Athletes
ArchiveForest Woodward has an enviable travel schedule. In the last year, the climber, surfer, and pro photographer has visited half a dozen countries, including Spain and Peru, and about 20 states in the U.S. Here are a few of the best shots he's taken over the past year. Don't be too jealous: Woodward's images have a way of bringing you along for the ride.
We're siding with the functional fitness junkies on this one. CrossFit and ultrarunning are far from disturbing, ridiculously extreme—or worth writing off.
The world's top skiers and snowboarders share their favorite mountain accessories.
Will leaping fiery hay bales amount to nothing more than an adrenaline-fueled fad? Or could it one day become an Olympic sport? That all depends on what comes next.
The goofiest gear that's now unobjectionable, even totally useful
The marathoner runs on routine—and strawberry cheesecake.
Long shunned by endurance athletes looking to stay lean, the enemy is having a moment
The Olympian is a beer-drinking, book-writing, and record-setting outdoorsman who can run a half-mile faster than you can read the first page of his new book.
Over the last week, five top mountain athletes died in three separate incidents in the Himalayas and Andes. Here, we’ve gathered remembrances from people who knew them best.
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.
Too much competition too soon is bad for your kids and your family
As patients jettison insurance plans for concierge care, some are looking to optimize their fitness level along with their health.
Tired of seeing great footage of female skiers left on the cutting room floor? So was Lynsey Dyer, which is why her new film is dedicated to girls who rip—and inspiring more to do the same.
Numbers. Rankings. Results. The data-driven mindset is preventing us from enjoying the outdoors.
The 33-year-old triathlete is American's best hope to reclaim Ironman Kona.
For one 41-year-old Australian triathlon champion, retiring just meant taking a break.
GoPro hopes its summer IPO can turn a single-product company into a media superpower. Sound familiar?
Kai Lightner of Fayetteville, North Carolina, is making himself known in pro competitions and confidently tackling some of the toughest routes out there. It's even more impressive when you consider that he's only a high school sophomore.
We polled an all-star team of experts and adventurers to put together our new rules of travel—all the airfare tips and digital tricks that make getting out there easier than ever.
The "retired" German may just spark an arms race—and that's great for cycling.
The viral video clip that supposedly proves that Ryder Hesjedal’s bike has a motor is completely ridiculous.
After his loss to 20-year-old Brazilian phenom Gabriel Medina in historic conditions at the Billabong Pro Tahiti, the 11-time world champion will want an even dozen more than ever.
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.
Last year in Nazaré, Portugal, the Brazilian surfer nearly drowned while trying to ride the biggest wave ever surfed by a woman. Most of the alpha males who dominate the sport say Gabeira doesn't belong in their ranks, but nothing will stop her from going back in.
With a series of impressive 100-mile wins under his belt and perhaps the most fitting name ever bestowed upon a shoe-salesman-slash-ultrarunner, Mike Foote seems to be doing everything right.
Jens Voigt, 42, is hanging up his bike after 33 years of racing. One of cycling’s most feared and respected riders, the German spoke with us about the most memorable moments in his career, the importance of attacking, and rice and pasta for breakfast.
A ride through the USA Pro Cycling Challenge with 2012 champ Christian Vande Velde
7 hot tips from the show’s ultimate competitor, Kacy Catanzaro
Some people might be built for speed and others for distance, but everyone benefits from running faster. This is how you do it.
Swiss explorer Mike Horn looks to grind out a big first—again.
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.
Yosemite Valley, the birthplace of rebel climber culture is supposed to be all cleaned up and mellowed out. But as a new film shows, the outlaw spirit is alive and well.
Don't listen to the headlines—you need more than seven hours of sleep to play hard.
The most common, performance-defeating nutrition mistakes—and how to fix them
Henry Hawk is 77 and still obsessed with fitness. But lately he's also been focusing on a new passion project: Helping spinal injury patients move again.
To create the next wave of super-athletes, Red Bull has turned to a novel new treatment: trickling a small electric current through the brain's motor cortex. Just don't call it electroshock therapy.
You'll never get close to the ultrarunner's 90-plus podium finishes, but his rules will help you run your best race.
In The Art of Competition, Ironman-turned-author Mark Allen gives insight into the thoughts that helped him race his fastest while living to the fullest.
Plus, celebrate the 30th anniversary of the marathoner's Olympic win by making her favorite oatmeal cookie recipe
Cycling isn't always spectator-friendly. But the UCI's decision to allow on-the-bike cameras at the Tour de France might just change how you view the sport.
Two brothers and a sister—whose parents are endurance athletes—attempted to swim the English Channel together this month. Does the family factor add any advantage?
Welcome to Alex Honnold's van. The American rock climber may be best known for his free solo ascents of killer walls, but we think his badass mobile home also deserves some attention.
Surf icon Dave Kalama is still winning a year shy of his 50th birthday. But he has new competition: Kai Lenny, the 21-year-old rising star. What happens when the prodigy faces the man who taught him almost everything he knows about paddleboarding?
The "eight-percent rule" ignores the power exercise has to counter time spent on your butt.
Hardrock veteran Kirk Apt has logged 2,010 miles and 680,000 feet of vertical ascent through the San Juan Mountains since 2000. Here's how.
Serious careers? Check. Committed to their families? Check. Able to beat the pros at their own game? You know it. Five hard-charging desk jocks who manage to do it all share the secrets of their success.
Top shoe brands are racing to enter the super-cushioned fray. We review 2014’s corpulent shoe crop.
11 questions you’re too embarrassed to ask about cycling’s most famous race.
On the other side of a distinguished career and a very public doping fiasco, America’s best cyclist not named Lance Armstrong can’t stop riding. But where is his generation of tainted racers heading?
First Chris Froome, now Alberto Contador. With the two favorites out of the Tour de France due to crashes, the race looks like it will go to the last man standing.
Defending champ Chris Froome crashes out of the Tour de France, while many top GC favorites flounder.
To win this year’s Tour Divide, Jefe Branham rode 170 miles a day, slept an average of four hours a night, and endured both unrelenting snow and 100-degree heat for 16 days straight. What you can learn from his time in the pain cave.
New research suggests that the best-looking cyclists are also the best-performing cyclists. So what does that say about who will win this year’s Tour?
Taking your kids to an ultramarathon can be a distraction from the aches and pains of running long distances
The world's first smart soccer ball will fan your World Cup fever—and make you want to get back out on the pitch.
We know— it’s hard to pass up the breadbasket, especially if you know you’re going to burn off all those empty calories. And while athletes need carbs—and have a bit more leeway in the unhealthy foods department—it’s prudent not to make white bread a regular staple in…
Studies and experts suggest that nasal strips like Breathe Right don’t improve athletic performance in adults in any measure—no improved VO2 max, ventilation, maximal work rate, lactate threshold, or lowered ratings of perceived exertion. And it appears the same goes for horses. “Equine nasal…
Much as we hate to say it, the downhill champ’s run on a bare rim is testament to just how good gear is getting.
Kai Lenny is a 21-year-old hailing from Paia, Hawaii who also happens to be the breakout star of the SUP world, having paddled his way to six world titles.
Landing easy money to pay for adventure is a thing of the past. Now athletes must perfect the art of low-cost, high-risk expeditions to access the world’s remotest corners, and young mountaineer Ed Farrelly is leading the charge.
Climbers typically have little understanding of basic training principles. And changing that will unleash a whole new breed of alpine expert.
The multisport athlete wins at the GoPro Mountain Games for the eighth consecutive year
Why Clint Dempsey is the perfect player to shoulder Team USA's daunting World Cup campaign
The UCI’s ruling on the hour record signals that the organization is ready to move into the future. And it also raises a titillating question: who would win—Cancellara or Merckx?
In an age of whiz-bang techno-training, it’s way too easy to lose track of what made us fit in the first place: quality movement, good food, and high-intensity common sense.
After 16,000 miles of wear testing by runners around the country—including Farah—Nike's Air Pegasus 31 debuts this weekend.
A new report details the factors behind our surprising speedskating failure in this year's Olympics—and any athlete can learn from its findings.
According to AVP Pro and Olympian April Ross
In his new memoir, George Hincapie delves into the past, examining his relationship with Lance Armstrong and his own choice to take performance-enhancing drugs. In an extended interview, he explains why he still has hope for cycling.
He's not one to take up the spotlight, but the Team Garmin-Sharp rider turns heads anyway.
‘Tis the season for car camping and barbequing, which means grilled burgers, sunny days, and (hopefully) cold beer. But to keep your beverage of choice chilled, you’ll need a cooler that can withstand the heat. We reviewed four mini coolers—each 10 liters or smaller and each packed with a six-pack—to…
Athletes keep breaking records, but improved fitness is only part of the equation. So before we start congratulating ourselves, let’s take a look at the tech that’s made us faster—and the next records our gear will allow us to break.
“I was the first athlete to intentionally move here to train.”
For years, I used to test how far I could go on day trips without eating. I don’t know if it was some unexplainable machismo or just laziness, but that mindset changed about six months ago. I’d gone on a four-hour run with an empty stomach and no food in…