The fact that I keep snagging PRs, even more than two decades after I started running, isn’t a brag. It’s just a fact, and on some days, a pleasant surprise. I like to think I’ve learned a few things ...

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 ...

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, ...

It’s easy to say you want to fulfill a major fitness goal, but it’s another thing to actually follow through. A run/walk program can help you bridge the gap between your potential to meet that ...

It is that time of year when fitness resolutions are made, routines drawn up, and people take on demanding challenges to push body and mind beyond familiar limits. Motivations vary, from improving ...

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 ...