Review: Hardware and Software, November 1996 Dynabee Hand and Arm Exerciser By Bob Howells A 4,000-pound nautilus machine will work the big muscle groups, but if it’s your forearms and hands you want to strengthen, there’s a piece of equipment that’s considerably more portable. Weighing in at…

Outside spends a lot of time ranking the best mountain towns in the country, but which one is the worst?

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1. Most shoes are either racers or trainers. The lightweight SpeedCross 2 manages to be both: Shock-absorbing rubber outsole lugs compensate for the minimal midsole cushioning. And because it’s soft-flexing, with a low-to-the-ground profile, it “hugs” all types of terrain. 2. Salomon designers took inspiration from the legendary grip of…

Outside magazine, December 1995 Will the Real Adults Please Stand Up? By Todd Balf and Paul Kvinta On the drama meter, it didn’t rank with Tommy Smith and John Carlos raising Black Power fists at the 1968 Olympic Games. But Anne-Caroline Chausson’s bit of podium rebellion at…

If you need inspiration or the right instructions to raise your cooking game, these books have you covered

I understand that it’s important to be a good neighbor, but I just want to relax when I get home from my physical outdoor job. How obligated am I to help others?

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Brace yourself for a slosh. Wolfgang Petersen, master of the seafaring-disaster epic, is back in the water with Poseidon, a big-budget update of The Poseidon Adventure, the 1972 camp classic. From Das Boot, a claustrophobic chronicle of life on a World War II German U-boat, to The Perfect Storm, the…