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Trail-Running Strength Exercises (Video)
These six exercises will help you build strength for trail running. Perform them alone or interspersed with hill sprints.
Life Changes: Melanie Kadlic Meren’s Success Story
Motherhood forces a self-employed consultant to adjust — and readjust — her health and fitness goals.
Pickup-Basketball Artist
Hoops Nation author Chris Ballard shares his unofficial primer on the unwritten rules of playing pickup basketball.
How I’m Doing It: Kathe Yamagata (Video)
Kathe Yamagata, author of the January 2014 How I’m Doing It column, reflects on her weight loss and health transformation.
How I’m Doing It: Stephen Preusz (Video)
In November 2011, former Strongman competitor Stephen Preusz was diagnosed with kidney failure. He would need a new kidney sooner than later. Here, he shares his journey back to healthy.
On The Bike: Commute by Bicycle and Be Happy
Wanna be happier? Take the long way to work.
Can Coconut Water Be Used as a Sports Drink?
Expert answers on whether or not coconut water should be your go-to beverage for hydration.
What Do I Need to Know Before I Use Clip-In Bike Pedals?
Expert answers on making the trasition to clip-in cycling shoes.
Don’t Just Sit There!: The Risks of a Sedentary Lifestyle and the Power of NEAT
Research shows that being sedentary for long stretches might be one of the unhealthiest things we do each day — even if we regularly exercise.
On The Bike: Cross-Training
One editor spends the winter cross training for bike racing by surfing.
Expert Answers: Getting Started With Clip-In Bike Pedals and Breathing While Lifting
Our fitness experts tackle your questions on clip-in bicycle pedals, coconut water as a sports drink, and breathing for heavy, structural lifts.
Exploring the Inclusive Nature of Skateboarding
Skateboarding isn’t just for rebel teens. EL‘s Heidi Wachter drops in at her local skate park’s halfpipe.
Behind the Scenes With Sadie Nardini (Video)
The yogi and author shares her thoughts on how true potential is reached one moment, one decision, and one brave action at a time.
Strong Man: Stephen Preusz’s Success Story
Sudden kidney failure changed one man’s life overnight and required him to fight back for survival.
Sadie Nardini: Rebel Yogi
This self-proclaimed “punk rock yogi” talks about life, death, chocolate, ninjas — and her quest to redefine “healthy,” one down dog at a time.
A Strength-Building Water Workout
Exercise in a swimming pool and use the water’s resistance to build strength and power — or its buoyancy to recover from injury.
Breathing for Heavy Lifts (Video)
Olympic lifting expert and Life Time personal trainer Adam Rozmenoski demonstrates how to breathe during heavy, structural lifts.
Beginner Tips for Adult Sk8rs (Video)
40-something Heidi Wachter demos the three moves that helped her get comfortable on her skateboard as an adult — and tries something new, too!
For Olympic Athletes, Food is Fuel. And a Weapon.
Counting calories on the way to the gold medal.
Sore back? Aching feet? Read this.
Natural Posture for Pain-Free Living: The Practice of Mindful Alignment by Kathleen Porter explains postural problems and offers functional advice to restore healthy alignment, aiding you in relieving chronic pains, building flexibility, and increasing strength and vitality.
Bill Does Yoga
Want to be fit and flexible at all stages of your life? Practice yoga.