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Bill Phillips, the most successful fitness author in history, is a Colorado recluse who got his start teaching muscleheads how to use steroids. He's cleaned up his act—his Body-for-Life program runs street legal, and it works—but he's still banking on a timeless American urge: Everybody wants to be huge.
Pass the summer splash test with these rowdy water fitness contests
The Fountain of Youth is a myth. But take heart: Intelligent training and an adventurous spirit will keep you running, kicking, screaming at the peak of your potential for years to come.
Want an easy plan to prepare you to climb a mountain—say, 14,494-foot Mount Whitney? Here's a five-week program that'll whip you into summit-worthy shape.
Grueling workouts are the only way to get ready for long-distance endurance, right? Wrong.
The fittest firewoman alive is transforming her colleagues into elite athletes. When she's done with them, she's coming after you.
This month in New Zealand, the crew of Oracle/BMW will try to win the America’s Cup with the help of some unorthodox conditioning: grunting up and over sand dunes, terra firma’s closest approximation of a yacht rolling at sea.
With $100,000 for the winners, the world's most relentless teams, and a 138,000-vertical-foot Rocky Mountain course, the Subaru Primal Quest seemed poised to give big-time adventure racing a smashing return to U.S. soil. But then the race began—and all hell broke loose. A front-line report from the wildest, bumpiest game in the wilderness.
IN THE MARKET FOR AN INTERNET COACH? Then you’ll need to decide between a virtual coach (costs range from $0-$20 per month; no personal interaction included) and a bona fide online coach (costs range from $60 and up per month; live coach at the other end of the line). A…
Need a daily powder fix? Chase epic snow through the calendar with our guide to the best places to ski and snowboard each month.
For a faster, stronger you, take it slow (with a grain of salt)
Got insurance?: a bite will hurt but the evacuation cost is deadly. Q: I plan to sail around the world over the next three years. Can you recommend a good international insurance policy that covers emergency medical evacuations? — Mark Downing, Portland, Oregon…
She's pinching, you're flinching—just in time, professional advice for DIY massage
Your well-tailored fitness program may be missing something important—a regular massage. Here's our hands-on guide to the right rub.
Injury, pain, the psychology of recovery, and getting back on the trail
Train as hard as you want, but until you've tapped the secrets of top-notch form you'll be all go and no flow
国产吃瓜黑料 races have come into their own. Time to join the self-punishing fun and tackle your first one.
Twice a year, the good men of Scotland's Orkney Islands work out their issues the old-fashioned way. They riot.
Calling all fitness Luddites and low-tech aerobic warriors鈥攊t's time to change your ways. Let us unlock the mysteries of heart-rate training and help you maximize your workouts.
Don't be put off by the funny equipment鈥攆unctional training builds real-world skills in the gym
Science is sprinting toward the super-enhanced athlete. Say hello to tomorrow's inhuman being.
Triathlon, the arcane sport of masochists, is poised to hit it big, with a high-profile Olympic debut and two camera-ready hardbodies in a duel for glory. Will America fall for the seduction?
With longer days looming, it's high time to build stronger, faster legs
Your diet's dialed, your body's buff. Now plug in to the frontier of athletic performance鈥攂rain-wave biofeedback. It could revolutionize your game.
So is adventure racing pure competition, or just a grueling way to grab TV ratings?
She can hit frontside 50-50s all day long, snag half-pipe titles with her eyes closed and stretch her hang time to the edge of forever, but what while Cara-Beth Burnside do when it's time to grow up?
Then pay attention, because there's more to posture than walking around with a book on your head
As often as we use them, we can't help but abuse them. Or can we?
How to use those health club machines to your post-holiday advantage
Heed those rusty hinges now, and they'll work more smoothly when it really counts
A modest bit of indoor dedication now will give you the freedom to let loose this winter
Don't sweat that impending trip 鈥 it's easy to keep in shape away from home
Toughen your midsection, and hardy arms and legs are sure to follow
Beyond sports psychology's oblique tenets lie very real training techniques