If you’ve been on social media recently then chances are you’ve seen more than a few images of Banff National Park. And for good reason: It’s gorgeous, wild, and scenic. We love Lake Louise and its milky blue waters just as much as everyone else, but do yourself a favor and skip the traffic jam and the tourists and get a little more off the grid with these five awesome trail runs....
The post-workout high is a real, tangible feeling you know is worth sweating for—but lagging pre-workout motivation is powerful, too. Succumb to it and bailing on the gym can become a bad habit. So how do you get your butt out the door even on those freezing-cold, dark-at-4-p.m., no-time-for-fitness days? We consulted exercise physiologists for their go-to suggestions to keep exercise in the cards—no matter the excuse of the day (or hour)....
Joel Kinnaman, the star of Hanna, The Informer, and Altered Carbon, covers our July/August issue, sporting a textured, side-swept hairstyle. It’s a cut to consider snagging for yourself, since it wears well in both professional and casual settings. How to Get Kyle Chandler’s Textured Hairstyle Read article If you’re curious how it might look on you, consider the advice of Alexia Saras, regional barber manager at Fellow Barber in New York City....
Message in the sand. Courtesy of Mike Gill’s Van Island 2017 Facebook page. Image Courtesy of 1792 Bourbon Only a day apart — on June 9 and 10 — two paddlers launched separate attempts to best a hallowed benchmark in sea kayak speed: the self-supported circumnavigation of Vancouver Island. Nicholas Cryder and then Mike Gill set out, respectively, to improve on the record time of 12 days 23 hours and 45 minutes set in June 2014 by Victoria, B....
Have you ever tried to rock a suit jacket with sweats? It’s the ultimate in dressed-up casual. We’ve seen some guys who can pull it off—but more often than not, the attempt ends up a shambled mess. The looks just don’t naturally mesh. But here’s a good-looking sport coat we found at Saks that’s got just the right amount of laid-back suaveness to make it happen. And right now it’s on sale at nearly two-thirds off its regular price....
Few things symbolize the American summer like firing up the grill. And while I’ll always have my trusty Weber kettle to smoke barbecue, my hamburger heart now belongs to another. Stand in line at 5 Guys or Shake Shack and you won’t see cooks working over a grill. Nope. Those burgers, which are worth every red cent they charge you (in my opinion), are cooked on a big slab of metal....
Christian Bale is Hollywood’s ultimate chameleon—especially when it comes to his physique. The Academy Award-winning actor has put himself through all types of body transformations over the years, going from skinny (The Machinist), to fat (American Hustle), to superhero jacked (The Dark Knight trilogy). Christian Bale Undergoes Unrecognizable Body Transformation to Play Dick Cheney … Read article But none of his previous transformations were quite like the one he did for Vice, the Adam McKay-directed biopic of former Vice President Dick Cheney....
Wilderness Canoe guru Cliff Jacobson outlines camping secrets during his 2017 Canoecopia presentation. Jacobson is a science educator, life-long canoeist, and ACA Paddlesports Hall of Fame inductee. Essential camping skills for canoeists: Three essential knots everyone should know: Watch more from Canoecopia 2017: —Best of Canoecopia 2017 The article was originally published on Canoe & Kayak For access to exclusive gear videos, celebrity interviews, and more, subscribe on YouTube! More News...
An adorable polar bear cub exploring its new world became the favorite polar bear encounter for a tourist from Washington on a 12-day Arctic trip to the North Pole. Lauren Farmer, 34, was among those on the Poseidon Expeditions tour that witnessed the loveable polar bear cub checking out the melt ponds on the Franz Josef Archipelago. “The cub was so curious about melt ponds, which are puddles of water [on the ice] and is how the Arctic melts during summer,” Farmer told Caters News, as reported by the Daily Mail....
Late-night infomercials make you think that losing fat is either super-easy or way too hard. One guru says you can tighten your abs in just minutes a day, while another orders you to run till you puke. Here’s the truth: It’s not easy, but it also isn’t torture. Dieting can’t be misery—when it is, people don’t stick with it, and then they fail. You don’t need the resolve of a Shaolin monk to see your abs, nor do you need to deprive yourself to keep them....
A disturbing photo entitled “Hell is Here” shows a mother elephant and its calf getting firebombed by a mob in a clear illustration of the escalating conflict between elephants and humans in India. The photo captured by Biplab Hazra in the Bankura district of West Begal earned him the Wildlife Photographer of the Year in the 2017 Sanctuary Wildlife Photography Awards, as reported by The Guardian. “All the judges were extremely saddened [and] in tears when we first saw this image,” Parvish Pandya wrote on the Sanctuary Asia Facebook post....
For over three decades, an invite-only crew of sea kayakers have gathered each autumn on Canadian shore of Lake Superior to embrace the ficklest weather of the Midwest. That means oceanic waves and glass-calm, summer-like sunshine and highway-closing snow. It’s the time of year that anything goes. (Related photo gallery — Gatherings: Gales of November Rendezvous) The main advantage of camping at this time of year are the lack of crowds....
If you completed phase IV of our 6-month multi-stage cycling training program—designed to prep cyclists for the Nedbank Tour de Tuli, a four-day, ~200-mile mountain bike excursion through Botswana, Zimbabwe, and South Africa—get ready for phase V. (In case you need it, here’s phase I, phase II and phase III, and phase IV.) “Moving into Training Cycle V of VI, the aim is to maintain the fitness you’ve already gained,” says program designer Ryan Hodierne, a sports scientist and biomechanist with the Sports Science Centre at Singapore Sports Institute, and member of the High Performance Advisory Committee to the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee....
A group of Japanese scientists, researchers and engineers have created a humanoid robot with a correct musculoskeletal body named Kengoro. The robot’s size and actual mass match that of a human being. While humanoid robots aren’t exactly new, Kengoro has an interesting quirk: sweating. A Bionic Arm That Pushes the Boundaries of Imagination Read article The University of Tokyo team behind Kengoro published their results in Science Robotics—along with a rationale for the sweat....
WWE superstar, actor, boy band heartthrob? It seems John Cena has added another line to his resume with a pair of new commercials for SKYY vodka’s “Proudly American” campaign. In the first of the two, he stars alongside two clones of himself in a very Backstreet Boys-esque music video, and if you had strong opinions about his haircut earlier this fall, you’re going to really explode over his look in this video....
In order to view the video, please allow Manage Cookies There’s not a lot that beats a fresh cup of Joe after waking up in the wild. Something about the way the fresh air mixes with the aroma of coffee beans casts an intoxicating spell upon the bleary-eyed camper. If you’ve been looking for the perfect way to brew in the backcountry, on your next car camping trip, or anywhere in betwen, we’ve got you covered....
The NBA season is pushing towards Thanksgiving, and the standings are starting to take shape with contenders and pretenders. Basketball Is Back: The Minimally Informed Man’s Guide to the 2018-19 NBA Season Read article The Golden State Warriors have continued to be the best team in the Western Conference, but they have the Portland Trail Blazers and Denver Nuggets right on their heels. In the Eastern Conference, the Toronto Raptors have gotten off to a record start, while the Milwaukee Bucks have nearly kept pace behind the MVP-level play of Giannis Antetokounmpo....
True crime fans will have a new murder mystery to scrutinize this month, as we approach the 10-year anniversary of Stacy Peterson’s disappearance. For those who don’t remember the infamous case, her husband, police sergeant Drew Peterson, was later found guilty of murder. Stacy’s murder wasn’t the first time Drew was suspected of foul play. His third wife, Kathleen Savio, was found dead in a dry bathtub three years prior to his fourth wife’s disappearance....
In the dog days of summer, sweat happens. A lot. From July through about September, most of us (especially in the South and on the East Coast) walk around wet and sticky all day long—there’s just no avoiding it. We wipe the sweat away with a bandanna. We duck into storefronts just to feel a moment’s worth of air conditioning. Some of us even hit the gym on our lunch hour, if only to take a shower....
When going out on a SUP adventure, we always urge folks to use the buddy system. It’s not only much safer if you run into trouble, but having some camaraderie is just more fun. However, there’s an allure to exploring a waterway by yourself. Immersing yourself in nature’s beauty in a solitary setting is a powerful experience. Paddler Thomas Oschwald can relate to this. He recently spent three weeks paddling, camping and experiencing the breathtaking waterways in Finland all by his lonesome....
