Synchronized swimming has health benefits, as well, says Laura Alt, 64, of Virginia Beach, who has been involved in the sport since age 8. “Synchro is good physical and mental exercise,” she says.

When I was a small child, my mother often brought me along when she taught physical education at a small women’s college, run by nuns who were happy to have a young married woman to handle fencing ...

It’s time to start thinking about making your New Year’s resolutions. The No. 1 resolution everyone makes, and tries to follow, is to become healthier with diet or with exercise. Some may consider ...