Featured Stories: Starving for Success: Eating Disorders in Athletes

It begins so subtly: a casual comment from a coach about how an athlete’s performance will improve if she loses weight, or a simple observation at a road race that most of the top finishers seem to have no body fat. The seed gets planted, and an athlete becomes convinced that the way to success is through calorie restriction and weight loss. The reality is that inadequate nutrition produces an athlete who is weak and fatigued at best; worst-case scenarios involve chronic injuries, bone loss, organ failure, and in the most severe cases, death.

Featured Stories: Kick, Glide, Jib, Huck: Cross Country Skiing in the South

Cross-country skiing is not just for flatland touring. Today’s cross is a whole new sport, where anything on skinny skis is possible and the whole world is a terrain park.

Featured Stories: Drop and Give Me 20: Welcome to the World of Boot Camp Fitness

It's 6:45am, and on their second run of the morning, a rookie cadet from Sergeant Patrick Avon's athletic boot camp just puked in a neighborhood lawn. Do you have what it takes to endure an athletic boot camp?

Featured Stories: Southern National Parks in Peril: An Interview with Thomas Kiernan

National parks in the Southeast are dying: smothered by air pollution, starved for funds, and loved to death by tourists. Meet the man with the plan to save them.

Featured Stories: Real Women Have Tattoos and Other Symptoms of Outdoor Town Syndrome

Symptoms include continually searching for the coolest, most outdoorsy burg in the country—and eventually convincing yourself you’re a better person because you live there.

Featured Stories: Ask the Experts: How Can I Run Faster?

Featured Stories: Trail Mix: One Day Winter Workouts

Tired of spinning your wheels indoors? Get out of the gym and onto the trail for a mix of multisport training.