Rock climbing may seem like a niche sport, possibly one fraught with danger. After all, it involves scaling the side of a cliff or simulated rock wall. But experts say it offers participants a wide ...

Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. L. Renee Blount, who started rock climbing in college, is pictured bouldering on the Sonoma Coast in Northern California in Sept. 2022. L. Renee Blount, ...

I’ve never enjoyed walking into a gym. Growing up as a fat kid, I have enough traumatic memories around exercise to fill several therapy sessions. On top of the shame I had around my body, I also have ...