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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.
Expert Answers: Exercising With Your Dog
What are some good ways to include my dog in my workouts?
50 Tips for Taking Fitness Outside
Enjoy all the perks — and avoid the pitfalls — of exercising outdoors this summer.
How to Start a “Do-and-Dine” Fitness Group
Looking to improve the palatability of your fitness routine? Maybe you need a side of social interaction — and a standing date for dinner.
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.
Paddling Into the Wild
A canoe transports you to places you’d never see otherwise — at a speed that allows you to appreciate them.
The Psychology of Moving
No matter how often or how far you move, relocating is a major, often emotional, life change. Here are some some tips on how to deal.
How to Rediscover Your Inner Athlete
Strategies for rethinking your self-image and goals so you can enjoy the benefits of a realistic, and really fun, fitness identity.
How I Turned My Competitive 8-Year-Old’s Energy into a Fun Workout
Tips for exercising like a kid again.
Respect the Wave: Surfing Adventures
Whether you hire an instructor or head off to surf camp, learning to ride the waves is an excellent way to conquer your fears.
Find Your Fitness Passion
Not wild about working out? Maybe you just haven’t found the right activities for you. Here’s how to start falling in love with physical activity.
How to Find Recreational Companionship With Your Partner
Sharing downtime with the one you love brings you closer together. But digging totally different activities can drive you apart. Here’s how to handle the stress of clashing leisure styles.
17 Heart-Rate Activities for Kids to Try
Kids and tweens today aren’t getting enough exercise. You may think of their attachment to electronic gadgets as a big part of the problem, but two fitness experts explain why one gadget in particular — a heart-rate monitor — may be an important part of the solution.
How to Make Exercise More Fun
Weary of your workouts? Ditch the drudgery and the long face, friend! You’re due for an amusement infusion.
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.
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.