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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.

Eggs: Recipes, Techniques, and More
A familiar and formerly maligned food enjoys time in the spotlight – as one of nature's most nutritious and delicious culinary pleasures.
Are Women More Prone to Knee Injuries?
If you're an active woman you may be at greater risk for knee injury than your male counterparts. Learn how to protect one of your body's most valuable joints.

6 Strategies to Improve Fertility
If you want a baby, take note: making one may require a more cultivated effort than you thought.

Breaking the Gag Rule
My nephew, Toliver, turns 12 this month, and like many kids his age, he names pizza, burgers, macaroni and cheese, chips, fries, and similar fare among his best-liked foods.
National LTF Triathlon Series Begins
Life Time Fitness (LTF) kicked off the Life Time Fitness Triathlon Series with the 2006 Nautica New York City Triathlon on July 16.

Fitness Hits Home
Some of the most powerful messages we see and hear about fitness today (the ones that reach us through mass media) would seem to suggest that fitness is the domain of the young, the super-buff and, above all, the single.

Survival of the Fittest
The term “ageless vitality” has taken on a whole new meaning for me since this spring, when my 76-year-old father’s lifelong dedication to health and fitness may very well have saved his life.

Ageless Vitality
With age comes wisdom. And if you make wise choices, it can also come with robust health and fitness, great energy, and a generous dose of satisfaction. Discover the variables that play the biggest role in determining your vitality for a lifetime — and why it pays to start focusing on them now .

Avocados: Nutrition, Kitchen Tricks, and More
Nutritional power and dining pleasure – all in one versatile, ready-to-eat package.

Sugar Breakdown: The Impact of Sugar on Your Body
The effects of sugar on the body go beyond cavities. High blood-sugar levels have many negative health impacts, including many inflammation-based diseases. Here's how to cut back and balance your blood-sugar levels.

Forever Young: Dan Buettner
Extreme adventurer and educator Dan Buettner has broken world records, cycled the globe and sought answers to some of humankind's greatest mysteries. Now he sets his sights on a new frontier: unearthing the secrets of healthy longevity.