Longtime group fitness instructor here. As I say frequently in my classes, this is your workout. I’ll show you various modifications for all the moves, feel free to use them (and if an exercise hurts, don’t do it and feel free to ask me for another suggestion).

Aside from Costco having higher-quality items and more unique things you can’t easily get elsewhere, the overall experience of shopping at our Costco is miles above our Sam’s Club. Costco: well-lit, organized, welcoming, easy parking. Sam’s Club: Dingy, dirty, depressing, parking lot a mess (I’ve been to other Sam’s…

Not all traditional etiquette anecdotes, but these are a few things our old ‘friend,’ Tammy, has done/said to others in our friend group that are incredibly rude/confounding:

I haven’t used Noom or really know much about it, but I just wanted to hop in here to point out what I think is the most egregious mass-market fitness plan, the 21-Day Fix: https://www.beachbodyondemand.com/programs/21-day-fix

Agreed on all accounts. It was a joy to watch. I went into that movie expecting very little, and I left it with a huge smile on my face. It’s a shame that it just fell into the shadow of BR, which was just... ugh.

A few years ago, both of my bathroom showers (both upstairs) froze when the temps dropped below zero. All the upstairs sinks/toilets/etc were fine. The culprit was an unheated closet that both the showers share a wall with, and the closet itself is sort of adjacent to an exterior wall.

I work in communications for a major hospital system, and this is one of the things that’s distressing our staff the most — from our OB/GYNs in Labor & Delivery, to the critical care/pulmonologist on the floor of our medical intensive care units, to the cardiology staff who have to put pregnant women on ECMO, and our…

Exactly. Not everyone wants their personal health information out there, especially if they’re worried future employers can find it and it might affect their chances of getting work in the future. It’s not her place to discuss their injuries without their permission. 

One of my best friends wrote a letter to the seller of the house he really wanted. It was an older couple selling, and they’d gotten tons of offers way above asking price and he just couldn’t afford to go much higher than a few thousand above asking so he couldn’t beat those bids. The couple ended up choosing his…

Seconded on Hoda/Today Show’s obsession with Simone Biles. Their constant coverage of her has been making me uncomfortable for months and even years. 

I once bought a cute little dress at Old Navy (mistake) that was sort of like a halter at the top with an A-line shape and the hem hit me just above the knees. I always washed/air dried it, but one time I slipped and put it in the dryer. When it came out, it had literally become a shirt (the hem didn’t even cover my…

My mom took Fen-Phen, briefly. I can remember being about 10 years old, waking up super early in the morning because I had to pee, and then hearing commotion from the kitchen. I went into said kitchen and found my mom, hopped up on Fen-Phen, frantically scrubbing at the kitchen tile with all her newfound energy (for…

(fitness instructor here)

I was gonna say either Matt or Christine. Christine has a very chill vibe, does lots of low-impact rides/etc, and is constantly talking about working to improve cardiovascular strength/endurance and how every ride doesn’t have to be an insane HIIT-type deal. And she’s always emphasizes how her body shape is different…

I feel this. It’s so hard being a sweaty person, especially this time of year. I usually like to work out in the morning, so I shower after that. In the summer, my job involves walking all over campus, and despite the fact that I wear sleeveless dresses and sandals, I am often sweating profusely by the time I get to…

My dad luckily wasn’t so busy that he missed a ton of major life events, but he was definitely very dedicated to his job. He worked for years even after the point where he could retire, and I remember him bragging to me about all the vacation time he had never taken/saved up (there were no limits back then) and how he…

I’m a super pale blonde with skin that literally doesn’t tan (if I burn, I just turn white again when it heals). I’ve had a couple of bad burns in my lifetime (mainly due to “oh fuck we forgot sunscreen” and being out in a location where getting some was impossible). But thankfully my parents were really good about…

In my very first job out of college, I was a good 10 years younger (at least) than anyone else on staff, and my boss was a middle-aged guy who was intensely creepy and made me feel very uncomfortable. I lost a considerable amount of weight (intentionally) during the first year of that job, and it was quite noticeable…

or maybe “Volcano Girls” by Veruca Salt. I agree that the “Just a Girl” drop was uninspired and didn’t fit the tone of the scene at all. 

Peloton initially declined to recall its dangerous treadmills, which were purportedly designed to, as CNBC put it, “make running easier on the knees and legs,”