Gabrielle Kassel

You're going after a peach harder than Amy Schumer goes after body-shamers. You squat, and squat, and squat, and still… no glute gains. What gives?

You're going after a peach harder than Amy Schumer goes after body-shamers. You squat, and squat, and squat, and still… no glute gains. What gives?

We’ve always known hormones play a major role in our health and well-being, but the conversation—especially among women—has ramped up in recent years. According to a recent survey, a startling 47 percent of American women have experienced hormonal imbalances. At the center of it all: estrogen—and a hormonal phenomenon known as ‘estrogen dominance.’

If you’re neck (er, mud) deep in training for your next Tough Mudder (or heck, recently crossed the finish line) chances are you’ve experienced Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS)—that hurts-so-good pain and stiffness that sets in a few days after a tough workout.

If you rock a fitness tracker like festival-goers rock metallic fanny packs during Coachella, chances are you've heard of heart rate variability (HRV). Still, unless you're also a cardiologist or professional athlete, chances are you don't know what the heck it actually is.
But considering heart disease is the leading cause of death among women, you should know as much as possible about your ticker and how to keep it healthy—including what this number means for your health.
What Is Heart Rate...

What do Lady Gaga, platform sneakers, and anal sex have in common? They're all having a moment. This morning, in the span of one hour, Truffle Butter played at my fave coffee shop (if you don't know what that has to do with anal, two words: Urban Dictionary), an email about the launch of a new butt plug popped into my inbox, and my pal texted to ask which position—missionary or doggy—was a better position for first-time anal sex.

By now you've probably heard a CrossFitting neighbor, coworker, or Tinder date go on and on (and on) about how the high-intensity sport has made them stronger, more mobile, and more social.And while there are plenty of other health benefits of CrossFit, for some women, CrossFit comes with one particular life-changing effect: It's helped them overcome an eating disorder.

Basically, tantric sex is sex… but wayyy better. "It's sex that's a mind-altering journey," says Martin. "It's an exploration of how much deeper, dynamic, healing, creative, and inspiring sex can be when you allow it to be about more than just the orgasm."

Despite expert claims that where you live doesn’t inform your relationship status, many city dwellers are single or dating the human equivalent of a trash panda. (And, like—that’s not something I’d want to date—would you?) So when Brooklyn-based psychotherapist Aimee Barr, LCSW, filled me in on her hypothesis that people with an avoidant attachment style are drawn to big cities, I practically spat out my cold brew in agreement.

Learn how to do an L-sit—the full-body exercise that looks simple, but will seriously sculpt your core. In recent years, the plank overtook both the crunch and sit-up for the title of "Best Core Exercise." But there's a new move in town that rivals the planks in effectiveness and importance: The L-sit.

When I started CrossFit, I didn't sip the Kool-Aid casually, like it was a Bloody Mary and I was a chill girl out to brunch. Nope, I guzzled it like bottomless mimosas. I love the sport so much I recently got certified to coach and regularly compete in local competitions.

Expert-suggested options for anal amateurs and more experienced couples. Used to be that enjoying anal sex was taboo for women. If a couple did give anal a test drive, it was seen as a once-in-a-while experience—something a woman indulged in for her partner's sake, not because she actually enjoyed it.

The rise of the ketogenic diet has turned much of what people have been taught about healthy eating on its head—and led many of us to question the role of carbohydrates in our diet.

You already know that some of this sport’s toughest workouts are unloaded bodyweight WODs, but did you know that empty barbell WODS can also be seriously hard? We’ve listed down nine workouts that require a barbell without weight plates.