Fitness

You know that awkward feeling when someone references a TV show or person you don’t know but you smile and nod along because you want to seem in the loop? Yeah, that totally human experience happens in fitness too. Especially around relatively obscure terms like VO2 max, which you may have overheard in a locker

The benefits of having strong abs go beyond aesthetics — your core is essential to good posture, the ability to work out without injuries, and so much more. Fortunately, there’s no shortage of ab workouts on YouTube to help you maintain that strength. And while you can find workouts as short as five minutes, if

The Hello Cup, creator of the Hello Cup menstrual cup, wants to remove the gender labels that have typically been used in regard to periods. And it started by removing any gendered language from all Hello Cup packaging. In conjunction with its packaging revamp, The Hello Cup also launched the #PeopleWithPeriods campaign, because girls and

It’s not often you get 150 Olympic medals on one conference call. #ESPYS pic.twitter.com/xXS5k0Ro9o — ESPYS (@ESPYS) June 22, 2020 Keegan-Michael Key, comedian, actor, and man who misses sports as much as the rest of us, got three-and-a-half minutes for an ESPYs skit and crammed into it as many Olympic athletes — and medals —

Join holistic health coach and yoga instructor Koya Webb for this 30-minute power flow and meditation. Koya guides you through yoga poses, utilizing your entire body, then winds down the practice with a restorative meditation. If you’re someone who spends their days with their eyes glued to a screen, the “eye yoga” portion of the

Losing weight through yoga sounds almost too good to be true. On the surface, yoga seems like the polar opposite of a fast-paced high-intensity interval training (HIIT) circuit or a weightlifting workout, the two kinds of exercise usually recommended for weight loss. A yoga class leaves your body feeling totally different: refreshed instead of wiped

Two facts you’ll learn while watching the ESPN docuseries The Last Dance, now airing on ABC: Scottie Pippen was an invaluable member of the six-time champion Chicago Bulls, and he was also underpaid. But while his contract with the Bulls prevented him from making what he and his teammates felt he deserved, his career earnings

Working, studying, watching Netflix on your laptop: many of us spend long hours hunched over a computer screen. Sometimes it’s not until you stand up, stretch, and feel every muscle ache that you realize how much it’s affecting your body. Going for a walk, standing up every hour, and taking quick stretching breaks can all

Paris Alexandra and Alicia Ferguson, the founders of New York City’s inclusive, body-positive BK Yoga Club, first met in yoga teacher training. For both, it was an important stop on their wellness journeys. Ferguson originally saw yoga as a once-in-while escape from a crowded apartment and a hectic college life, but fully recommitted to it

Alert, alert! Trader Joe’s sells protein-packed organic bone broth, and it’s a must have in your home. Antibiotic-free, hormone-free, and made from free-range chicken bones and grass-fed beef bones, these delicious broths are only $6 apiece, and their health benefits are worth way more. Each broth contains 10 grams of protein and 40 to 45

While barbell deadlifts, squats, and lunges are some of the best moves to target your glutes, you can absolutely strengthen and tone your backside without weights. Celebrity trainer Jeanette Jenkins shared these seven bodyweight moves for your butt on Instagram. In the caption, Jenkins said to perform each move for 30 to 60 seconds and

When you think of sculpting your arms or building strong legs, you probably think about bodyweight moves like pushups and equipment like dumbbells and resistance bands. Do you have to swap the sidewalk for the weight room, though — or does running build muscle, too? Though most people categorize running as cardiovascular exercise, that doesn’t mean you can’t do more than boost

You need flexible hips and hamstrings to do splits — so poses that stretch those parts of your body are key to getting your splits down. When you actually attempt front splits, you should have squared hips, yoga instructor Casey Urban explained in a previous interview with POPSUGAR. This simply means that your torso faces

I was only 30 seconds into my lower body workout, but I already knew my legs would feel like jello the next day — my virtual instructor had just announced that every single circuit featured a squat variation. Standard squats, air squats, goblet squats, squat thrusts — they all made the list! As I got

When I think of walking for cardio, I picture Jane Fonda-vibes outfits (hello, brightly-coloured, high-cut spandex and sweatbands), wrist and ankle weights, and wildly pumping arms. And then I shrug it off. I mean, cardio has to be high-exertion and super sweaty, right? Or is walking cardio after all? First, let me clarify: Cardio—short for

– Halle Berry believes that finding ways to release stress and negative energy is crucial for maintaining your health and wellbeing. (Oh hey yoga.) – Her go-to practices are yoga and stretching, which she incorporates at least three times per week. – She says poses like downward dog and her yoga wheel help her restore

Kelly Clarkson has been gifting us with empowering anthems for years now, but there was a time when she dealt with insecurities about her body image. In an interview for Glamour UK‘s Glamour Unfiltered series, the singer got candid about being body-shamed and how her relationship with self-love has evolved throughout her life. The Voice

As you might have seen on your social media feeds, Venus Williams is hosting Instagram Live workouts in a series that she calls #CoachVenus. You can check out some of the sessions on her page as well as on the designated #CoachVenus highlight. There was an arms and legs burnout session with former Miss Universe

If there’s one thing we’ve gotten out of TikTok, it’s a nonstop supply of bite-size dance choreography. But if you’re not trying to learn every dance on the app (same), fitness YouTuber Maddie Lymburner of MadFit whipped up this 15-minute dance workout, which turns eight of the most popular TikTok songs into a cardio routine.

Strength training exercises tend to use both sides of your body at the same time — you press a bar overhead with both hands, you deadlift with both feet on the floor. But Jade Jenny, head CrossFit coach and owner of Champlain Valley CrossFit, taught me the importance of working one side of my body