Personal fitness for women used to be considered unladylike. That all changed with fitness pioneers like Lotte Berk and Judi Sheppard Missett. But look closer and there’s much more to the story than ...

A beloved piece of playground equipment is turning 100 years old. The history of the jungle gym and monkey bars is full of weird and and delightful twists, spanning from Japan to suburban Chicago. A ...

Sheinelle Jones speaks to experts Danielle Friedman, Dr. Kameelah Phillips, Leta Shy and Vanessa Rissetto about the history of fitness for women, the benefits of exercise, how to find the perfect ...

Meet the foremothers of fitness, and the people still making history today, in the history of women's fitness with Danielle Friedman. A female marathoner run off the road by an irate race organizer. A ...

Nowadays, at the beginning of every New Year, many Americans hit the gym to work off their holiday feasts. This momentum usually starts to fade in mid-January, according to a 2019 analysis of data on ...

At my local Blink Fitness—which is now a PureGym—I recently worked in sets with another woman on the assisted pull-up machine. For me, the vibe was utter relief. No one was being rude about sharing ...