Fitness

As someone who works out five days a week, I live in activewear like leggings, sweatpants, and hoodies. So when I heard athleisure powerhouses New Balance and Bandier were coming out with a collection together my ears perked up like a puppy getting their favorite treat. According to the collaborating brands, the “Move Her World”

Gym memberships are wonderful. They give you access to kick-butt equipment like the Stairmaster, kettlebells, and stability balls. But these memberships can be costly on your bank account. Even apps like Zeamo and FlexIt, which can cut the cost by letting you pay per minute at a wide range of facilities (in FlexIt’s case) and

You may have heard that Valarie Allman won the United States’s first gold medal of the track and field meet in Tokyo, taking first in discus on Monday. She actually secured the win on her very first throw, slinging the disk 68.98 meters to a distance that would outlast all of her competitors, even through

Olympic gymnasts aren’t the only ones with a dazzling sense of style. On Aug. 2, day 10 of the Olympic Games, Mexican synchronized swimming duo Nuria Diosdado and Joana Jiménez García pulled out all the stops with their embellished leotards, which included a subtle but heartfelt nod to one of our favorite early 2000s TV

Competing in sports is one of the most empowering vehicles for coming into your own as a young woman — and 23-time Grand Slam singles title winner Serena Williams knows this. Williams, who is featured in Secret Deodorant’s new Just #WatchMe Olympics campaign focusing on the alarming sports dropout rates of girl athletes compared to

We’ve been wearing and buying masks for over a year now, and the majority of our purchases have been reusable cloth masks. We’ve been double masking or using masks with filter pockets (and filters!) for extra coverage. If you are interested in taking it one step further but can’t find any N95 masks, you can

Kendra (Keni) Harrison added a silver medal to Team USA’s medal count at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday, by winning in the 100m hurdles. Her time was 12.52 seconds, just behind Puerto Rico’s Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, who won gold with a time of 12.37 seconds. Harrison actually is a world record holder in the event —

We’re continuing our series of live workouts over on POPSUGAR Fitness’s Instagram this week with three fast-paced and fun routines: you’ll work your abs and glutes on Monday, punch it out with kickboxing on Tuesday, and finish up with a low-impact, high-intensity workout on Thursday. Check out the trainers and times below, and we’ll see

Sunisa Lee has won bronze in the women’s artistic gymnastics bars final in Tokyo three days after claiming the all-around title. Lee’s score was a lower-than-usual 14.5 (she received 15.4 at the team final, 15.3 in the all-around final, and 15.2 in qualifications); she had breaks in her routine, meaning she didn’t connect release moves

After withdrawing from the women’s artistic gymnastics Olympic team final and the all-around final earlier in the Tokyo Games, Simone Biles announced that she will also be withdrawing from the bars and vault finals slated for Sunday, Aug 1. Biles withdrew from the final events earlier this week citing her mental health, and she later

American swimmer Katie Ledecky became a household name at the 2016 Rio Olympics, where she clocked astonishing times in the pool and ultimately became the most decorated woman athlete at the Games. But just how many Olympic medals does she count among her collection? To date, Ledecky has won an impressive six Olympic medals, five

As a general rule, when you’re trying to lose weight, you have to eat in a calorie deficit, or take in fewer calories than you burn. But what happens when your goals also include building lean muscle? After all, gaining muscle can help you burn more calories and fat, reduce your risk for injury, and

History was made multiple times over during the women’s all-around finals at the Tokyo 2021 Olympics, and Rebeca Andrade grabbed a slice of it for herself. Andrade won Brazil’s first ever Olympic medal in women’s gymnastics, and it was a big one: silver in the all-around! Andrade was the second best qualifier in the event,

A couple of weeks after the Summer Olympics in Tokyo come to an end, the Paralympic Games begin! From Aug. 24 to Sept. 5, another set of the world’s best athletes will compete in a variety of events, and NBC’s planned coverage of the Games is more extensive than it’s ever been. Before the Paralympics

Sunisa Lee has earned an Olympic gold medal in the women’s artistic gymnastics all-around competition — a close and exciting competition at that. The 18-year-old Minnesota native made history when she qualified for the Olympic Games as the first Hmong American gymnast to do so. Now, she’s the first Hmong American gymnast to win an

The Nordstrom Anniversary Sale is back, and we weren’t ready for all these epic deals. Top styles from brands you love like Zella, Alo Yoga, Nike and Beyond Yoga will be discounted for the sale before they return to full price in the fall. There’s nothing better than being able to shop new pieces at

Simone Biles has withdrawn from the women’s artistic gymnastics Olympic team final on July 27. Team USA, rotating alongside the ROC, began on vault with two solid efforts from Grace McCallum and Jordan Chiles, after which Biles bailed out of her planned Amanar. More specifically, she only did one and a half twists out of

Gymnasts learn how to “bail” out of their skills when they’re in danger of injuring themselves — or sometimes they do so out of fear. But who’s going to bail them out when they need a mental break from a sport with a longstanding culture of abuse and an impossible standard of perfection? On July

Team USA’s 17-year-old Lydia Jacoby went from training in a 25-yard pool in Seward, Alaska to winning her first Olympic gold medal in the women’s 100m breaststroke. Up until the final seconds of the race, announcers were convinced South Africa’s Tatjana Schoenmaker was going to take the gold medal. However, in the last lap, Jacoby

USA Softball is squaring off in another epic matchup against Japan, this time in the gold medal game at the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo. If you caught round one on Monday (Sunday night in the US), you already know that games between these two softball powerhouses do not disappoint. To recap: Japan scored in the