Do you ever have one of those days where you just don't feel like doing whatever it is that you're supposed to be doing? Like you really do not feel like working out, eating a healthy dinner, or going grocery shopping (or, if you are me � a day when you didn't feel like writing your fitness column). These are my top five pieces of inspiration and motivation for when I'm feeling a little (or a lot) lazy:

Steven Leibowitz is trying to run as fast as he can, but the trail is muddy and tree roots are hiding under the soil, slowing him down. Now there's a stream blocking his path, with no way to cross, save a few widely spaced rocks. But Leibowitz can't give up. He has to keep running.

Womens Health has five so-called "healthy" foods that can actually make you eat more.

It's that time of the year when you want to do a little spring rafting or kayaking but you want to make sure you don't freeze your fingers.

Depending on your fitness goal, there are some common mistakes that could be stalling your progress. Whether you're doing cardio to drop weight, lose body fat, train for a race, or decrease stress, Women's Health will show you the four common mistakes and how to fix them fast, getting maximum results.

According to the Pew Research Center, nearly half of all American adults have smartphones. And for many of those users, their phone is everything: a personal planner, a photo album, a music library and a GPS, among many others. Why not let it manage your health too?

The gray wolf occasionally glanced back at the brown bus following it on the road in Denali National Park and Preserve.

My 10-year-old is similar to a lot of boys his age: Getting him out of bed most weekdays would be more easily accomplished with a cattle prod.

Here's what most people don't know: if you want to look like an athlete this summer, you have to work out like one.

It was just minutes into the well-planned journey that Rick Coats started to freak out.

Jeff Ripple's 2004 book, "Day Paddling Florida's 10,000 Islands and Big Cypress Swamp," doesn't have much good to say about paddling the Fakahatchee River.

There was plenty of cool, new diving and spearfishing gear at The Blue Wild Ocean Adventure Expo last month, but two of the most essential pieces of equipment for divers are a flashlight and a mirror.

You're two weeks into your diet and you're inhaling a large pizza for one. You've missed your last three workouts. Hey, a person's only got so much willpower.

Now's the time of year to hit the gym harder. Weather is unpredictable. It's the transition season between winter and summer sports. If you're busy, these two exercises give the biggest bang for your buck.

Mike Burke, 43, has cystic fibrosis and has lived as if he didn't have long to live.

Your extreme fatigue might be coming from one of these energy suckers. Women's Health has some helpful suggestions to start feeling more awake today.

I've seen a lot of folks using trekking poles for walking downtown when conditions are icy.

There is still snow in the mountains, but that doesn't mean you can't go camping.

There's really no such thing as a bad year for wildflowers.

They came to ride and reconnect, and easily mixed with the dozens of volunteers who helped coordinate the inaugural Disabled Veterans Snowmobile Ride.

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