Sports & Recreation

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

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 & Recreation Workouts

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 Fitness Inclusive Wellness

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 Wellness Play/Recreation

A man playing pickleball outside at a Life Time court.

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

Pickleball Sports & Recreation

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 Tips Sports & Recreation

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 & Recreation Success Stories

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 Aging Sports & Recreation

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 Setting Sports & Recreation

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 Fitness Sports & Recreation

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 & Recreation Workouts

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/Recreation Sports & 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 & Recreation Travel

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 & Recreation Travel

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 Workouts Fitness Tips

Learning From Injury

Why sports writer Chris Ballard (almost) wishes he’d been injured years earlier.

By Chris Ballard

Attitude/Mindset Fitness Tips

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 Fitness Sports & 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