Neck strength may be critical for contact sports like wrestling and football, but for those of us who get our exercise at home, in the gym, or on the pavement, neck strength hardly seems necessary. However, if you spend most of your day looking up at a computer screen or looking down at a phone […]
But college wasn’t all studying for Thomas—it’s also where her track career began in earnest. According to her official Olympics profile, she won a whopping 22 conference titles in six different track events while she was a student and became the first NCAA sprint champion in Ivy League history with a winning time of 22.38 […]
If you’ve been tuning in to events like the pole vault, steeplechase, or 100-meter dash at the Paris Games, you might’ve noticed something a little…different about the Olympic track. And no, your TV’s display isn’t glitching: The surface really is purple. Well, to be specific, two different shades of purple: Organizers chose a delicate lavender […]
In the months leading up to the Paris Games, one of the biggest questions wasn’t only which athletes would be competing, but whether the Seine river would end up being safe enough to host them for some of the swimming events. As the Games progressed, speculation only intensified. In advance of the men’s and women’s […]
What happens when the sport you love, the one you have spent your entire life dedicated to, decides you are no longer eligible to compete? That is the reality that many trans women athletes across a variety of sports are currently living, one where their dreams of success have been shattered. Laws to ban transgender […]
August 5, 2024 | BY: BODi August 5, 2024 BODi Tiempo total: 15 min + 15 min para enfriarTiempo de preparación: 15 minTiempo de cocción: N/APorciones: 12 (2 fresas c/u) Ingredientes Papel pergamino 90 ml / ¼ taza + 2 cdas. de aceite de coco extra virgen, derretido 1 porción de Shakeology de chocolate 24 fresas grandes sin tallo, lavadas, […]
August 5, 2024 | BY: BODi August 5, 2024 BODi Tiempo total: 5 minTiempo de preparación: 5 minTiempo de cocción: ningunoPorciones: 1 Ingredientes 240 ml / 1 taza de agua 170 g / 1 taza de hielo 1 porción de Shakeology de fresa 95 g / ½ taza de mango fresco (o congelado), picado 80 g / ⅓ taza […]
Being a face of a newly minted Olympic sport would stress out anyone, let alone someone who’s barely out of her teens. But Logan Edra, a 21-year-old California native who now lives in Florida, is handling the pressure with more chill than athletes twice her age. “If I fail, then I fail,” she tells SELF. […]
While a lot of people think artistic swimming is delightfully antiquated—a bunch of “bathing beauties” in floral swim caps and cherry-lipped smiles—that idea is a tired old stereotype that Daniella Ramirez, a Team USA artistic swimmer set to compete at the 2024 Olympic Games, is sick of hearing. She’s amassed a TikTok following with her […]
One of the best things about the Olympics is that nothing’s set in stone. Athletes having the day of their lives can—and often do—upset event favorites to clinch a spot on the podium. And that’s pretty much what happened in the women’s Olympic road cycling race on August 4. That’s when Team USA’s Kristen Faulkner […]