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Aug 7, 2025

Start Exploring Lower Michigan’s Vibrant Corner

　　While Michigan rightfully gets its share of outdoor attention, travelers looking for adventurous outings shouldn’t look past the top of The Mitten. There, in the northwest corner of Michigan’s lower peninsula, the Petoskey Area quietly harbors a surprising amount of outdoor activities linked by a handful of lively gateway communities: Petoskey, Harbor Springs, Boyne City, Boyne Falls, Alanson, Bay Harbor,...

Aug 7, 2025

Official Rules Outside Festival Partner Ticket Giveaway

　　Outside Festival Partner Ticket Giveaway Official Rules 　　Promotion Period: 5/5/2025 to 5/23/2025 　　NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. 　　1. ELIGIBILITY: The Outside Festival Partner Ticket Giveaway (the “Promotion”) is open only to residents of the fifty United States and the...

Aug 7, 2025

This App Wants You to Touch Grass—Literally

　　We should all be spending more time outside and offline—or, in contemporary terms, touching some grass. The slang phrase emerged (somewhat ironically) on social media in recent years as a means of letting someone know they need to unplug and reconnect with the real world. Now, there’s an app for that. 　　Studies show that time spent in nature can boost...

Aug 7, 2025

Extend Your Athleticspan. Here’s How.

　　The only problem with all the active pursuits you love? You know you can’t do them forever. But what if you could do them longer and maintain a higher level of performance now and for years to come? 　　Enter Eternal. The company is reimagining health care for people who care about staying active, bringing the kind of obsessive, athlete-focused attention...

Aug 7, 2025

12 Mindfulness Activities for When You Can’t Sit Still

　　The majority of mindfulness activities are calm and quiet. But sometimes, when you’re too angry, anxious, or stressed, sitting still is the last thing you want to do. 　　“When we’re in fight-or-flight mode, our nervous system wants to do something…it’s wired for movement,” says mindfulness teacher and author Rosie Acosta. Stomping your feet, screaming in the car, punching a pillow,...

Aug 7, 2025

Can You Get the Same Gains Without Lifting to Failure?

　　Failure is a big topic in the weight lifting world these days. When you’re doing an exercise, do you need to push each set to the point that you literally can’t complete one more rep? Old-school practical wisdom says yes. More recent scientific studies have suggested that training to failure isn’t necessary, and might actually be counterproductive because it takes...

Aug 7, 2025

A 7-Move Dynamic Stretching Routine to Loosen Your Upper Body

　　If your typical gym session warm-up begins and ends with a casual five-minute jog on the treadmill, you may be short-changing the impact of your workout. To enhance your performance and prepare your body for the movements ahead, add dynamic upper body stretching to your warm-up routine. 　　Dynamic Stretching Primes Your Muscles Before a Workout During dynamic stretching, you take...

Aug 7, 2025

Are Sweatpants the New Leggings? Two Editors Debate.

　　There are a nearly infinite number of battles on the Internet, but we at Outside get fired up over some more than others. The latest? The recent debate about whether sweatpants are poised to replace leggings, ye olde Millennial staple, as peak athleisure wear. 　　It’s a tale as old as time. The up-and-coming generation on whom the nation seems to...

Aug 7, 2025

Ultramarathron Runner Latoya Shauntay Snell’s Endometriosis-Friendly Salmon and Kale Salad Recipe

　　In the middle of training for two marathons and an ultramarathon in 2017, medical professionals diagnosed culinary arts professional turned long-distance runner, and body politics advocate Latoya Snell, with stage four rectovaginal endometriosis. In this stage of the condition, the endometrial lining grows in places it shouldn’t, such as the ovaries, fallopian tubes, bowels, bladder, and in the rarest cases,...

Aug 7, 2025

Protein-Dense Skewer Recipes to Try On Your Next Camping Adventure

　　With long weekends and warm weather rolling in, you’ll find me outdoors every chance I get. Honestly, I prefer glamping, but even that takes a little grit and planning. As the go-to foodie, I’m constantly tasked with prepping something hearty to energize myself and those Im with through any planned outdoor activity. Over the years, I’ve become a massive fan...

Aug 7, 2025

Is It Better to Eat Throughout the Day or Have a Few Big Meals?

　　Getting through a full workout is tough when you haven’t properly fueled up. If you find that you’re regularly struggling with energy levels, it’s fair to wonder if you’re eating at the right frequency for your needs. 　　Some swear by eating small, frequent meals throughout the day, while others say it’s better to stick with three meals that are more...

Aug 7, 2025

I Used Chat GPT to Meal Plan—Until a Nutritionist Set Me Straight

　　Up until now, I’ve resisted using ChatGPT, mainly because I’m terrified Ill love it too much and be even more addicted to my phone. Everyone around me swears by it, like my best friend who relies on it for healthy recipe ideas. She is among many using OpenAIs chatbot to plan weekly meals. You merely ask the bot to whip up a...

Aug 7, 2025

Living with a Pet May be Beneficial for Gut Health

　　All dog lovers know that those furry friends improve your quality of life. They cheer you up when you’re feeling down, keep you active, and help foster connections with your communities. But did you know that having a pup might also be good for your gut? 　　It’s hard to imagine, but research is showing that owning a pet could be...

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Why You Love Music Festivals, According to Science

　　Conjure for a moment the feeling of a perfect summer day. The trees are fully leafed out. The western sky is filled with changing light. Your friends and neighbors are gathering on the great green lawn of your town park, where communal tables await. A favorite band is playing while kids run around and their parents take a long moment...

Aug 7, 2025

When National Parks Laid Off Rangers, This Company Started Hiring

　　On February 14, 2025, the National Park Service fired around 1,000 probationary employees in conjunction with a White House effort to reduce the federal workforce. Although a spate of court orders eventually reversed many of the layoffs and reinstated probationary employees to their jobs, roughly five weeks elapsed between the initial firing and eventual rehiring mandate. Those intervening weeks were...

Aug 7, 2025

Op-Ed: Public Lands Are Under Attack. State Leaders Should Protect them.

　　From 2021 until 2024, while I was Secretary of the Interior, we worked to forge stability, create jobs in a clean energy economy, conserve more lands and waters for future generations, and secure clean air and water for communities in every corner of the country. 　　We treated everyone with dignity and respect—values that New Mexicans live by. Today, the work...

Aug 7, 2025

Is Conservation Only for the One Percent?

　　Dear Sundog, 　　I’m a biologist and land conservationist who has spent the last two decades working with farmers and ranchers to keep their land and way of life intact. I walk their property looking for habitats that might harbor rare plants and threatened wildlife. If the property meets certain ecological criteria, the owner can place the land under “conservation easement,”...

Aug 7, 2025

Musician Neal Francis Talks Sobriety, Meditation, and Creativity

　　Neal Francis makes the kind of music that feels both timeless and intensely personal. Weaving in his own hard-won perspective following addiction and upheaval, the singer, songwriter, and pianist draws on the grooves of New Orleans funk and 70s soul in a solo career that’s earned him a growing national audience and a much-anticipated recent album release, Return to Zero....