It may be a looming reunion, wedding, upcoming physical challenge or milestone birthday that motivates you to work toward getting in better shape. Possibly a health setback or challenge finds you at the receiving end of a doctor’s recommendation. No matter the motivation, the desire to Get in Shape can generate some life changing and rewarding alterations in you...

Do you need to fit in that bathing suit this summer? No matter the motivation, the desire to Get in Shape can generate some life changing and rewarding alterations in your behavior that begins with your mindset. Once the commitment has been made keep in perspective the reality that your current condition did not happen overnight; focus on the integral steps you will ...

The shortest triathlon competitions sanctioned by the International Triathlon Union and USA Triathlon, are referred to as a Sprint Distance Triathlon. This three part race combines a 750 meter swim, a 20 kilometer bike ride and a 5 kilometer run. These shorter distance triathlons take place throughout the world in many locations. Preparing for a Sprint Distance Triath...

Human swimming is the self propulsion of a person through water or other liquid, for survival, recreation, sport, exercise or other reason. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs, the body, or both. Humans are able to hold their breath underwater and undertake rudimentary locomotive swimming within weeks of birth, as an evolutionary response....

Tough Guy claims to be the world's most demanding one-day survival ordeal. First staged in 1987, the Tough Guy Challenge is held on a 600-acre (2.42 square km) farm in Perton, Staffordshire, near Wolverhampton, England, and is organised by Billy Wilson (using the pseudonym "Mr. Mouse"). It has been described as "the toughest race in the world", with up to one-third of...

A “Tough Mudder” is billed by the sponsors of these extreme sports undertakings as “Probably the Toughest Event on the Planet”. Courses are generally 10 to 12 miles of obstacles that challenge even the fittest athletes. The tracks include crawls through mud pits, leaps into icy plunges, smoky hay bale climbs, log carries, ropes courses and any ...