Christa Sgobba

I can attest that the massive cushion feels just as comfy as it looks.

Does Using Resistance Bands ‘Count’ as Strength Training?

Here are three key things you should focus on to master this move.

Fitness pros break down what the term means—and the best way to light that area up.

Yes, they’re pricey, but they are also super versatile.

We walked, ran, hiked, danced, and bopped about town to find your new perfect pair.

Some athletes are taking their own precautions, but the responsibility shouldn’t be solely on them.

Focusing on mobility can help you move better, even if it won’t earn you a spot on Team USA.

From sport sunglasses that make room for lashes to free braids and barbering in the Olympic Village, there are endless ways to show off your personal style.

They’re not exactly mini-treadmills, but they can still offer some benefits.

We asked trainers for the real deal on the viral TikTok trend.

If you spend a lot of time sitting, you’ve probably dealt with some serious lower-body tightness. In that case, this quick Pilates hip mobility workout might be just what you need to loosen things up. The second installment in Sweat With SELF’s new Pilates series is all about opening up your hips and hip flexors and strengthening the muscles that surround them through dynamic movement. Sina Riemann, a certified personal trainer and Pilates instructor based in New York City, will take you through…

If you equate step aerobics with leg warmers and spandex, well, you’re not wrong—but you’re stuck in the 1980s version of it. As TikTok videos that have amassed millions of views show, the retro workout has been updated for the 2020s crowd, appealing to a wider range of exercisers and packing an even greater variety of benefits. Today’s step classes are typically designed as high intensity interval training (HIIT) rather than the steady-state cardio format that gave the class the “aerobics” moni…

Practicing yoga can leave you feeling all types of ways: fatigued in your muscles, a little bit breathless, and somehow simultaneously relaxed. By the time you roll up your mat, it’s only natural to wonder: Wait, what kind of workout was that? Which boxes yoga checks depend largely on what style you do. Yoga itself is pretty broad—it actually encompasses eight different types of practice, ranging from those rooted in physical movement to mindfulness and meditation—but let’s focus on asana, or th…

It’s easy to forget about these muscles—here’s how to give them the love they deserve.

Fitness was a different beast when I started lifting in college: The weight room was pretty much all dudes, folks worked out in old cotton T-shirts, and the only exercise info you could find came from monthly print mags that also served up a hefty dose of diet culture. Today, there’s tons of fitness content at your fingertips, which sounds great in theory but also…isn’t. Now more than ever, misinformation abounds. Social media, in particular, is flooded with posts about supplements that’ll “boos…

A routine won’t be a magic bullet, but it can make your bathroom trips a little smoother. If you’ve ever entered your yoga class feeling a little, um, backed up, you might be surprised to realize that you don’t walk out of it the same way: There just might be something about the practice that—while calming your mind and soothing your muscles—also revs up your digestive system. “It’s very likely that yoga students will experience effects on the GI tract, and it’s completely normal and natural,” V…

It’s that time of year again: The 2024 SELF Sneaker Awards are right around the corner! We’re excited to give our readers the very best new kicks on the market, spanning a whole bunch of categories, from road racers to hiking boots to gym-worthy sneaks and pretty much everything in between. Throughout the year, SELF editors are testing the newest launches and releases, but we want to make sure we don’t miss anything. That’s where you come in: Brands, we’re once again looking to you for sneaker s…

On’s first-ever gym shoe shows the brand isn’t just for runners. We reviewed the On Cloudpulse during gym and HIIT workouts to see how it held up to the task.

After years of hyping super intense workouts as the best way to exercise, fitfluencers have recently flipped the script. Now, they’re touting easier, chiller zone 2 training as the key to everything from greater endurance to faster paces to even a longer life. Cardio workouts that feel less hard, but bring greater gains? Who wouldn’t want to make that swap? If you scroll through social, you’ll see a whole bunch of folks trying it—and perhaps an equal number posting their frustration with it. If…