Maame Biney loves the nerve-racking, “blades-in-your-face” intensity of short track speed skating. “I can literally feel my nerves or the atoms in my body shaking, going against each other, whenever I get the adrenaline,” she told POPSUGAR. Biney was the first Black woman to make a United States Olympic speed skating team ahead of PyeongChang
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Alpine skiing is the bread and butter of the Winter Olympics. For those who aren’t familiar with the winter sport, it consists of six events: downhill, slalom, giant slalom, super-G, combined, and mixed team parallel slalom. According to the official Olympic website, alpine skiing — which at the time was only the combined event —
Whether you’re just starting to run or you’ve been hitting the pavement for years, buying new running shoes can feel like a big task. With so many things to consider, from the surfaces you run on to your individual preferences, and so many shoes out there, shopping for the right pair can be daunting. We
Ready to sweat and work your muscles? We’ve got three live workouts coming up this week to make it happen. Tune in to POPSUGAR Fitness’s Instagram and YouTube channel for a standing ab workout and two low-impact routines that’ll get your heart rate up without pounding your joints (or waking up your downstairs neighbors), all
On Oct. 21, Leanne Wong won all-around silver in her very first senior World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, and she scored just about three-tenths behind winner Angelina Melnikova from the Russian Gymnastics Federation. You can find a recap of that competition here, but know that the 18-year-old remained in second place after the second rotation, and
Germany’s Pauline Schäfer placed second on beam at the 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, and she did so while dressed in something rarely seen at women’s gymnastics meets: a unitard. Earlier this year, German gymnasts debuted these long-sleeved, long-legged leotards at the 2021 European Gymnastics Championships, and they wore them in other competitions such as
Team USA’s Leanne Wong finished third on floor at the 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships to receive a bronze medal. It’s her second accolade of the competition after earning silver in this week’s all-around final. The Florida Gators freshman got a floor score of 13.833 at the Oct. 24 final compared to Japan’s gold medalist
Join Alex Trakas, CEO of Bash Boxing, for a high-energy boxing workout that will challenge you for 30 minutes. Alex will teach you some easy combos that will power up your cardio workout with jabs, hooks, shuffle steps, and jumps that will keep your whole body moving. You’ll finish with a speed round using all
“I could not be prouder of you guys.”#skytown received a call from @BarackObama after their Championship celebration in downtown Chicago! 💙 pic.twitter.com/VuSHDHFv7N — Chicago Sky (@chicagosky) October 21, 2021 The Chicago Sky are continuing their much-deserved victory tour after winning the franchise’s first WNBA championship on Oct. 17. Following an emotional on-court celebration and a
Wrap yourself up in cute knitwear and switch on as many festive lights as you want, but there’s no avoiding the truth of it. The winter months can be bleak. Now that they are officially looming over us, there’s an undeniable change in the wind. The days are getting shorter and colder, and for those
Like any ice sport, speed skating takes an incredible amount of stamina, balance, and endurance. However, it also requires an intense level of speed. In fact, my jaw nearly hit the floor when I learned how fast Olympic speed skaters can glide across the ice. Reportedly, both short track and long track speed skaters can
As POPSUGAR editors, we independently select and write about stuff we love and think you’ll like too. If you buy a product we have recommended, we may receive affiliate commission, which in turn supports our work. As a yoga instructor and fitness editor with a 42G bra size, I often need my bras to be
I may not be an athlete myself, but as someone who graduated from a university with a robust athletic department, I know how much collegiate sports can mean to the student body, the athletes who give their hearts and souls to the game, and the institutions that profit off them. In 2019, March Madness alone
Figure skating is always one of the marquee events of the Winter Olympics, and we’re already counting down the days until the competition begins at Beijing 2022! The skating competition is spread across four disciplines — men, women, pairs, and ice dance — and athletes in each discipline compete a short program and a free
While you can knock out quite a few ab moves using no equipment at all, when I’m really trying to increase my core strength, I like to reach for some weight. Turns out, there’s a lot of weighted ab moves you can do besides the usual ones (looking at you, Russian twists) if you’re looking
I have usually been a pretty good sleeper. I tend to fall asleep easily, sleep through the night, and wake up refreshed. That is, until the pandemic turned our lives upside down, which resulted in me dealing with bouts of extreme anxiety. To make matters worse, my old pillows were more than five years old
If you feel like the stress and nature of the pandemic has caused your healthy habits to take a backseat over the past year, you’re not alone. But if you’re getting the itch to make your health a priority, certified trainer Sohee Lee, MS, CSCS*D, shared this post about the most important things to do
As POPSUGAR editors, we independently select and write about stuff we love and think you’ll like too. If you buy a product we have recommended, we may receive affiliate commission, which in turn supports our work. Now, new workout clothes can’t improve your athletic performance automatically, but they definitely can help. Not only do they
Content warning: This post discusses eating disorders and mentions child abuse. “I don’t think I even realized how intense it was,” Jennette McCurdy recently told People in a forthright interview about her experience with eating disorders. The 29-year-old actress, who portrayed Sam Puckett in iCarly and its subsequent spinoff Sam & Cat, said she struggled
Super adventurous would never be two words that describe me. Skydiving will never be on my bucket list, and I never use hot sauce on my food — ever! But in the name of my physical and mental health, I’m into trying just about anything. I tried CrossFit for a year, and I also committed