There is a specific feeling that comes with throwing a properly thrown punch. Once you've experienced it, no other workout quite replicates it. Boxing for women is often discovered late, after years of treadmills and dance classes and group fitness. The
Pilates suffers from a strange image problem. People who haven't tried it think it's stretching. People who have tried it know it's one of the hardest controlled workouts a human body can do. The disconnect is partly the marketing — Pilates
A scale tells you one number: how much you weigh. An InBody scan tells you about a dozen, and most women have no idea what most of them mean. This is unfortunate, because that scan is one of the most useful
If there's one body part that gets more attention from women in the gym than any other, it's the glutes. Instagram has created an entire micro-industry around it — booty bands, hip-thrust machines, ten-minute glute routines. Some of it works.
If I had a dirham for every time a woman walked into Virago and said "I've been doing cardio for six months and nothing is changing," I'd be paying the gym's rent. Cardio is not useless. It's just radically misunderstood as
Circuit training has been around longer than most modern fitness trends, and it still works for one simple reason: it covers everything in a short amount of time. Strength, cardio, conditioning, and core — all in one session. For women juggling
This argument has been going around fitness for twenty years, and it usually ends with someone saying "do what you enjoy." That answer is partially true, but it's also a cop-out. There are real differences between HIIT and steady-state cardio,
If you have an hour to train, train for an hour. If you don't, train for twenty minutes. The biggest mistake busy women make is not doing the shorter workout because they couldn't do the longer one. HIIT — high-intensity interval
I want to address this fear directly, because it stops more women from trying CrossFit than any other concern. You walk past a CrossFit gym, look through the window, and see a woman with visible shoulders, defined arms, strong-looking legs. And
Every week, someone sends a message that essentially asks: "I've never lifted weights before. Can I really do CrossFit?" The honest answer is yes. With three caveats. Caveat one: not every CrossFit gym is set up for beginners Some affiliates are run for
