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Sports & Recreation

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Lap-Swimming Etiquette

Don’t let a crowded pool keep you from regular workouts. Here are six rules to know before you dive in.
By Heidi Kelchner
Aqua FitnessFitness Tips
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Yoga for Athletes (Video)

Learn how to perform these six yoga poses, aimed at enhancing your running, strength training, basketball, cycling, tennis, and swimming game.
By Experience Life Staff
Sports & RecreationYoga

Behind the Scenes With Anthony Robles (Video)

Go behind the scenes at our cover shoot with All-American wrestler Anthony Robles as he shares how he's persevered over hardship to find success in sport — and in life.
By Experience Life Staff
Sports & Recreation
Girls' Sports

How Girls Benefit From Sports

Research shows that playing organized sports offers young girls a better shot at a healthy, successful future. 
By Heidi Wachter
Personal DevelopmentPlay/Recreation

The Workout: Self-Defense Strength (Video)

Build confidence, strength, and power with this self-defense-inspired workout, developed by Krav Maga experts Jarrett Arthur and Jennie Trower.
By Experience Life Staff
Sports & RecreationWorkouts
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Going for Gold: Q&A With Mallory Weggemann

One young swimmer shares her thoughts on the value of resiliency and community as she races toward the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
By Kaelyn Riley
Aqua FitnessInclusive Wellness
Cover model Jimmy Chin

The Mindful Adventurer: Jimmy Chin

Mountaineer-turned-filmmaker Jimmy Chin talks about the value of courage over fearlessness and the parallels of life above and below the clouds.
By Maggie Fazeli Fard
Inclusive WellnessPlay/Recreation
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Classic Sports With a Twist

These fresh takes on three popular sports will get you outside, moving your body, building community, and feeling like a kid again.
By Sarah Tuff
PickleballSports & Recreation
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What Can I Do to Get in Shape for Basketball?

Expert answers on how to prepare your body for your next pick-up basketball game.
By Andrew Heffernan
Fitness TipsSports & Recreation
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Rebuilding Blocks: Garrick van Buren’s Success Story

How one man put his life back together with the help of an obscure Nordic game.
By Experience Life Staff
Sports & RecreationSuccess Stories
Fast-After-50

Fast After 50: How to Race Strong for the Rest of Your Life

An insightful training program for the high-performance senior.
By Michael Dregni
Active AgingSports & Recreation
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TRI (HARDER): Fit Goals, Not Fitspo

With the starting line in sight, the big and (seemingly) small benefits of triathlon training are becoming more clear.
By Kaelyn Riley
Healthy Habits/Goal SettingSports & Recreation
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Tri (Harder): Sink or Swim

The swim portion of the triathlon may be intimidating, but one woman learns to turn it into meditation as she trains for her first triathlon.
By Kaelyn Riley
Aqua FitnessSports & Recreation
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The Workout: Animal Flow (Video)

Improve how you move with this dynamic, body-weight workout developed by personal trainer Mike Fitch, NSCA-CPT.
By Experience Life Staff
Sports & RecreationWorkouts
PrimalCon

Embracing Primal Living at PrimalCon

Experience Life’s fitness editor discovers that PrimalCon — an immersion into primal living in the modern world — involves more than just eating like a caveman.
By Maggie Fazeli Fard
Play/RecreationSports & Recreation

A Skier’s Perspective (Video)

Join Experience Life’s Steve Waryan on the Rendezvous Ski Trails in West Yellowstone during his trip to the Yellowstone Ski Festival last November.
By Experience Life Staff
Sports & RecreationTravel
Nordic-Skiing Nirvana

Nordic-Skiing Nirvana

Breathtaking views and pristine mountain trails make the Yellowstone Ski Festival an early-season mecca for skiers of all abilities.
By Steve Waryan
Sports & RecreationTravel
Illustration of a woman doing a lunge with high guard.

6 Exercises to Help Improve Your Golf Swing

Here’s how to build the strength and mobility you need — while warding off injuries that could put a crimp in your golf game.
By Yael Grauer
Equipment-Based WorkoutsFitness Tips
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Learning From Injury

Why sports writer Chris Ballard (almost) wishes he’d been injured years earlier.
By Chris Ballard
Attitude/MindsetFitness Tips
Roland-Schoeman

Roland Schoeman’s Inner Strength

The Olympian reflects on the advantages of age, experience, and believing in yourself against the odds.
By Laine Bergeson, FMCHC
Aqua FitnessSports & Recreation

Behind the Scenes With Roland Schoeman (Video)

The Olympic swimmer from South Africa shares his thoughts on being a world-record holder and how he's preparing for his fifth Olympic appearance in 2016.
By Experience Life Staff
Sports & Recreation
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