When we look for new workout clothes, we need both functionality and cute styles. If we’re being frank, it makes us much more excited to put on clothes we know will perform, and if they also make us smile when we look in the mirror, so much the better. When we need clothes for high-intensity
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We’ve been wearing and buying masks for over a year now, and the majority of our purchases have been reusable cloth masks. We’ve been double masking or using masks with filter pockets (and filters!) for extra coverage. If you are interested in taking it one step further but can’t find any N95 masks, you can
Image Source: Getty / LUIS ACOSTA American weightlifter Kate Nye won another silver medal for Team USA on Sunday. If you’re unfamiliar with how weightlifting is scored, to determine the winner in the competition, the heaviest successful lifts in both the snatch and clean-and-jerk are combined. Nye set a personal best for the clean-and-jerk with
We’re continuing our series of live workouts over on POPSUGAR Fitness’s Instagram this week with three fast-paced and fun routines: you’ll work your abs and glutes on Monday, punch it out with kickboxing on Tuesday, and finish up with a low-impact, high-intensity workout on Thursday. Check out the trainers and times below, and we’ll see
The bond between Team USA’s gymnasts runs deep. MyKayla Skinner was given a second chance to compete in the Tokyo Olympic Games on vault on July 31 after Simone Biles withdrew from a few individual events. For Skinner, this unexpected opportunity provided her with one last chance to chase a medal before her planned retirement
After withdrawing from the women’s artistic gymnastics Olympic team final and the all-around final earlier in the Tokyo Games, Simone Biles announced that she will also be withdrawing from the bars and vault finals slated for Sunday, Aug 1. Biles withdrew from the final events earlier this week citing her mental health, and she later
When she isn’t studying or hanging out in sunny Austin, TX, sprinter Gabby Thomas is casually making history. At the US Olympic Trials, Thomas clocked the third-fastest 200-meter sprint of all time, behind only the legendary Florence Griffith-Joyner, who notched the first and second best times in 1988. This makes Thomas the second-fastest woman in
American swimmer Katie Ledecky became a household name at the 2016 Rio Olympics, where she clocked astonishing times in the pool and ultimately became the most decorated woman athlete at the Games. But just how many Olympic medals does she count among her collection? To date, Ledecky has won an impressive six Olympic medals, five
An American woman has won the Olympic all-around final in artistic gymnastics in every Games since 2004. The newest champion? Sunisa “Suni” Lee, who yesterday became the first Hmong American to compete in the Olympics and win a gold medal. She started on vault and went in Olympic order (meaning she and the squad she
A couple of weeks after the Summer Olympics in Tokyo come to an end, the Paralympic Games begin! From Aug. 24 to Sept. 5, another set of the world’s best athletes will compete in a variety of events, and NBC’s planned coverage of the Games is more extensive than it’s ever been. Before the Paralympics
Four-time Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles withdrew from the July 27 artistic gymnastics team final and the July 29 all-around final at the Tokyo Olympics due to her mental health. Following her decision and backlash from a select few individuals (who could not even dream of doing a simple cartwheel, by the way), in solidarity,
Tom Daley’s first Olympic gold medal will be kept safe and sound until he returns home from Tokyo. After Daley and his diving partner, Matty Lee, took home the top prize for their synchronized 10-meter platform diving on July 26, the 27-year-old diver ensured his valuable accolade would have a special home. In fact, Daley
Picture this: You’re flipping with your heels above your head, gravity fighting against you, trying not to break form. You’re twisting, too, all the while making sure you land right side up. That’s just what gymnasts do, and they do it oftentimes on command without blinking. Elite gymnasts specifically perform unthinkable skills that, with one
Simone Biles has withdrawn from the women’s artistic gymnastics Olympic team final on July 27. Team USA, rotating alongside the ROC, began on vault with two solid efforts from Grace McCallum and Jordan Chiles, after which Biles bailed out of her planned Amanar. More specifically, she only did one and a half twists out of
Image Source: Getty / Alex Livesey Aly Raisman is “completely devastated” for her former teammate Simone Biles, who withdrew from the team final at the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. On July 27, Biles did not complete the vault she had planned on doing, and her subsequent exit from the team competition came as a
Team USA’s 17-year-old Lydia Jacoby went from training in a 25-yard pool in Seward, Alaska to winning her first Olympic gold medal in the women’s 100m breaststroke. Up until the final seconds of the race, announcers were convinced South Africa’s Tatjana Schoenmaker was going to take the gold medal. However, in the last lap, Jacoby
If you’re on a mission to lose weight but don’t have the time or energy for a more intense workout, walking is a great place to start. And with fitness trackers and GPS apps readily available on our phones, it’s easier than ever to track your steps, time, or distance whenever you hit the pavement.
Part of the excitement of watching the Olympics is seeing the gorgeous gymnastics uniforms! If you practice gymnastics yourself, or you’re just Simone Biles‘s biggest fan, you can buy official replica leotards inspired by the Games. So far there are just two worn during podium training, but there should be nine total — eight women’s
Simone Biles isn’t the only member of the US women’s gymnastics team you should be watching during the Tokyo Olympics. Sunisa Lee, the 18-year-old from Minnesota, already had an impressive record coming into the Games — and now, she’s set to represent Team USA in the individual all-around final, as well as on the uneven
Defending world champion Yuto Horigome of Japan is the first skateboarder to win Olympic gold, taking home the top spot in the men’s street competition on Sunday at the Ariake Urban Sports Park in Tokyo. Kelvin Hoefler of Brazil and Jagger Eaton of the US won silver and bronze. For Horigome, it was a comeback