Fitness

The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced new guidance on face masks today as the US continues to shift its strategy towards the COVID-19 pandemic. In essence, the CDC will now consult new metrics to determine whether a community should enforce indoor masking, looking at COVID-19 hospital admissions, overall hospital capacity, and new

Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the United States, and whether you have a clear diagnosis or not, anxiety can impact your daily life. While physical symptoms are all too real — increased heart rate, muscle tension, headaches, appetite changes, gastrointestinal issues, etc. — the internal effects like intrusive thoughts can send

With his recurring roles as Spider-Man, it makes sense that Tom Holland would be into fitness. Ahead of the 2019 film “Spider-Man: Far From Home,” Holland worked alongside a trainer to gain about 14 pounds, according to Men’s Journal. He trained, too, for “Spider-Man: No Way Home” — relying on HIIT workouts and functional exercises,

Exercise is known for its immunity-boosting powers (among all the other numerous benefits), but turns out, working out doesn’t just help your immune system in a general way. According to a new study in humans and mice, you can actually harness the power of exercise to enhance the effectiveness of vaccines, including those for COVID-19

Diet culture has conditioned so many of us to believe the only way to be healthy is by eliminating all “bad” foods from our diet. The problem? Nothing makes your cravings stronger than telling yourself you can’t have it, and if you do eventually give in, you’ll wind up feeling defeated. Contrary to what most

You can always count on Lizzo to call out the backhanded compliments that large-bodied people hear all too often: that she’s “brave” just for being herself, as if existing in her body is an amazing feat, or how incredible it is that she can perform the way she does — with energy, confidence, strength, and

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Keto is a diet in which the body relies on the lack of carbohydrates in order to send the body into ketosis. The body starts to rely on stored fat for energy, which often results in weight loss for anyone following the diet. Nothing, though, is more frustrating than going on a diet — or

Mobility workouts are having a moment, and we fully support it. This type of training can help you manage achy joints, improve your performance in workouts, ease your way back from an injury, protect your long-term health . . . we could go on, but there’s a workout to get to. Let’s just say these

US skier Mikaela Shiffrin posted this powerful and uplifting video to her Instagram account for people dealing with hateful comments. Although people have shown overwhelming kindness in response to what the 26-year-old called “failures” and Shiffrin is aware of all the positives amid her defeat at the 2022 Winter Olympics, she wanted to share this

California is officially shifting gears when it comes to statewide COVID-19 protection measures, becoming the first US state to announce an endemic-based approach. Centered on prevention and rapid response to outbreaks rather than mandates and shutdowns, the new plan could be a look into the future of COVID-19 measures across the US. So what’s different

Ashley Wagner is a three-time US champion, 2014 Olympian, and “very” retired figure skater. She’s also a host of Peacock’s “Olympic Ice.” Here, Wagner reacts to the ruling that allowed Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva to continue competing at the Beijing Olympics despite testing positive for the banned substance trimetazidine. The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA)

Competing at the Olympics is the pinnacle of any athlete’s career. For figure skaters, the Winter Games mark the culmination of years of intense dedication and training, and there’s nothing quite like seeing an athlete capture their “Olympic moment,” when everything comes together at exactly the right time. With that level of pressure, though, there’s

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As POPSUGAR editors, we independently select and write about stuff we love and think you’ll like too. If you buy a product we have recommended, we may receive affiliate commission, which in turn supports our work. If you want to take your home workouts to a whole new level and elevate your home gym —

She said she had more tricks – well here are MORE TRICKS 💥 Eileen Gu earns a 95.25 in her second run!! 📺: @USA_Network & @peacockTV | #WinterOlympics pic.twitter.com/SueHuW7OQp — On Her Turf (@OnHerTurf) February 18, 2022 Eileen Gu has officially won her third Olympic medal, claiming gold in women’s freeski halfpipe at the 2022

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Canada has won gold after a dominant women’s ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing. The Canadians beat Team USA 3-2 to claim their fifth Olympic gold in women’s hockey, closing out a historic tournament that saw them enter the gold-medal match with an Olympic-record 54 goals. In the end, it was their

Researchers at UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine have potentially cured a New York woman of HIV for the first time. Previously, the only people who were known to have likely been cured of HIV were men, according to an NBC News report. Yvonne J. Bryson, MD, who specializes in pediatric infectious diseases at UCLA