TipsHealthy Aging
yoga cat pose

3 Yoga Poses For Recovery

These three basic poses provide an entry point for beginning yogis and athletes seeking recovery.
By Kaelyn Riley
RecoveryYoga
Anna Louise Kallas

Anna Louise Kallas’s Success Story

How EL’s six-month workout program helped one cancer survivor find the support she needed to take back her health.
By Anna Louise Kallas
Motivation & InspirationSuccess Stories
couple-jogging

8 Tips to Be a Fab Fitness Buddy

Build your active partnership with thoughtful acts of support like these.
By Gina DeMillo Wagner
Fitness TipsFriends
Rock On

How to Start Indoor Rock Climbing

Indoor climbing requires physical and mental strength. A seasoned climber shares his hard-earned secrets.
By Kai Gunty
Fitness TipsSports & Recreation
A man and a woman doing a yoga pose in a yoga class.

Every Body Is a Yoga Body

Discover how yoga inspired personal transformations — both on and off the mat — for these 10 practitioners.
By Maggie Fazeli Fard
Inclusive WellnessYoga
a woman prepares to back squat

The Best Part of Being Strong

Being strong is only partly physical, says our fitness editor. It's also mental, emotional, spiritual, and social.
By Maggie Fazeli Fard
Attitude/MindsetPersonal Development
The Personal Pilgrimage

The Personal Pilgrimage

Pilgrimages — religious and otherwise — can connect you with the past, forge new relationships, and help you feel part of something greater than yourself.
By Heidi Wachter
Travel
Woman doing a deadlift

How to Do the Deadlift

Build full-body strength — and a powerful posterior — with this move.
By Maggie Fazeli Fard
Fitness TipsStrength Training
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