Here at SELF, we know good footwear can make or break your day—but with all the options on the market, finding the perfect pair isn’t always easy. You want a style that feels great; helps you run, cycle, walk, lift, and just flat out move better; and boosts your confidence (and your look) the minute […]
Labor Day weekend is just around the corner, and plenty of fitness brands are offering awesome deals on equipment over the holiday. While scouring those sales, we noticed that some of the best treadmills on the market are currently available at steep discounts. Trust us—you’re going to want to run toward these deals. Our favorite […]
The other day, I was mindlessly scrolling through TikTok when I came across a video of an athlete gliding through the water to the sound of Dory’s “Just Keep Swimming” from Finding Nemo. I didn’t think much of it until the athlete slammed his head against the pool wall to a cartoon-like sound effect. Then […]
All products are independently selected by our editors. If you buy something, we may earn an affiliate commission. Even on your busiest days, having a set of dumbbells on hand can help you squeeze in a solid workout right at home. “Dumbbells are extremely versatile,” Lauren Leavell, a NASM-certified personal trainer and group fitness instructor […]
Fatty snacks take a while to be digested, and similar to fried foods, can mess with blood flow throughout your body. Snacking on a bowl of almonds can reroute blood flow away from your brain, heart, and extremities, says Long. And like we mentioned, if it’s still sitting in your stomach when you’re exercising, it […]
I don’t know about you, but watching the 2024 Olympics closing ceremony felt like waking up from a two week-long trance during which I became a boxing buff, canoeing connoisseur, and Ilona Maher super fan. I laughed, I cried, and then cried some more as I watched so many dreams come true for tons of […]
There is a dizzying number of exercises you can do to work your butt. Variations of squats and lunges are popular options, but you don’t want to overlook one particular group of booty builders: hip lift exercises. When executed using proper form, these kinds of exercises (also known as hip up exercises or hip extensions) target your glutes […]
We’ll admit to nursing a little bit of an Olympic hangover these past couple of days. This post on X/Twitter by @stokaljona on Sunday may have put it best: “Can’t believe that tomorrow we’re meant to wake up and there will be no Olympics all day. How can this possibly be acceptable.” We wish there […]
There were tons of moments to remember from Paris 2024, but one thing that stuck out to us? Women athletes were doing some really amazing things at these Games. Case in point: Out of the 126 total Olympic medals won by Team USA athletes, more than half of them—67—were earned by female athletes. In fact, […]
The 2024 Paris Games kicked off with a rainy boat ride down the (sorta-safe?) Seine River and an emotional performance by Celine Dion—her first since being diagnosed with stiff person syndrome. And it wrapped up with the women’s marathoners grinding out 26.2 miles along a grueling course, where throngs of fans saved their loudest cheers […]