Many sports injuries heal faster, and many athletes appear happier, when they augment rest with modified recovery workouts.

Ever get to the point when you’ve read so much depressing news that your brain and heart reach some kind of maximum density and you just feel defeated by it all? I must admit that despite my usually relentless optimism, I was there last month.

When we think of champions, we think of people who have accomplished things beyond the bounds of accepted belief or expectation. While such feats might require tremendous strength or ingenuity, in many cases there's another underlying requirement: courage.

It's apple season. What better way to celebrate than by making family-friendly apple dishes with your children?

So much for a carefree childhood. Today, even little kids are susceptible to adult-size stresses. Here's where the stress comes from, and what you can do about it.

Learn how working with a spotter can help you ratchet up the intensity of your free-weight routine.

Not long ago, I came across a quote from an unknown source that read: “Sound really does travel slower than light. The advice parents give to their 18-year-olds doesn’t reach them until they’re about 40.”

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.