Fitness
#BWPSelfie of the Week: This Girl Runs 48 Flights of Stairs Every Week
Welcome to our new Monday feature, the #BWPSelfie of the Week! Read about why we’re celebrating selfies—and the sweaty Philadelphians who take them—below. Name: Tory Mather Day job: Business Analyst […]
The Checkup: The Very Best Exercise for Sculpted Arms, According to Science
• This is pretty cool. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin La Crosse hooked a bunch of study subjects up to electrodes, had them perform a […]
Your Weekend Workout Playlist: Readers’ Choice
Earlier this week, we asked readers on the blog, Facebook and Twitter to share their favorite workout songs for a massive readers’ choice playlist for […]
7 Reasons Beach Workouts Are the Best Workouts
The weekend has finally arrived, friends! I’m betting a large chunk of us will be flocking to sandier sidewalks for a few days away from the city. […]
The Checkup: The 20-Minute, Crunch-Free Ab Workout to Try This Weekend
• This print-and-go workout will flatten your belly in no time—without one single crunch. [POPSUGAR Fitness]
The Checkup: 9 Tricks to Becoming a Committed Morning-Workout Person
• If you’re not one of those “spring out of bed and chirp with the birdies like a Disney princess” type of people, I’m with […]
The Checkup: Yogis, You’re Doing This One Yoga Pose All Wrong
• Sorry, yogis—you’re doing Chaturanga all wrong. The good news is that this video tutorial breaks it down step by step. [Women’s Health]
BeWOW: The 21-15-9 Workout
Did any of you guys catch the CrossFit Games this weekend? I stumbled onto them on ESPN2 the other night, and for the next three hours […]
Yoga and Wine at Valley Green Inn with Pop Up Yoga Philly
The folks over at Pop Up Yoga Philly are on a roll, people. The same gals who put together the $10 class at the Porch […]
Your Weekend Workout Playlist: Ploome’s Favorite Super-Sexy Workout Songs
Our second guest curator steps up to the bat—or, well, Spotify account—for our latest weekend workout playlist: Christina Stoltz, owner of Northern Liberties Pilates studio Ploome. […]
A Maintenance-Free Bike—and 8 Other Health and Fitness Kickstarters to Know About Now
As the saying goes, necessity is the mother of invention. The beauty of websites like Kickstarter is that things are invented (and funded) by people, […]
Detox Retox: Yoga and Beer at Core Fitness and City Tap House Collabo Event
If you’re a beer-loving yogi, boy do I have the event for you. Our friends over at Foobooz told us about the coolest event that’s […]
The Checkup: The Only 5 Exercises You Really Need to Do
• There’s nothing fancy here—and that’s entirely the point. When you want to boil fitness down to the basics, these are the only five strength-training moves you really […]
Study: People Who Live Near Bike Lanes Exercise More
Looks like whole “If you build it, they will come” thing might actually be true when it comes to bike lanes and bike paths. A […]
BeWOW: Total-Body Cardio and Conditioning Workout
This week, your workout is going hit your entire body, with strength-training exercises and cardio to boot. You’ll tackle a circuit of six different exercises, as […]