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When ChatGPT Becomes Your Dietitian • How useful is AI for sports nutrition advice? We asked the experts—and the AI itself.

Swimming, Running, Biking, and Chilling in MIAMI

Know Thy Threshold • Choosing your pace based on the physiological transition from easy to hard is more effective than calculations based on maximum heart rate, research shows.

Sweat, Plunge, Repeat • Nordic-style floating saunas are on the rise in the U.S.—and they’re just what your winter needs.

The Caveman Steak Revival • Forget the grill grates—drop your rib eye straight on the coals and discover why Eisenhower swore by this primal method.

Terroir in a Tumbler • America’s most devoted whiskey makers are planting their own crops—and reshaping bourbon from the ground up.

Rolling Dreams • Aboard Europe’s reborn night trains, a new generation is discovering that adventure can unfold between dusk and dawn.

The Oral History of the Snoafer • The half-sneaker, half-loafer has become the most controversial “performance” shoe of the year.

Winter Gear

OUTSIDERS of the YEAR • From record-breaking athletes to quiet heroes, these trailblazers reshaped how we think about adventure, risk, and resilience in 2025. Their stories remind us that the outdoors isn’t just where we play—it’s where culture shifts.

Lindsey Vonn Has Nothing Left to Prove • Six years after retirement—and freed from years of pain by a knee replacement—she’s back racing at 41, chasing Olympic glory in Cortina. Here’s how this Outsider of the Year is reclaiming what her legacy means beyond the podium.

TIME WELL SPENT • There’s no need to reinvent yourself this winter. When it comes to the health of your body and mind, small changes can cascade into big benefits. Here are eight tweaks that you’ll try once—and crave forever.

RETURN TO THE WILD • JOEL EDGERTON GREW UP ON THE EDGE OF AN AUSTRALIAN FOREST, SPENDING DAYS BUILDING IMAGINARY WORLDS AMONG THE TREES. NOW HE’S BRINGING TRAIN DREAMS, DENIS JOHNSON’S WILDERNESS EPIC, TO THE SCREEN—AND WONDERING WHAT WE’VE LOST IN OUR RACE AWAY FROM THE WILD.

Forty Years, Zero Kills • Four decades. Countless near-misses. Not a single animal down. Carl Cocchiarella might be the worst bow hunter in Colorado—or the best at understanding what hunting is really about.

PICABO STREET • Before Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin, American women’s Alpine skiing revolved around one catchy name: Picabo (pronounced “peekaboo”). Picabo Street was the country’s greatest downhill racer in the nineties, notching 13 World Cup wins, two world titles, and a gold medal at the 1998 Olympics. She also suffered ACL tears, a snapped femur, and too many knee injuries to count. In 2002, following an Olympic comeback after a crash, Street officially retired. She’s since worked as a TV analyst for NBC during the winter Olympics and operated an academy for NCAA athletes.

The Board That Started It All • Before resorts opened lifts to snowboarders, there was the Backhill. It transformed backyards and hillsides into playgrounds.