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Indoor rolling on a bike trainer used to be a heinous chore. Now there's an app that turns it into a video game—and puts you on a fast track to aerobic fitness.
Water-reporting vet John Fleck's new book explores the ways the West is dealing with drought, and it's not all gloom and doom
Whether you’re an elite athlete or a restless desk jockey, there are better ways to achieve your goals. Just ask 4-Hour guru Tim Ferriss, who started quizzing the world’s greatest performers on their routines as a side project—and ended up with a whole new approach to training.
The diet has quietly become the rage among ultra-endurance athletes and elite soldiers, and it's a surprisingly yummy way to fuel up.
These neuron-stimulating Halo Sport headphones are said to boost athletic performance
The biggest craze in cycling combines the popularity of distance hiking, gravel grinding, and vanlife. But for bikepacking disciples like Tom and Sarah Swallow, simplicity and solitude are the real rewards.
Move the dial with the power of science
Being fit is about constant movement, and children are in constant motion during playtime at the jungle gym. Why not join their lead?
Watch to learn how Rebecca Rusch stays motivated and focused on those tough training rides.
Without all the distraction of stop lights and traffic, wilderness running connects Callon with the natural world around him.
Watch to see what Outside’s online gear editor and resident photographer, Jakob Schiller, loves about this game-changing bag.
Watch to see how this simple technique might just save a cyclist's life.
With the Procaliber SL, Trek has reengineered the race bike with a modicum of comfort and revived our interest in hardtails
Cyclists are badly hurt or killed in crashes with cars in every major North American city with regularity. Surely their lives mean more than maximizing the productivity of dump trucks.
Five surprising pieces of gear that make road life even better
Acrophobia gives context to how one person can go from feeling an insane amount of fear regarding high altitudes to a flow state where all the senses are heightened.
The whales frequently flock to the fjords for herring fishing, allowing guide Jeff Allen and his guests to experience the food chain first hand.
This accurate portrayal of the ski bum lifestyle brings to light the struggle of chasing powder days or keeping a job.
Partnering with organizations, founder of Himalayan Stove Project, George Basch, is creating healthier living environments for families in Nepal
The annual Fjällräven Classic is a trek tradition that the gear manufacturer has brought to Colorado for the first time
Wisdom from the strength and conditioning coach who trains the NFL’s best
Jerseys and shorts for technical, steep, big-mountain riding
Engineers futz with things for a reason: that’s how breakthroughs happen. And as these 29 products demonstrate, there’s never been a better time to mess around.
No beer beer cap is too tough for this burly, Yeti-designed bottle opener.
A 65-year-old Miami woman has been living in a tree on her property for the past decade. Now, she’s fighting with the county to stay put.
Want to learn a new skill and visit a faraway locale? You can now do both, thanks to a boom in instructional outdoor clinics worth traveling for.
The books, movies, music, podcasts, and other happenings on our radar
Long underappreciated, the female side of the sport has come of age with a film that isn’t entirely about riding (but there’s a lot of that, too)
On the other side of the glossy sport are skilled craftsmen who keep the boats afloat. We visited one crowded workshop in the village of Greenport, New York, to see where the magic happens.
The alpine ski racer filed a lawsuit against the gear company on Monday
Artist Sara Sandoval and Professional Kayaker Rafa Ortiz linked up in White Salmon to commemorate Rafa's descent of Niagara Falls.
The second edition has more amenities than the original, but is still light enough to tow behind a Subaru
Raising a courageous, independent child means being a courageous, independently minded parent
With over 7,000 meters of climbing, the heat and gradient make this mountain bike race incredibly challenging
When I arrived, I realized there are two major stories unfolding here on the windswept prairie of North Dakota. One of them, the one that has drawn the most media attention, plays out in rallies and hashtags, Facebook Live streams, and confrontations with pipeline security workers. The other is more difficult to see unless you visit the camp itself, where old friends and long estranged tribes have reunited, and people share songs, prayers, and stories as they articulate a future in which tribal lands are no longer national sacrifice zones and the zero-sum logic of industry is not taken for granted.
Track’s most outspoken runner sets his sights on the mountains
The new Watch is a more sophisticated fitness tracker than its predecessor, with GPS, waterproofing, and a sleek, fast operating system
Adrian Ballinger and Emily Harrington plan to climb the world’s sixth tallest mountain in record time. If they're successful, it could launch a whole new type of commercial mountaineering.
Six tricks for better off-the-grid travel
Keep your bikes organized and safe
Watch as they share some tips on the best way to disassemble and box your bike up for shipping
As anyone who's been to B.C. can attest, it's a rugged, wild place, and having the right vehicle makes exploring the backcountry that much easier.
Attaching a rope with handlebar to a powerful drone, they invented the new unofficial sport of #DroneSurfing.
Filmmaker Karim Iliya spent more than a year and a half shooting drone footage in fourteen different countries to assemble this film, and the results are astounding.
Monumental: Skiing Our National Parks is a new film that honors the history of skiing within some of America's most treasured places
The Reel Rock Film Tour is celebrating its 11th year in 2016, and with this lineup, it's a year for the ages.
Wally Hesseltine's goal: to become the oldest finisher of the Western States 100 in history.
It's to be the best small, lightweight camera you can get for the money, ideal for shooting outdoor adventures when you don’t want to lug around pounds of heavy equipment.
Last Sunday, the top four men at the Paralympic 1,500-meter race finished faster than anyone in the Rio Olympics. This has made headlines, but news outlets are missing a crucial point.
Life in the slow lane, with a first-generation Land Rover Discovery
The founder of women’s climbing community Flash Foxy on the problem sexism in climbing gyms
For his latest timelapse project, filmmaker Mike Zorger wanted to find a spot East Coast with Western-like light pollution, despite major metropolitan areas and condensed population
This video gives an inside look at what it's like to spend a weekend camping out a Wayfarer van
Meeting up with your friends for a post-run drink could do a lot more good than you realize
A new generation of natural protein powders build muscle and aid recovery the clean way
Seaweed farmers want Americans to eat the "kale of the sea" in more than just sushi, and there's good reason to take their advice
Two Swedish librarians traded the stacks for kayaks to become sustainable harvesters, lead seaweed safaris, and sell their fare to Sweden's fine-dining restaurants
Luckily for you, these involve no slot machines—only glassy waters for paddling and natural playgrounds for climbing
Gracie has two jobs: To keep animals a safe distance away from visitors, and to teach visitors how to interact with animals.
The best upgrade you can make on your rig? A new set of hoops. Presenting our favorites for road and mountain.
We've long loved Land Cruisers. This new model is supremely capable—for an eye-watering high price.
Belgian backpacker Louis-Philippe Loncke has taken down Death Valley and just abandoned his attempt to thru-hike Australia’s Simpson Desert. But he’s not done yet.
The books, movies, music, podcasts, and other happenings on our radar
Deploying genetically modified mosquitoes to stop the spread of Zika is just the tip of the iceberg. Scientists are cooking up all kinds of DNA changes to insects and animals that could benefit humanity.
Growing up in the mountains of Crested Butte, Colorado Emma Coburn grew up loving to run.
On a bikepacking journey from Beijing to Istanbul, intrepid cyclists traverse the Pamir Highway in Tajikistan.
Tucked into the forests of Aachen, Germany lies a little spot very familiar to local rider Jan Kloke.
The Mongolia Bike Challenge may be the most demanding mountain-bike race on earth. Started in 2010 as a ten-day event with multiple stage lengths in excess of 100 miles, the route takes riders through remote and mountainous terrain teeming with wild horses and with little in the way of course marshals—it’s each racer’s responsibility to carry a GPS tracking device.
In some states, individuals who start forest fires, even accidentally, are facing multimillion-dollar fines
This video is part of a series from Moxy International called Where the Wind Blows that profiles female kiteboarders.