Reneé Rapp Is So Over It She paused her Hollywood and Broadway careers to go pop. It’s working way too well.
resolutions
Dec. 29, 2022
How Gym Culture Went From Punishing to Meditative People are starting to insist that exercise focus on mental health, not be an obligatory regimen that will change the way they look.
Where Did Fitness Culture Come From? Danielle Friedman’s book investigates women’s influence on exercise, from the leotard to the birth of the coed gym.
Is There Any Way to Avoid Getting Gifts You Hate? From tantrums, to brutal honesty, to acceptance, a few suggestions.
The Absurd Fitness I Didn’t Know I Needed The class asks me to move like a dolphin, and guess what? I do.
The Practical Fitness Tool Staring Right at You A humble suggestion for making the most of your surroundings.
Can We Outrun Our Winter Dread? As the weather gets colder, I’m clinging to a fitness project.
Why Don’t We Know How Periods Affect Exercise? I went looking for research, but all I found were woo-woo theories.
Will This Drink Make Me Fit? An investigation into Athletic Greens, the powdered green juice taking over my Instagram.
How Do I Work Out in the Heat? Don’t be fooled: Summer isn’t over yet, especially in the West.
Can You Really Get Turned on From Working Out? It’s totally natural, and it might be more common than you think.
Yet Another Indignity for Olympic Athletes Why do we subject them to these interviews moments after competing?
Does the Newest Olympian Training Fad Actually Work? Blood-flow restriction is all the rage this year, but you probably shouldn’t try it at home.
buy no more
July 26, 2021
What We’re Never Spending Money on Again Sorry, $16 Sweetgreen salads and fancy silk pajamas.
You Really Do Work Out Harder at the Gym What fitness instructors are seeing as people return to fitness classes.
Going Out All Night: Is It Exercise? I hit the dance floor with my fitness tracker, all in the name of science.
Meet the Hikers Bringing High Fashion to the Outdoors The founders of Hikerkind want to make outdoor apparel that’s equal parts stylish and functional.
This Book Will Make You Go Wild This Summer Waterlog , a cultish 1999 travelogue dedicated to the joys of wild swimming, has just been published in the U.S.
book reviews
June 9, 2021
The Queer Surrealism You’ve Been Waiting For Future Feeling explores the nonlinear aspects of transitioning, capsizing the very ideas of queer admiration and envy along the way.
how i got this business
May 25, 2021
How Whitney Blaylock Opened a Women’s-Only Gym in Three Months She spoke with the Cut about launching a new business at lightning speed.
Is the Hour-Long Workout Over? According to digital fitness studios, people are opting for shorter and shorter classes.
Shrill ’s Love Interest Believes in Queer-Strength SupremacyE.R. Fightmaster adds to the show’s pantheon of warm, thoughtful identity representation.
Exercise Is Actually the Perfect Subject for a Memoir Alison Bechdel proves it in her newest book, The Secret to Superhuman Strength .
Dumbbells are Over. Weird Weights Are Here. And functional fitness proponents swear by them.
Will You Work Out in the Park With Me? The more people who do it, the less weird it will be.
How Will We Remember Gay Bars? Jeremy Atherton Lin’s new book maps the loss of queer nightlife.
Please Don’t Forget the Humble Oblique They may not be as flashy as abs, but they’re a key part of core strength.
If You Expect to Feel Worse After Exercise, You Will According to a new study, your expectations have an outsize effect on your workout.
The 10 Best Full-Body Workout Videos Routines for the whole bod, from pilates and boxing to cardio and dance.
Why Do All These New Workouts Want Me to Cry? When fitness became wellness, we were asked to engage our emotions as well as our muscles.
Trying a New Exercise, Just Once, Is Crazy Good for Your Bod Moving in a way you never have before has outsized benefits.
The 5-Minute Stretching Video I Watch Every Day Now It’s the only thing that helps me get through an interminable workday.
All My Friends’ Quarantine Bubbles Are Bursting Suddenly, everyone I know is abandoning their pod.
We Were Never Meant to Exercise According to this new book, there’s a good reason you hate working out so much.
Behold, the Ascendance of the Lunchtime Workout Is noon really the most popular time to exercise now?
Can I Interest You in a Safer, Warmer Winter Bike Ride? Let my totally preventable accident teach us all a lesson.
I’m Very Wholesome. Just Ask My Shirt. The political-slogan tee has morphed into the amorphously sincere sweatshirt.
Have You Found Your Favorite Fitness App? Here are 10 to get you started, from Apple Fitness+ to the be.come project.
You Just Need One Good Song Ten fitness instructors share their absolute favorite pump-up songs.
You Don’t Have to Commit There’s no point to sticking with an exercise routine if you don’t actually like it.
Self-Improvement is Over In 2021, it’s time to finally accept that failure is just part of exercise.
The Way We Make Fitness Resolutions Is All Wrong An all or nothing approach isn’t going to get you very far.
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