December 22, 2025

Mount Everest Is the Deadliest Climb on Earth: Every Fatal Section Explained

Mount Everest is the “Mount Everest” of mountains. While it’s not the most technically difficult, it’s pretty much the end-all-be-all of mountains. Echoes of Enigma, a YouTube channel dedicated to exploring the world’s most dangerous and mysterious mountains from the comfort of your home, broke down the full route from Base Camp to...

December 18, 2025

Outdoor Alliance: In a time of major threats, outdoor community is standing strong for public land and water

Washington, D.C. (December 18, 2025) /OUTDOOR SPORTSWIRE/ - Large-scale threats to conservation and outdoor recreation use of public lands and waters over the last year played a major role in galvanizing the public to have a bigger voice than ever before around publicly shared resources on conservation and public lands issues,...

December 9, 2025

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Leave No Trace Education Produces Measurable Results at Arizona’s Oak Creek

December 9, 2025 /OUTDOOR SPORTSWIRE/ - Running through Sedona, scenic Oak Creek offers swimming, fishing, hiking, camping, and other recreation opportunities for millions of Arizonians and visitors. In recent years, Oak Creek's water quality deteriorated, exceeding water safety standards for Escherichia coliform (E. coli) and threatening the area's natural attributes....

December 8, 2025

Air Pollution Undermines Health Benefits Of Exercise, Evidence Says

Air pollution can undermine some of the health benefits active folks expect to derive from regular exercise, a new study says. The protective effect exercise should have on people’s risk of death was cut by half among those living in areas with heavy air pollution, researchers reported recently in the journal BMC...

December 2, 2025

Strava Releases 12th Annual Year in Sport Trend Report, Revealing That Doomscrolling Is Out, Movement Is In

Strava, the app for active people with over 180 million users across more than 185 countries, today released its 12th annual Year In Sport: Trend Report, revealing a fundamental shift in how younger generations are choosing to connect: they're logging off and lacing up. Running and racing boomed in 2025. Gen...

November 17, 2025

Protein Powder Is Under Fire. Experts & Brands React to What It All Means

The protein boom is as strong as ever, but recent news created some doubt as protein powder came under fire in the wake of an explosive Consumer Reports expose. The report, which included results from testing 23 different protein powders and shakes, offered a look into heavy metal contamination across these...

October 23, 2025

Exercise fights depression caused by poor diet, even without dietary changes

Scientists at University College Cork have discovered that voluntary exercise creates powerful metabolic changes that offset the negative behavioral effects of consuming high-fat, high-sugar diets, offering hope for those struggling to improve both their eating habits and mental wellbeing. NATURAL NEWS

October 23, 2025

How Far Is Too Far for Ultra-Endurance Athletes? This Study of Metabolism Found Out

Ultra-endurance athletes can push their bodies to the limits, whether on a racecourse or bike path or in a swimming pool. But where does that limit end? To find out, a group of ultramarathoners, cyclists and triathletes joined anthropologists to test the limits of human energy expenditure, burning thousands of...

October 21, 2025

Study: Outdoor Gear Brings Microplastics to Backcountry

From backpacks and apparel to shoes and trekking poles — lots of outdoor gear has become lighter and more durable in recent years. But those advancements are often the result of synthetic materials, which can break down into microplastics that impact the health of both humans and the environment. New research suggests...

October 21, 2025

Recent Study Says Strength Training May Prevent Neural Decline, Supporting Longevity

Resistance training has long been known to preserve muscle and even help restore nerve function after injury, but whether it can speed up nerve conduction in healthy adults has never been tested—until now. Outside