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The fifth episode of ESPN’s The Last Dance opens with a veteran Michael Jordan in the locker room of the 1998 NBA All-Star Game, bantering with his Eastern Conference teammates about 19-year-old Kobe Bryant, who would become the youngest player ever to start in the annual matchup. “That little Laker boy’s gonna take everybody one-on-one,”

The Centers For Disease Control (CDC) now recommends that all Americans wear cloth masks in public spaces to help prevent the spread the novel coronavirus. As a general rule, doctors suggest wearing a mask even while you’re exercising, and cycling is no exception. Shoshana Ungerleider, MD, an internist at Crossover Health in San Francisco and

I’ve told a number of people recently that I found the best workout tights with pockets. Sometimes using words like “best” and “perfect” can be tricky to justify when you’re explaining an opinion, so I thought it would be important to break down what attributes to these tights earning a favored title. I’ve been a

When swimmer Kathleen Baker started shedding pounds at the age of 12, she knew something wasn’t right, but was hesitant to admit it. She was already an elite athlete at that point with not much weight to lose. “I ran fevers for weeks and weeks on end,” Baker told POPSUGAR during an interview about her

Not gonna lie, as much as we’re loving the home workout revolution, we can’t help but miss our regular gyms and workout classes. That motivated group atmosphere and work-together-sweat-together mentality is just tough to replicate in a living room, garage, or basement. And don’t even get us started on the scenery; grinding out workouts while

More than a million Americans have been diagnosed with COVID-19, and many, many more have had a suspected case of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, without having access to a test to confirm the cause of their symptoms. As parts of the country begin to reopen — even as new cases continue to

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, which is important to recognize every year to help erase the stigma associated with mental illness. But during a global pandemic, it’s even more imperative. Young people in particular are going through unprecedented stressors: missing prom and graduation; a fall college semester that’s up in the air; entering an

2020 has been a banner year for sports documentaries, from the giddy drama of Cheer to the nostalgia of The Last Dance — but Netflix’s latest offering will strike a very different tone, detailing the investigations into sexual abuse allegations against former team doctor Larry Nassar and the failures of USA Gymnastics to protect its

The novel coronavirus outbreak is affecting us all in different ways. And for some, the disruption in routine, the uncertainty and anxiety about work or finances, the stress from juggling working from home and homeschooling, or the worry about loved ones can be so overwhelming that it’s affecting how we eat. Experts agree that you’re

If you have arthritis, committing to a daily yoga practice could help ease some stiffness and pain brought on by inflammation in your joints. According to Dr. Loren Fishman, MD — the medical director at Manhattan Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and a certified yoga instructor — yoga produces potent calming proteins in cells, which can

Fitness trainer Amanda Kloots has been open about her husband Nick Cordero’s battle with coronavirus, which began with symptoms of extreme fatigue and led to a lung infection, septic shock, and eventually a medically-induced coma. Cordero was put on an ECMO machine, which Kloots said “takes over the functions of your heart and lungs” to

If you’re like me, you often wonder what your favorite athletes do to train in order to be the best in the world. I have a list of athletes I’d love to shadow for a day and work out with, and Serena Williams and Venus Williams are definitely on the top of it! Fortunately for

Thanks to a Schitt’s Creek marathon, you haven’t moved from the couch in hours — but your knees feel like you just ran an actual marathon. Since 26.2 miles never happened, you might be wondering why these aches appeared. TV binges are a fail-safe way to zone out, relax, and unwind, but sitting in one

I have a confession: I’m absolutely obsessed with watching roller-skating videos on TikTok. I’m entranced by users like Ana Coto who glide across pavement and turn the activity into an athletic dance, and with plenty of time on my hands, it might end up being my next hobby — if I can find the perfect

Justin and Hailey Bieber are the hosts of a new Facebook Watch show, The Biebers on Watch, and they’re using the up-close-and-personal platform to address the stigma around mental health — and Justin’s own experience with depression. In the latest episode, while the couple tag-teamed a delicious-looking pasta dinner, Hailey talked about the two factors

Buying activewear can get expensive. Considering that we need enough leggings to get through our weekly workouts as well as our Netflix-sessions (they’re really comfortable!), shopping for workout gear can really run up your credit card bill. That’s why we were thrilled to discover Old Navy’s huge selection of stylish and affordable workout clothes that

Michael Jordan is arguably the greatest basketball player of all time, and when you take just one look at his game, you can see why. The new ESPN documentary The Last Dance follows the five-time NBA Most Valuable Player as he plays his final season with the Chicago Bulls, and the series features stunning footage

Grab your water, your phone, and your favorite sweat towel (you’ll need it), because we’re hosting more workouts on Instagram Live! It’s a full week of intense, live, and living room-friendly workouts, all on @POPSUGARFitness, featuring some of our favorite motivational trainers. What’s not to love? Check out all the diverse workouts coming this week

Exercise is my mom’s love language. As a kid, I stood on the sidelines to watch her rec-league soccer games and cheered her on during triathalons. We won’t talk about my stand-offish teenage self, but as an adult, I joined my mom for 5Ks and we found a love-hate relationship for local bootcamp classes. I

When I’m shopping at my local Trader Joe’s (my happy place), I always let out a little squeal of joy when I see a the selection of vegan products. I’m obsessed with Trader Joe’s for all my dairy-free needs, whether it’s for vegan pesto or creamy vegan queso — and now, the grocery chain offers

Congratulations are in order for Alex Morgan and Servando Carrasco, who welcomed their first child together on May 7. Morgan shared the happy news on her Instagram on Saturday, along with their baby girl’s name: Charlie Elena Carrasco. “She made us wait longer than expected, but I should have known she would do it her

For those who don’t know, Nastia Liukin is a former US gymnast who has won nine world medals and five Olympic medals throughout her career. She last competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, winning the all-around gold medal, three silver medals, and one bronze medal, becoming the most decorated gymnast at the 2008 Olympic Games.

If the only equipment you have is a set of dumbbells and your own body, here’s a list of the ultimate dumbbell and bodyweight moves you can do anywhere. These exercises all target the upper body so you can strengthen your shoulders, biceps, triceps, forearms, and upper back muscles. Use them for inspiration to create

Need a little home workout motivation? We’re teaming up with expert trainers on our POPSUGAR Fitness‘s Instagram page to lead you through inspiring, muscle-strengthening, heart-pounding live workouts. In case you miss any them, we’re adding them to the POPSUGAR Fitness Instagram feed, and rounding them all up here so you can follow along when you

I’ve been trying out lots of new workouts while I’m staying at home, from Venus Williams’s Instagram Live sweat session, to a full-body couch routine, to Jessica Alba’s resistance band butt workout (the burn). But, strangely, I haven’t been experimenting with core workouts quite as much. When I heard that Gabrielle Union had a 10-minute

For anyone watching The Last Dance, the ESPN series documenting the biggest years of Michael Jordan’s life and career with the Chicago Bulls, it should come as no surprise that the basketball legend’s salary was astronomical. While society has grown accustomed to superstar athletes getting paid millions of dollars per year, Jordan made a lot

As much as I’ve been cooking and experimenting with new recipes recently, I’m still munching on a few old standbys day in and day out. Protein bars are a classic favorite; I love grabbing a chewy, chocolaty, low-sugar bar for a post-workout breakfast while I’m sitting down to work or as a convenient afternoon pick-me-up.

The Tabata protocol is one of our favorite ways to work intervals into our workouts. This high-intensity training is fun, blasts calories, and moves so quickly that it’s hard to get bored. For Tabata, you perform an exercise at maximal intensity for 20 seconds, followed by 10 seconds of rest. You repeat this on-off pattern

Like countless other art organizations, ballet companies depend on ticket sales to stay in operation, but selling tickets is impossible when performance venues are closed. The coronavirus outbreak has shut down theaters, museums, galleries, studios, and opera houses, and as a result, culture is suffering just as much as the economy. Of course, artists and

It took me years to start running in shorts. When I first started training, I strictly wore leggings or capris, chalking it all up to “I’m not a shorts gal.” But after years of suffering through long leggings in the dead of summer, I decided enough was enough and donned my first pair of running