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Flexibility and Strength Drills You Can Do at Your Desk
A full-body stretching and strengthening routine you can do at your desk to help with muscle fatigue and tightness.
How to Find Your Estimated Maximum Heart Rate
Knowing your maximum heart rate is essential for effective aerobic workouts. But if you're using 220 minus your age, you may be missing the mark entirely.
What I Did Last Winter
It's cold and dark and there are no races on the calendar. What's a triathlete to do? Something fun.
Jump to It: What Is Plyometric Training?
Plyometrics are a demanding form of exercise, but they can add speed and power to your athletic endeavors.
How to Breathe for Strength and Endurance Training
Use proper breathing to go longer, get stronger and give your workouts extra oomph.
The Art of Procrastination
Faced with an important task, it's not uncommon to come up against a wall of resistance. In The War of Art, author Steven Pressfield tells you how to break through.
Fitness as a Family Value
For far too long now, the pursuit of fitness has been equated with individual achievement. In the media and general culture, fitness has typically been about performance (who can go farthest, fastest), or it's been about possession – washboard abs and seductive good looks. The body as object.
How to Properly Spot Someone at the Gym
Learn how working with a spotter can help you ratchet up the intensity of your free-weight routine.
Man Alive: Fitness Inspiration for Husbands and Fathers
Somewhere between being breadwinners, role models, and lovers, many married men lose track of their commitment to fitness. Here's what men can do to reclaim their health and vitality, and why it matters to those who depend on them.
Fighting Inflammation
Some aging factors are beyond our control, but one of the biggest — inflammation — needn't be. Here's how you can extinguish the flames of chronic inflammation before they ignite.
Demystifying Detox
Detoxing is all the rage these days. But what's the right way to approach it? Here's everything you need to know to lose your toxins without losing your mind.
Worth Its Weight? The Debate About Birth Control and Weight Gain
If you use a hormonal method of birth control, you may gain weight. Then again, you may not. Your doctor can't tell you. In fact, you could be the best expert on this weighty matter.
Buddy System: The Pros and Cons of Training Partners
Every athlete can benefit from training with a partner or group. Here's how to be sure you're getting the most out of your time together.
Off and Running
I've been running for a few years now. I like it, mostly. Except when I hate it.
Momentum Busters: 3 Common Fitness Obstacles and How to Overcome Them
Has something derailed your fitness plan? Here's how to get back on track.
Healing With Nature
When a back injury made her desk job impossible, psychotherapist Susan Scott discovered the best medicine of all: a walk in the woods.
Grooming for Guys
Has your too-busy life run roughshod over your looks? Maybe it's time you took a moment for yourself.
How to Pace Yourself When Lifting Weights
You're lifting weights. You want results fast. Whoa there! Here's why you need to slow down.
Tips to Keeping Your Joints Healthy
Degenerative joint disease can cause debilitating pain, loss of mobility, and function, even severe disability. But what if you're just starting to suffer from a little wear and tear? Here's how to work with your joints — not against them.
Start Seeing UFOs
Are Unidentified Fitness Obstacles sabotaging your fitness goals?
How to Pace Your Exercise to Optimize Your Metabolism
Eager to be leaner? Don't work harder (or wait longer) than you have to! Learn the art of heart-rate training for optimal fat loss.