Battling blisters can either make or break your outdoor experience. Blisters manifest themselves due to several different medical factors. For the outdoor enthusiast, however, it’s usually an external irritation that gives rise to a blister from ill-fitting footwear (material rubbing against skin – referred to as “shear”, not actually friction) or using a tool (axe handle, canoe paddle, etc.; or a thermal blister from grabbing a hot pan handle from the campfire. In each case, a painful, bubble-like swelling erupts on your skin as a blister. In most all cases, treatment is the same. The best way to treat your blister Initially, the best way to start battling blister that is unbroken, is to carefully wash the area and apply a gauze pad over the area. So then, you can then apply a couple of friction-eliminating treatments to the blister (and to the area of the footwear creating the friction). Old …

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Stability balls—also known as exercise, fitness, or Swiss balls—are a home-gym staple. But more often than not, they end up sitting useless in the corner of spare rooms, deflated in closets, or becoming repurposed as desk chairs. As gyms remain closed or open at reduced capacity, now is the perfect time to finally put this tool to use for the perfect stability ball workout. We asked Kathleen Stabler, a fully certified Gym Jones instructor and the owner of True North Performance Coaching in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to create a core-centric, full-body stability ball workout for outdoor and endurance athletes. Furthermore, do this routine two to three times per week, completing the exercises in order. “Really pay attention to form to make the most out of these moves,” Stabler says. “As with all of my workouts, this one is a lot harder than it looks.” Stability Ball Workout The stability ball workout typically comes in five diameters …

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