 |  | From Wendy Bumgardner, your About Fitness Editor | | Get back to your primitive roots with these moves that will spice up your workouts. If you are going to join in an obstacle race or mud run, so much the better. But even for those of us on the mild side, you can enjoy begin a little wild. READ NOW | |  | |  | | | If you’ve been working out in your basement to beat the heat, it may be time to outfit it better for strength training. Here is the gear you need to get. READ NOW | |  | If you have a trainer, she has probably shown you how to use a foam roller to do self-massage. It can help roll out tight muscles, and you can buy a bunch of them for the cost of one sports massage. Here are the benefits of foam rolling, alone or with a class. READ NOW | |  | It’s hot out there but you signed up for a race in the fall and you need to build your mileage. Here are tips on surviving the summer heat on your feet. READ NOW | |  | | | An every-morning rundown of the day in history, with headlines and trends produced by your pals at About.com. Click here to sign up! It's free (of course) and we think you'll like it! | | |  | Want More From About.com? | | | | Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About.com Parenting newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. Contact Information: 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10036 Privacy Policy © 2014 About.com | |  |  | |