Between watching fellow Americans crush the Olympics and wanting new ways to work out (my latest trial run: cardio drumming), I knew an adult gymnastics class was next on my to-do list. I’m not the only one who’s been inspired, either: TikTok is full of videos of creators doing the same. Some have said “that […]
“I want you to believe that you’ve been doing this your whole life. You’re an athlete. You can do this,” said Kainoa McGee, my surf coach and waterman in Oahu, while holding down my board so I wouldn’t get carried away by waves. I was 30 minutes into my first-ever surf lesson off of Waikiki […]
In a world where artificial intelligence (AI) seems to be taking over, when I heard that iFit, a leader in health and fitness equipment (bikes, treads, rowers, and ellipticals) and content (fitness app), was creating an AI coach I thought, “Oh no, my days as a fitness instructor are numbered!” But can a virtual coach […]
If you regularly work out, you probably already have a good sense of if you prefer short, high-energy sweat sessions or more gentle, long workouts. However, when it comes to improving your cardio, it can be difficult to tell which gives you a better bang for your buck. Two main categories of workouts are high-intensity […]
Growing up as a dancer, I always thought that the more flexible I was, the better I would be. In an art form that values how high your leg can go or how far backward you can bend, there was some truth to that. But probably not enough truth to justify just how much I […]