If You’ve Tried Everything But Your Muscles Are Still *So* Tight, Assisted...
Stretching to reach your toes was a common daily warmup in our childhood PE classes. That said, as adults, it can be harder to get around to stretching or know how to do it correctly. However,...
View ArticleWondering How to Grow Your Glutes? Go for It—but Consider a Motivation Beyond...
A big, round butt has had a juicy grip on aesthetic ideals for a while. It can also just be a genetic tendency, not a fashionable fad that goes in and out of style—which makes fetishizing or pursuing...
View ArticleJust Wondering: Does Yoga ‘Count’ as Strength Training or Cardio?
If you’ve ever practiced yoga, there’s a good chance you’ve, at times, felt breathless during a demanding flow or sore the next day from many rounds of Chaturanga. Surely, getting sweaty, breathless,...
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A Pilates Instructor Shares Their Favorite Modifications for 5 Popular Moves
Let’s be honest: There’s a “stereotypical body” problem in Pilates—even though any body that does this exercise is indeed a Pilates body. If you’re a beginner, don’t fit the stereotypical Pilates body...
View Article5 Ways Ashley Graham Changed Her Approach to Fitness After Having Kids
Strength training has been one of Ashley Graham’s fitness and health priorities for years. But now that the model, advocate, entrepreneur, and author is also the mom of a 4-year-old and 2-year-old...
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Could This New Apple Watch Feature Help Close the Sleep Apnea Diagnosis Gap?
Someone watching your breathing while you sleep all night every night would be downright creepy. But, sans human eyeballs, the new Apple Watch will do just that—and it can tell you if something seems...
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Get a Super Effective Cardio and Strength Workout All in One With Circuit...
When you first hear “circuit training,” it may sound somewhat complicated. However, it’s actually a very straightforward way to improve your endurance and strength. Circuit training workouts...
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I’m an Avid Hiker, and These Are the 5 Essentials for Successfully Hiking...
Growing up, all my vacations involved hiking with family at national parks (Yellowstone! Arches! Acadia!). When I think of my purest and deepest idea of my happy place, it’s trekking on a desert or...
View ArticleYour Lower Body Is Begging You to Do More Lying Hamstring Curls
If your leg days are all about squats (and other quad-dominant exercises), listen up: You might be setting yourself up for an injury. Many of us pay too much attention to the muscles on the front of...
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The 8 Best Hoka Trail Running Shoes, According To Pro Ultramarathon Athletes
Fun fact: Hoka—the brand behind what is arguably the internet’s favorite walking shoe—was born on the trails of the French Alps. So it’s no surprise that Hoka makes some of the best trail running shoes...
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Want Better Posture? Don’t Just Focus on Your Upper Body. Give Your Pelvis...
If you’re working ergonomically, constantly pulling your shoulders back and engaging your core, only to find yourself still in a slump, the answer may actually be in your pants. As it turns out, the...
View ArticleHow to Do That *Extremely* Intense Chin-Up Celebs Are Doing on Instagram
Fame and fortune are two obvious benefits of being a celebrity, but the one perk I’m most envious of? How much time celebs get to work out for their jobs—and how they’re able focus on building some...
View Article5 Athletes Share Why There’s Never Been a Better Time to Be a Mom Who...
When the Paris Olympics nursery was announced (the first in the history of the Games) Alysia Montaño, former pro runner, Olympian, and founder of the advocacy organization &mother said “[this] is...
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Abduction vs. Adduction: Two Sides of the Same (Critical) Fitness Coin
Can you crack a watermelon by squeezing it between your thighs? Having that level of inner and outer thigh strength isn’t exactly necessary, but working on your abduction vs. adduction strength will...
View ArticleStop Feeling So Guilty About Not Stretching After Every Single Workout You Do...
Growing up as a dancer, I always thought that the more flexible I was, the better I would be. In an art form that values how high your leg can go or how far backward you can bend, there was some truth...
View ArticleSo You Want to Improve Your Cardio? Experts Share Whether to Focus on HIIT or...
If you regularly work out, you probably already have a good sense of if you prefer short, high-energy sweat sessions or more gentle, long workouts. However, when it comes to improving your cardio, it...
View Article‘I Let an AI Fitness App Train Me for a Month and It Was the Best...
In a world where artificial intelligence (AI) seems to be taking over, when I heard that iFit, a leader in health and fitness equipment (bikes, treads, rowers, and ellipticals) and content (fitness...
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Trying a New Sport Might Be the Confidence Boost You Need—It Was for Me
“I want you to believe that you’ve been doing this your whole life. You’re an athlete. You can do this,” said Kainoa McGee, my surf coach and waterman in Oahu, while holding down my board so I wouldn’t...
View Article‘I Took an Adult Gymnastics Class and It Made Me Feel Like a Kid Again’
Between watching fellow Americans crush the Olympics and wanting new ways to work out (my latest trial run: cardio drumming), I knew an adult gymnastics class was next on my to-do list. I’m not the...
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Grab a Pillow and Get Comfy for This 20-Minute Relaxing Yoga Flow
At some point in time during the COVID lockdown, I found myself lying on my yoga mat with five or six different props—yoga blankets, an eye pillow, yoga strap, two blocks, and of course, my cylindrical...
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