
The Best Fitness Apps Worth Downloading for More Effective Workouts
Countless apps strive to help make you fitter, stronger and leaner than ever before. Here are our favorites.

Countless apps strive to help make you fitter, stronger and leaner than ever before. Here are our favorites.
By Peter Koch, Meg Lappe, Steve Mazzucchi, and Ben Emminger

Veteran pro cyclist Ted King recently swapped his warmer winter training grounds in California for the frigid hills of Vermont.
By Peter Koch

Aether MIPS, a new helmet from Giro, is more than a revolution in cycling. It's a revolution in safety.
By Peter Koch

In an industry driven by trends, is this one here to stay?
By Peter Koch

From incredible rambles through the heartland to national park tours, coastal cruises and breathless mountaintop finishes, these are the 25 best routes for road cycling in America.
By Peter Koch

Load up the car, head out to the woods, and enjoy nature — old-school style.
By Peter Koch

A survival guide to getting through the early stages of fatherhood in the best shape of your life.
By Peter Koch

Here’s the final word on what, and how much, you should eat when you exercise.
By Peter Koch


Put the beer on ice, nachos under the broiler and get out your “Contador is #1” foam finger.
By Peter Koch

Of all the sunscreen-smeared, piña colada-drowned Caribbean vacation destinations, Puerto Rico is easily the most underrated.
By Peter Koch

Some might have you believe that the best way to see New Zealand is dangling from the end of a bungee cord.
By Peter Koch

Toothy peaks, moss-draped rain forests, boiling mud pools, steep-walled fjords and outlandish animals?
By Peter Koch

Interested in hunting down the wildest, farthest-flung mountains in search of unexplored lines and fresh powder? Try Kyrgyzstan.
By Peter Koch

In the US, avalanches kill an average of 28 people each year.
By Peter Koch

Can’t tell a fad from the hard fitness truth?
By Peter Koch

Looking to ski during the day and do-si-do with vacationing snow bunnies at night? Jackson, Wyoming might be your kind of town.
By Peter Koch

Most professional skiers are known for skiing down insane lines on big mountains.
By Peter Koch

GP contributor Peter Koch wore the Outdoor Research Lucent Heated Gloves all winter long, skiing, shoveling snow, running, fat biking and walking in temps well below zero to see if they actually work.
By Peter Koch

On January 14, after 19 straight days of clinging to Yosemite’s El Capitan, climbers Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson successfully completed the first free ascent of the 5.14d Dawn Wall, widely considered the most difficult big wall rock climb in the world.
By Peter Koch