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Ski Exercises To Get You Ready For The Slopes
Fitness coach Jamie Lloyd offers expert advice on the best exercises to help you prepare for a trip to the slopes.
The World’s 10 Best Functional Exercises
10 incredible, valuable, time-tested functional exercises that will improve your movement patterns, body awareness and total-body power.
6 Stretches to Improve Fascia Elasticity
Improve your performance and prevent injury by focusing on these flexibility highways. In fitness, muscles tend to get all the glory. Not surprising, considering we’re visual creatures, and besides, a well-defined hamstring tie-in looks darn good. But if you want to...
The Benefits Of Walking: Nine Reasons To Pound The Pavement
Walk it off – the weight, that is… A recent survey found that one in five adults in the UK hadn’t walked continuously for more than 20 minutes in the past year. Pretty shocking when you consider walking is not only one of the easiest ways to get active, it’s by far...
The Ultimate Home Workout Plan
It can sometimes feel like the fitness industry is in a constant rush to find the next big thing – the new diet, workout class or item of training kit that will get amazing results. In the process, everyone ends up overlooking tried-and-tested tools that do an...
Demystifying Nordic Skiing
Could there be anything more peaceful than gliding along on your skis among towering pine trees with views of the Dillon Reservoir glistening in the sunlight and snow-capped mountains in the distance? While downhill skiing or snowboarding is all about getting from...
Why You Should Start Snowshoeing This Winter
It’s easy to fall in love with Grand Teton National Park. On my first visit a few summers ago, I’d been enchanted while hiking with my family among fluttering aspens to a clutch of small, backcountry lakes. We admired the great peaks—Nez Perce, Teewinot, and the Grand...
Help Avoid Runner’s Knee With These Exercises And Expert Advice
Strength and flexibility are your allies in the battle against this common running injury, and overtraining is your sworn enemy It doesn’t matter if you’re a new runner preparing for a big event like the London Marathon, or a regular pavement-pounder accustomed to...
Pro Tips for Cycling Training
As Tour season starts, pro cyclist Chris Opie explains how it’s done. Double up No time to do sprints and a long session? “I often build sprint intervals into four-hour rides to sharpen up for a race,” says Opie, who rides for the Canyon Eisberg team. “You can use a...
Try This Cycling Recovery Routine After Your Next Long Ride
Work through this series of exercises to relax your muscles after a day in the saddle. Every keen cyclist knows that they should commit some time to recovery work after a long ride, but it’s fair to say that most skimp in this area. It’s understandable – after a few...
What Is Running Power And How Can It Help You Improve?
Running with power requires a mental shift, but it can help you pace your training and race efforts to perfection. There are three traditional methods that runners use to pace their training sessions and races. The simplest of these is to run on feel, gauging your...
The 10 Most Gorgeous Solo Hikes
Because sometimes, you just want to get away from it all. Heading out on an adventure and knowing that you are solely in control of where you camp, when you stop, and what you eat can be a thrilling feeling. “Solitude is so rare in this day and age that it can be...
