It has its roots in a Japanese Shinto practice called Misogi, which involves walking into an icy waterfall to cleanse the ...

By taking a measured approach, you can achieve higher-intensity run goals, build mental toughness, and improve overall run ...

Chances are you’ve heard of a SMART goal. The acronym SMART stands for specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time-related, and it’s been around since consultant and former corporate planning ...

Exercise of any kind is better with friends and it’s easier to achieve a fitness goal if you have someone by your side. In fact, people are more likely to stay committed to and excited about aerobic ...

Spontaneity is freeing, and we could all use more unstructured time in our over-scheduled lives—just maybe not in the gym. When it comes to your health and fitness, if you really want to see results, ...

The goal-striving reasons framework divides people’s reasons for goal pursuit along two dimensions: Internal/external and approach/avoidance. The four goal-striving reasons are (see Figure 1): To ...

This is the second part of our series on setting New Year’s goals for ambitious women with relational trauma histories. In Part 1, we explored how cultural pressures and old insecurities can turn ...

After 12 months of hard work in the pool, 2024 has finally come to a close. Whether it’s been a successful year or not, the end of the year often represents a time to reflect. Research from the ...