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On the Comeback Trail
Despite intense preparation and a maximum effort, your competitive season didn’t go as planned. How do you recoup and regroup?
Unlock Your Fitness Potential as a Master’s Athlete
Wine and cheese aren’t the only things that get better with age. Thanks to masters divisions in many sports, older athletes are finding fun new ways to get fit.
Up for a Challenge
A determined goal-setter in his professional life, Tommy Johnson found a way to make his personal fitness a higher priority: He embraced the triathlete’s lifestyle.
Wilderness Lessons: Developing Outdoor Survival Skills
Can you make a fire without matches? Build a shelter with no tools? Track a small animal across a forest? At today’s wilderness and survival schools, these skills aren’t lost arts. They’re tomorrow’s lesson plans.
Home Team Advantage
By improving her diet, Elizabeth Allen found the energy she needed to keep up with her kids.
Born to Run: Carrie Tollefson
Whether piling up the training miles or racing against the world’s top middle-distance runners, Olympian Carrie Tollefson just loves to run.
Elastic Energy: A Plyometric Workout
With the help of a few plyometric training tools, you can teach your neuromuscular system to unleash impressive speed and strength –the two ingredients behind the explosive power treasured by athletes.
What Is Nordic Walking?
Discover one of the world’s fastest-growing and easiest-to-learn fitness routines: Nordic walking.
4 Tips to Bring Fun Back to Your Fitness Routine
Routines – even healthy ones – have a way of becoming, well, routine. Here’s how to put the fun back into your fitness experience.
Going Up: Annabelle Bond
How Annabelle Bond found personal inspiration in the world’s seven tallest peaks.
Getting Started With Indoor Rock Climbing
Convenient and safe, indoor climbing is attracting enthusiasts at all fitness levels. Discover the fundamentals of this engaging sport – and why it’s likely to leave your whole body looking and feeling solid as a rock.
A Walk on the Wild Side: Josh Bernstein
Whether he’s teaching outdoor survival skills or hosting the History Channel’s Digging for the Truth, Josh Bernstein seizes every opportunity to put himself in direct contact with nature’s wisdom and wilderness.
Indoor vs. Outdoor Exercise
Exercise anywhere is a good thing. Exercise everywhere is better. From the reliability and flexibility of in-club workouts to the variety and expanse of outdoor adventures — give your body the best of both worlds and you’ll cover all kinds of new fitness ground.
Ready, Set, Race: Tips to Navigating Your First Competitive Event
Is your favorite active pursuit leading you somewhere? Like a starting line, perhaps? Get the beginner’s scoop on everything from finding an ideal event to celebrating your first finish.
Quiet Sports
There’s a quiet subculture of outdoor enthusiasts who prefer muscle power to motorized recreation — and they’re beginning to make some noise.
What Is Carbohydrate Loading?
Oodles of noodles aren’t the only secret to successful pre-race fueling. Here’s a closer look at how to maximize your energy supply.
How to Mentally Recover From a DNF
Falling short of the finish line can be frustrating. But the only real defeat lies in failing to learn from your experience.
Transition Tips for Triathlons
You’re fast in the water, explosive on the bike and smooth in your running stride. But a great triathlon finish hinges on your performance in the transition area.
5 Strategies to Help You Cope When You Get Dropped During a Race
In the swim lanes, on the road or on the run — here’s how to manage when you get dropped at your race.
Hut-to-Hut Skiing Adventures
The thrill of virgin powder, untouched bowls and lots of snow make hut-to-hut skiing an unforgettable alpine experience.
How to Plan Your Own Periodization Program
Virtually everyone striving to get into better shape stands to benefit from breaking down their long-term fitness goals into smaller, progressive training segments. Why not launch your periodization plan now?