The first time I stepped foot into my local rock climbing gym with my husband, my immediate thought was, Screw this. I watched my six-foot-tall husband easily reach and grab moves that seemed downright impossible for me. With his arm span, he had a full two feet of reach that I (at 5’1″) would never…
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I’m the woman in the back of your gym classes, dressed in baggy black sweats, dancing—or in my case, muddling my way thought HIIT sessions—like no one is watching. Because usually they aren’t. That is, until recently, when one of my fellow class members set up a tripod to record herself, and by default the…
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Wearing makeup to the gym is divisive. While some consider it the one public safe haven where you should feel free to not GAF about how you look, others—like model Adriana Lima—will tell you it’s a boost of confidence to catch a glimpse of their cat eye in the mirror while doing biceps curls. “I’m…
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Growing up, Sayeeda Chowdhury, 24, never thought of herself as an athlete. She developed an aversion to the gym young, when classmates stared at the “Muslim girl modifications” to her PE uniform. “I hoped I could find the courage to go to the cardio room one day, but never imagined going into the weight room…
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Asking a beauty professional—whether it’s a celebrity hairstylist, makeup artist, or Instagram influencer (hi, 2018)—for advice is always a safe bet. But dig a little deeper, and you’ll find there are plenty of other women out there who are legitimate authorities in their own right. In our column, Unlikely Experts, they’ll give real reviews and…
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In a single week, Blake Lively has expertly channeled a Renaissance queen and “…Baby One More Time”-era Britney Spears with her wardrobe. She’s proven to be quite the style chameleon, but there’s one look that she can’t quite master: athleisure. After attending a Baby2Baby Mother’s Day event on Saturday afternoon, Lively decided to pay a…
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