EditorialAustin Beggin, paralyzed from the shoulders down after a diving accident, successfully brings a pretzel to his mouth for a bite during physical motion tests at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Nov. 29, 2022. (Daniel Lozada/The New York Times)
EditorialPhil Lord uses battle ropes in an alternating waves pattern while exercising at a gym in Elkridge, Md., Nov. 10, 2022. (Dave Cooper/The New York Times)
EditorialBass Andre, a member of the University of Tulsa rowing team, demonstrates the drive position on a rowing machine, in Tulsa, Okla., Oct. 24, 2022. (Melissa Lukenbaugh/The New York Times)
EditorialNicole Stimpson demonstrates some of the proper techniques for stand-up paddling in Annapolis, Md., on July 26, 2022. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/The New York Times)
EditorialEmployees with Disney’s Imagineering division work on a full-body exoskeleton that could be applied to a wide variety of oversize characters at a workshop in Burbank, Calif., on May 26, 2021. (Adam Amengual/The New York Times)
EditorialEmployees with Disney’s Imagineering division work on a full-body exoskeleton that could be applied to a wide variety of oversize characters at a workshop in Burbank, Calif., on May 26, 2021. (Adam Amengual/The New York Times)
EditorialElise Kibler, left, as Natalie Portman and Kara Young, right, as Keyonna in the play "All the Natalie Portmans" at the MCC Theater in New York on Feb. 5, 2020. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)