Like deep-cleaning your bathroom or reading Middlemarch, running is one of those things you always mean to be darn good at once you get around to it.

Here's a thing I won't be doing in 2013: Stiletto workouts, the technically-still-a-virgin-if- you-don't-count-in-the-butt cousin of the pole dancing workout. The minds behind the workout claim it's "empowering," which I suppose it kind of is, if you're the sort of person who is empowered by thongs with sassy sayings…

If you attempted to play our Presidential Debate Drinking Game for Ladies last week, you ended the 90-minute ordeal both sober and bewildered. Which is probably for the best — alcohol is bad for you and interferes with your ability to run sub-3 hour marathons or curl 25 pound dumbbells while wearing a jauntily…

I'm a runner who doesn't look like a runner. I am a six-foot-tall woman who has hips and broad shoulders. In fact, I look more like a basketball player or a swimmer. Yet I happen to be a pretty good runner. I regularly finish in the top 10 percent of local races, and I've even come close to winning a couple of 5Ks. I…

Yesterday, a judge tentatively approved a $40 million settlement in a class action lawsuit against Skechers, the company responsible for Shape-Ups, the shoe responsible for shattering both dreams of perky asses and literal leg bones. But if people injured wearing the shoes were hoping that the shoe company would…

More gyms are catering to plus-size clients who want to work out but are intimidated by the types of people featured in New York Times trend pieces. (Bachelorette gym parties, anyone?)

Practically everyone, from experts with PhDs to your annoying coworker who only wears gym clothes and always has a Luna Bar attached to her hand, raves about how exercise releases endorphins. (The "exercise feels amazing!" argument even popped up in last Sunday's episode of Girls, which is how we can be certain it's…

Anyone who's been within earshot of me in the past several months knows that I've taken the plunge and joined the P90X craze, which has been a journey unto itself. P90X, as many of you probably know, is a workout-at-home program that has users cycling through about ten DVDs repeatedly over the course of ninety days.…

Working all day is hard enough, but now it seems like you might want to start working out while you work. The news that sitting down all day is bad for you isn't new—studies have repeatedly found it can lead to back pain, weak muscles, and increased risk for things like obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. It's not…

Beauty Nose

For the novice, gyms can be a little scary. They're full of machines, and people watching you, and it can feel like every second you're doing something wrong. And even if you're an experienced gym rat, a new facility or routine can present some social challenges. Luckily, we're here to help.

The Office star Jenna Fischer is Redbook's March 2011 coverlady. In inside, Fischer zeroes in on why actresses feel so much pressure to stay in shape.

In November, we gave you a peek at the premiere issue of Pole Spin, the magazine just for pole dancers and pole fitness enthusiasts. Today: Issue two!

New A&E show Heavy, which premiered last night, is not a competition game show like The Biggest Loser or Dance Your Ass Off, nor is it a gimmicky makeover program like The Swan or Bridalplasty.

Back in the day, when a girl wanted to tone up, she hit the machines — but instead of ergonomic, low-impact ellipticals, there were grinding gears, pinching coils and bizarre bands.

Last week, I asked readers for advice on how to start working out without throwing a ton of coin at an expensive gym membership, and did you ever come through.

You'd really like to start exercising, but you have a problem: gym membership is expensive and you have a B.A. in Student Loan Debt Studies with a minor in Creative Ramen Composition. What to do?

Hard Candy Fitness is now open! Madonna chose Mexico City as the first location for her gym, and as you'll see in these photos, working out at Madonna's gym means working out with Madonna watching your every move.

Friends, this is the premiere issue of Pole Spin, "The International Pole Dance Fitness & Lifestyle Magazine." Let's take a look inside, shall we?

Yet another blow to the idea that French people are paragons of health: they apparently hate going to the gym.