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These simple strategies will lift your mood, get you outdoors, and help you spend more time doing what you love.
It's called the Cyclic Variations in Adaptive Conditioning machine, and it looks like a sci-fi egg from outer space. In theory it one-ups standard hypobaric chambers by giving users greater aerobic gains in a fraction of the time. Is CVAC crackpot pseudoscience? Or an important new discovery that could change the way you train?
What man's best friend can teach us about being content
Being in the zone. Zenning out. Whatever you call it, concentrating so deeply you don't even realize it is sublime.
Because no one podiums at noon or tags a summit at dusk without a proper first meal
The Ebola virus has devastated a tiny corner of West Africa, but the entire continent is feeling the fallout
This plus other recent sensationalist fitness headlines have made us wonder where all the sane people have gone.
Why even the healthiest athletes stock their carts with Lucky Charms and Ben & Jerry’s—and how to beat the junk-food craving once and for all.
Research continues to reinforce long-standing claims that tapping Canada’s tar sands will push global temperatures to scary heights
Climate change and the global demand for oil will persist whether or not Keystone is built
Putting pipelines through sensitive ecosystems has led to catastrophic oil leaks before. The threat from Keystone is no different.
Canada has the potential to lead the world in renewable energy—if only the government will listen
A hydrologist lays out why Great Plains groundwater is safe from possible leaks in the pipeline
After 6 years mired in political turmoil, the controversial pipeline proposal could be concluded this year.
As sensor technology improves and becomes more practical, so does the ability of coaches and athletes to collect—and react to—more nuanced data.
Twenty years after wolves were reintroduced in the Northern Rockies, many politicians would still love to see them eradicated, and hunters and ranchers are allowed to kill them by the hundreds. But the animals are not only surviving—they're expanding their range at a steady clip. For the people who live on the wild edges of wolf country, their presence can be magical and maddening at once.
In his relatively short career, Andy Mann has served as the senior photographer at Climbing Magazine and had his images appear in National Geographic and the New York Times. He cofounded Boulder-based 3 Strings Productions in 2010 and has a travel schedule that most pilots would envy. Lucky for us, we get to tag along for the ride courtesy of Instagram. We caught up with Mann for a few tips and to see what separates his shots from the rest.
Want to undo the damage of your desk job in 10 minutes? Crawl like a kid and start spinning like a Sufi monk.
With pro-marijuana legislation sweeping the nation, it's time to ask this very serious question.
Your bowl of oatmeal may get boring, but it’s the key to better meal choices throughout the day
Something about messing up has us tiptoeing around mistakes, but embarrassment can help us get ahead by making risk-taking seem a little less risky
Nothing in this world is certain, except death, taxes, and traffic on the morning commute
Sitting is the new smoking—but the cure isn’t just more standing
Cue: A sleep deficit, a Saturday morning. Reward: Fun dreams, self-awareness, less stress.
It’s not just for elite athlete. Training alone—in the right dose—will make you a faster and more resilient athlete.
Specializing in one sport will take you only so far. To really break through, you'll need to branch out.
Surprise! You'll lose weight and end up with less screen time.
Cue: Your iPod dock set up by the door. Reward: Serenity, more intuitive pacing.
Make those nebulous resolutions last by turning them into habits. The key? The right reward.
Take a random day off—it’ll work wonders for your happiness and health
From that time Lance Armstrong showed us how to fix a flat tire to an investigation into USA Swimming’s sex abuse scandal, we look back at the stories that defined the year.
More protein than beef. More omegas than salmon. Tons of calcium, antioxidants, and vitamin B. In their secret R&D lab, the scientists at Beyond Meat concocted a plant-protein-based performance burger that delivers the juicy flavor and texture of the real thing with none of the dietary and environmental downsides.
My heart feels like it skips a beat every once in a while, especially during exercise. Is this something I should get checked out?
Shane Davis is data-mining the oil and gas industry to win hearts, minds, and legislative battles
Advanced screening can reduce the likelihood of sudden cardiac arrest, the most common cause of death among athletes. So why is it so controversial?
It's time to dump the rankings and review the facts
This ergonomist has a mission: to design an office that's scientifically proven to boost your fitness, mental health, and productivity.
Like to BASE jump and eat chilies? The two may be connected.
The large canine wandering Arizona's Kaibab Plateau appears to be a gray wolf from Yellowstone. Which means its future is grim.
As investigators piece together the details, Douglas Messier—who witnessed the crash from the desert floor—reports on the warning signs that preceded the disaster, the already rampant finger-pointing, and the viability of space tourism.
SpaceShipTwo's accident poses a major setback to Richard Branson's interstellar vision—and the future of the $250 million taxpayer-funded New Mexico Spaceport.
As a species, we're living longer and having fewer children. And that's a fantastic development for amateur athletes—and society as a whole.
Don't shorten your routine just yet.
Improve your life in five minutes or less.
Health-and-fitness publications often takes liberties (gasp!) with scientific studies. Here's why you shouldn't believe everything you read—and how to separate the facts from the slough.
Long shunned by endurance athletes looking to stay lean, the enemy is having a moment
It's still possible to be what you wanted to be when you were a kid.
It may be the oldest emotion. Before happiness, before sorrow, before exhilaration, and way, way before the urge to climb mountains and bomb down steeps, there was fear. Now scientists are finding new ways to help us conquer our deepest anxieties—and use them to perform even better.
Five business icons share how they flipped the switch on their careers—and how you can follow in their footsteps.
It started with a salsa bowl, some cheap Australian sunglasses, and a little help from Kickstarter. Now, Sunski is making waves—and its founders are living the dream.
An eight-step plan for rebooting your career and finding a job that you love.
Suddenly, the headlines say breakfast is unnecessary. But everyone seems to have forgotten the most important nutrition rule: What works for the everyman doesn't always make sense for the athlete.
A look at the human factors that can blur judgment in the field.
Every year, more than 500 Americans will be struck by lightning—and roughly 90 percent of them will survive. Though they remain among the living, their minds and bodies will be instantly, fundamentally altered in ways that still leave scientists scratching their heads.
The case of Andrus Veerpalu, an Olympic gold medal winning Estonian cross country skier who was accused in 2011 of doping with human growth hormone, raises serious questions about WADA's credibility.
Rule One: Don't confine your training to the gym. Movement needs to be a lifestyle. Rule Two: Don't just move. You need a goal. And you need to train.
Sure, running five minutes a day will help you live longer, but it's not going to get you in shape—or even scrape the surface of your potential.
A star political blogger for Grist.org, David Roberts spent so much time posting and Tweeting and staring at screens that he almost went nuts. So he pulled the plug for a year, restarting his relationship with technology and actively seeking health, balance, and adventure in the real world. What he learned just might save you from meltdown.
Anxiety, depression, obesity—kids are increasingly becoming unhappy and unhealthy. But there is a pill-free solution: outdoor play.
Sometimes when I'm in the middle of a really hard workout, it tastes like I'm sucking on metal. Here's why.
Some people might be built for speed and others for distance, but everyone benefits from running faster. This is how you do it.
The hours are long, and the work can be dangerous. But animal care workers, the unsung heroes devoted to the health of mammals at SeaWorld and other marine parks, have unrivaled access to the animals—and the challenges of captivity. Here, three former employees go on the record about their experiences.
There’s a reason more and more amateur athletes are turning to professional trainers to retool their workouts: it’s the best way to improve performance.
No, don't stop using it. But you need to go beyond SPF and add more protection to your arsenal.
I thought that starchy foods aren't good for you—why do I keep reading about the health benefits of this certain type?
Most of us shower daily to stay clean. But from a scientific standpoint, our modern hygiene habits are overrated.
Ernest Moniz talks to Outside about radioactive waste, SuperTrucks, dazzling solar arrays, southwestern breakfasts, and a trout stream that has to remain top secret.
Don't listen to the headlines—you need more than seven hours of sleep to play hard.