Fitness

After leaving the concrete jungle of Tokyo, I was preparing to board a ninety minute speed boat ride back to the Thai mainland fro...

When training for any sport, you need to get your entire body in shape; however winter sports workouts focus primarily on the low...

Health and beauty have been topics of conversation since people were wandering through the proverbial Garden of Eden. Women’s...

Just before sitting down to pen this month’s column, I came down with a bad cold—from stomach pains and nausea to the eventual fe...

Going for Broke All medals are not made equal; some change lives. It was February, 2006, at the Torino Winter Olympics. Th...

As we move deeper into fall and the chill of winter draws near, the season’s first snowfall enters everyone’s mind. Ski and snowb...

Watching a performance by a world-class athlete, is your reaction, “Oh, I’d love to be able to do that,” or perhaps a “Yeah, mayb...

I was born in the deep snow country of Niigata. My father, a ski instructor, had big dreams for me as a skier, and his passio...

Sore shoulders and stiff or painful back problems are often caused by a tired and hardened neck. The long winter can create cold ...

Undoubtedly the most important fitness concept for Outdoor Japan readers is function; how your body responds to the demands o...

The definition of fitness is usually thought to lie somewhere among your body fat composition, muscle size/strength and cardio-re...

Back in June, more than 100,000 applicants vied for one of the 30,000 slots in the 2008 Tokyo Marathon, and the Feb. 17 event...