A business axiom is that if you can measure it, you can improve it. Nowhere is collecting data more important than in your personal fitness efforts. If you want to decrease your resting heart rate, lose weight, gain strength, gain endurance—or any of a number of goals you may set for yourself—if …

For those wanting to get or stay in shape, and who also have busy schedules, high-intensity interval training is often the preferred way of working out. The basic idea is to organize your workout into rounds, combining periods of intense exercise with brief periods of rest. The result is a better …

I had the pleasure of attending a reading by novelist Tom de Haven of new material from the just-released Dark Horse Comics graphic novel edition of Freaks’ Amour, based on his acclaimed cult novel.

Tom’s novel, Freaks’ Amour, tells of a horrific New Jersey after a nuclear blast, where …