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Maintaining a plant-based diet can take up lots of precious time and energy, but you can have this nutritious rice-based dish on the table in less than 20 minutes
I’m bored of my routine and have trouble getting motivated to exercise. I'd like to train with someone, but I'm not sure where to look. Got any suggestions?
Sitting down with an Outside in Aspen athlete
A Q&A with an Outside in Aspen participant
I've heard that inflammation is bad for me and can hurt my sports performance. Why is that, and is there an easy way to keep inflammation down?
I want to shed a few pounds and move closer to my speed goals, but all the recommended recovery foods are high-carb and high-calorie. Will using the Paleo Diet make it more difficult to train for the next big race?
Juggling a busy schedule, I try to make my exercise time as well-rounded and efficient as possible. To maximize my workout, is it better to run or lift first?
I'm looking to maximize my triathlon training days. Could you recommend a few places?
A new study says that Ibuprofen can help prevent mountain climbers from getting altitude sickness
Why a Bay Area gym has become a destination for the world’s top athletes
I've read about CrossFit adherents who have run marathons using just the exercise program's strength and conditioning regimen. Can I really train for a race using CrossFit alone?
What are the things I should make sure not to do in the final weeks before a triathlon?
My local gym touts metabolic testing for everybody, from people who want to lose 60 pounds to those who want to shave a few seconds off their PR. It's pretty spendy. Should I do it?
Cola. Photo: Shutterstock Can a diet of Twinkies and cola negatively affect your memory? That's what scientists who conducted a study on rats in the Journal of Physiology are suggesting. “Our…
I'm looking for ways to gauge improvement. If I can soak through my wicking base layers, I call that a good day. Do better athletes sweat more?
The jury is still out on dosage guidelines for nitrates and beta-alanine, but here are recommendations from two top nutritionists
Endurance athletes have been chasing a natural oxygen boost for decades. The answer may be as simple as eating your vegetables.
I'm getting faster as I get older. Maybe I should think about upping my game and shooting for some really big goals...
It's hard to differentiate between recovery eating and overeating. Are those last few pounds holding me back?
Recharge your battery with a much deserved break from your daily routine.
The Quidditch World Cup sounds dorky, and make no mistake: it is. But these sorcery-loving Harry Potter fans play pretty rough, as Eric Hansen found out when he captained a bad-news team of ex-athletes, ultimate Frisbee studs, slobs, drunks, and some people he knows from Iceland. Brooms up, and may the best Muggles win.
Is there a way to schedule my training sessions to get the most out of my workout?
Two years after undergoing surgery to correct a debilitating heart condition, the Australian triathlete is poised to qualify for the Olympics
Time for a walk, via Shutterstock Don't just sit there. That's the obvious lesson learned after reading Gretchen Reynolds's latest column on health…
Americans spend hundreds of millions of dollars on fish oil supplements every year, but studies have never been able to prove their effectiveness
Apparently, I'm going to live until I'm 82. At least that's what this new online Life Expectancy Calculator from the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Public Health Ontario, the University of Ottawa, and the…
I have been following professional triathlon for a while and am amazed by the performances of elite athletes. Is there anything that we recreational athletes can learn from them? Just about very one of my amateur athletes asks me this at some point. The short answer is a resounding, “YES!”…
And our favorite recipes for incorporating them into your post-workout routine
I’d like to think that I’m the kind of parent who knows exactly what her kids should eating at any given time, and how much. The kind of parent who’ll—for example—whip up homemade date-and-nut energy bars or lemon sports…
Matt Dixon of Purplepatch Fitness explains how to eat when you’re training and recovering. For more triathlon training videos, go to The Outside Challenge.
What’s the secret of success in endurance sports? I get asked this a lot. The answer can be boiled down to one phrase: consistency of effective training. Performance does not arrive overnight. It comes out of a consistently applied training plan that is appropriate and specific to your…
Major League Baseball’s long tradition of warming up for the season with oddball adventures
Refuel with these bacon-cashew rice cakes from sports physiologist Allen Lim
Matt Dixon of Purplepatch Fitness shares one of the best exercises for building strength in your glutes. For more triathlon fitness videos and interactive training plans, check out The Outside Challenge.
Matt Dixon of Purplepatch Fitness demonstrates one of the best exercises for building strength in your hamstrings and glutes. For more triathlon fitness videos and interactive training plans, check out The Outside Challenge.
Get ready to maximize the endurance, strength, flexibility, speed, and power you never knew you had.
A decade of research reveals that creatine is the real deal—but watch your step when tempted by other supplements making big promises
How much protein do you really need? A lot more than Uncle Sam's telling you.
After every workout, recovery starts with the first thing you put in your mouth
Heart-rate training is the key to gauging your aerobic intensity and building endurance. Here's how to get started.
The ultimate guide to weightlifting for endurance athletes
Have trail and gym work turned you into a stiff? You need some flex time with Ashtanga yoga.
Your foundation is built. It's time to tweak the beast.
We asked four top fitness coaches for their tape-it-to-the-fridge-door advice. Here's what they told us. (Bonus: We kick your excuses to the curb.)
Get a solid endurance base through heart-rate training.
Fine-tune your fitness with balance and agility exercises. Here's how.
To keep a workout program fresh, you need to make it your own, and some days you need to break the rules—within reason.
I’ve never done a triathlon. I don’t swim. I don’t run. And I bike mainly when our copy chief goads me into it. Yes, this is pathetic, especially since I edit Outside’s fitness coverage. Don’t get me wrong, I’m still active: I ski all winter, hike a 12,000-foot peak at…
In our obsession with minimizing exercise damage, we may have lost sight of the reason we exercise in the first place: to force our bodies to adapt and get stronger
Matt Dixon of Purplepatch Fitness demonstrates how to build swimming strength on days you don’t have time to visit the pool. For triathlon fitness videos and interactive training plans, check out The Outside Challenge.
Matt Dixon of Purple Patch Fitness demonstrates the proper technique for a lunge. For more triathlon fitness videos and interactive training plans check out The Outside Challenge.
Everything you need to run a personal best, including a 12-week training plan, a race-day nutrition plan, and advice from U.S. record holder Ryan Hall
California’s San Quentin State Prison is home to a ball field where you can take your cuts against convicted felons. This I had to try.
Training with a monitor can be daunting to master, but it’s the best way to make the most of your workouts.
A recent New York Times Magazine story titled "How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body" caused a stir last week, claiming that certain aspects of yoga were too risky for the general population. So should you avoid the fitness routine if you're not a serious athlete?
Triathlons aren’t just trendy. Multisport training develops balanced fitness and prevents injuries. Here’s why you should dump your ordinary routine and make the switch, too.
You’ve got questions? Your new triathlon-training coach, Matt Dixon, has the answers. Throughout the course of the next few months, as you prepare for your triathlon through The Outside Challenge, Dixon will answer a wide range…
Get ready for a sprint-distance triathlon with one of three custom plans created by coach Matt Dixon.
How fit do you really need to be to scale the highest peak in the world? An expert weighs in.
New workouts, a marathon birth, and revolutionary new studies: Here are the headlines that defined health and fitness news in 2011
The science around strength training has changed in the last decade. You’re older, stronger, and hopefully, smarter now. Don’t make the same mistakes you made in your high school weight room.
