A week before my friend’s first half marathon, she called me and said “I might’ve done something stupid.” I’d been her go-to person for running advice and positive reinforcement during her training block. She didn’t really need me— she was crushing her long runs and felt good about the progress she had made, so her […]
Hey guys! I know the “official” official first day of summer is a few weeks away, but summer starts for us NOW. Two reasons why: 1. POPFLEX just launched Swim 2024 . 2. Your June Workout Calendar is here!! Sooo why wait to start the summer fun?! Let’s gooo! Here’s Your June Workout Calendar!!! DOWNLOAD […]
Time to work some midsection magic: Our 4-week abs challenge is your blueprint to a core that performs as good as it looks (not to mention helping with better posture and less back pain!). Each day, we’ll do a different ab exercise designed to target every angle of your core, from the deep transverse abdominis […]
Sarah Cottrell’s relationship with movement—and her body—has long been complicated. In high school, she battled an undiagnosed eating disorder that stirred up toxic exercise practices. She recalls feeling like she was “bad” if she didn’t work out a certain way, and she engaged in cyclic dieting in an attempt to fit the societal idea of […]
About 15 minutes into my online tai chi class, a notification popped up on my laptop about an email I’d been waiting for all morning. I dropped the exercise we were doing and ran over to check what it said. As soon as I did, though, I regretted it: I’d broken the meditative, stress-relieving spell […]