Fitness & Nutrition

What you need to do and eat to get in peak shape If your New Year's resolution included bagging a mountain summit, congratulations and good choice! The trip is probably months away, but get busy now to increase your odds of...

You may be very active in the outdoors, but if you don’t have strong core muscles—the ones that stabilize your spine and basically provide the foundation for your entire body—you can’t move as efficiently and you’re more likely to get...

5 Technique Tips • Lift ‘em up — to avoid tripping, practice lifting your feet higher than you would on a treadmill or pavement. • Variety is key — vary your runs by alternating longer, flatter trails with shorter, technical trails. • Gear...

While getting in shape is often part of one's New Year's resolution—which was suppose to take place, uh, eight months ago—we know how difficult it can be to get started. In fact, knowing where to start is often the hardest...

Hoping to get active in a new and different way? Good news: Some exciting fitness trends have emerged and are taking the world of outdoor adventure by storm. We’ve picked out the top five for you to try out first:1.

Runkeeper (Free) This free app is one of the most popular running apps out there—and there’s a lot out there. This feature-rich app will track your runs, jogs, and even cycling if you feel like switching it up. The tracking...

Many believe that Hawaiian Duke Kahanamoku, who is also credited with popularizing the sport of surfing, developed something that relates closest to what we know today as stand up paddleboarding or SUP. However, according to Rob Casey’s Stand Up Paddling:...

Try these cheap alternatives to pre-packaged dry foods Dehydrated camp meals have come a long way since the days of greenish egg powder and the chili that didn’t necessarily look like chili. But they can get expensive. So why not try...

Even if you’re only going out for an hour or two, packing a snack for your hike is always a great idea. Whether you get lost, take some breaks, or just take longer than you thought, you’ll need food to...

Choose and pack the right foods that will keep your energy up on the trail Energy bars can be a quick-fix when you’re lacking other foods, but they’re meant to provide enough calories and energy to professional athletes who train...

For distance runner Ray Zahab, it makes getting to the finish line that much easier If you were to ask Ray Zahab, Canada’s most celebrated ultra-distance runner, to run 100 kilometres for no particular purpose, he doesn’t think he could do...

How to train your arms, back, core and nervous system for mountain biking Get in a push-up position with your right hand on the floor and your left hand on top of the medicine ball. Dip into a push-up. Explode as...