The Fitness Almanac
Our month-by-month exercise guide to help you live the healthiest life possible.
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Deliberate Rest
A Silicon Valley tech consultant explains why working less can actually improve your productivity.
Healthy Aging and Travel: How to Prioritize Your Well-Being on the Go
Tips from an ARORA-certified trainer on maintaining strength, mobility, and endurance to make your long-term travel goals a reality.
Is Adrenal Fatigue a Real Thing?
Learn about this energy-depleting hormonal condition.
The Paradox of Choice
Psychologist Barry Schwartz on how our culture of abundance robs us of satisfaction.
PUMPING IRONY: The Belgian Waffle Diet
Back to the gym last night after a couple of weeks away, and I have to admit I was a little apprehensive when I climbed on the scale before my workout.
COMING CLEAN: On-the-Road Workout
Senior editor Courtney Lewis Opdahl gets creative for a workout on the road.
Dance to a Different Beat: Tessa Leen’s Success Story
How one woman — determined to transform her lifestyle and inspired by Zumba — shed more than half her body weight.
How Noise Affects Your Health — and What to Do About It
Excess noise isn’t just irritating — it can undermine your health. Learn why it’s important to calm the clamor with these strategies.
3 Ways to Communicate More Assertively
Learn to say no — plus two more ways to communicate more directly.
The Unexpected Gifts of Travel
Why a change of scenery can make us feel better about everything — including ourselves.
Hooked on Fitness
Fitness isn’t always love at first sweat. Learn how three individuals became infatuated with activity — and made it a joyful priority.
A Blessing in Disguise: Jay Stewart’s Success Story
How healing Jay Stewart’s badly injured knee helped her more fully appreciate her life—and the joyful activities that define it.
10 Tips for Your Best Fourth of July
Here are our top 10 tips for the ultimate July 4th celebration.
The Older, the Better
Wise advice on how to get healthier, happier and more attractive with age.
Happy Trails
Colorado’s mountain dude ranches are dandy places to make four-legged friends – and reconnect with your own free spirit.
14 Strategies to Help Break Free from Workaholism
For many Americans, the world of work feels a bit like an endless ride — one that’s spinning too fast and feeling more than a little out of control. But just how and why did we get strapped into this craziness? Understand the machinery of your own workaholic tendencies and you’ll be one step closer to switching gears — and maybe even putting on the brakes.
How to Take a Sabbatical From Work
An extended break from work can improve your health, happiness – even your career performance. And it can be done.
Creating Your Perfect Day Off
Turn off your phone, ignore your inbox, forget the chores, and enjoy a day of real rest and rejuvenation.
Adrenaline Rush
Challenge your physical and mental strength by making extreme sports part of your next getaway.
PUMPING IRONY: Rethinking Retirement
Giving up your job in your golden years could be hazardous to your health, but that doesn’t mean you can’t make some adjustments.