Wish you had legs like Taylor Swift or Kendall Jenner? Or maybe just legs you'd feel confident showing off in shorts or dresses this summer? Yeah, us too. That's why we talked to Yumi Lee Mathews, fitness expert and co-owner of the Reebok Crossfit Lab in West Hollywood, to give us the leg workouts for women that actually work -- and work fast.
If you're like most of us, you probably find your morning motivation at the bottom of a coffee cup. While coffee is life (you didn't really think we'd make you give that up, did you?), it's not necessarily the only way to kick-start a productive day. In fact, all you really need is your body and a few yoga stretches to perk you up.
Gearing up for your nuptials is on par with gearing up for the Oscars. You select a dream gown, you pamper yourself from head to perfectly-manicured toe, and you hire beauty professionals to create hair and makeup masterpieces.
Getting rid of your pooch doesn't have to be grueling. Try these surprisingly easy nutrition tips and ab workouts for women to get a gorgeous-looking midsection in time for bikini season
That girl on the yoga mat next to you may look impressive as she bends and stretches beyond imaginable limits, but there's really nothing worth envying if by pushing to get those extra inches of reach she gives herself a sore back. Big no-nomaste, if you know what we mean.
Before you sign up for those spendy yoga classes or personal training sessions, look at what the famous "Friend's" at-home yoga workout did for our writer
Before you judge me on wanting to look like the five-foot-two, less-than-a-hundred-pounds Kelly Ripa, hear this: I fully understand on a fundamental level that I will never, ever look like Kelly Ripa. I'm sane. Reasonable. Not short, or naturally thin. Oh, and I'm a brunette (wink!).
The air is getting brisk and the sunlight is waning, but don't go burrowing into your warm house just yet. Instead, try these tweaks to your go-to routine that'll keep you pumped -- even without bathing suit season motivation.
We know -- you can't make it to the gym because you're slammed at work. Or your neck and lower back hurt from sitting at your desk all day. Or you'd just rather plop on the couch and watch TV.
Miniskirts are out in full force on the red carpet this season: Cameron Diaz showed off her mile-high legs at the "Bad Teacher" premiere; both a tanned Leighton Meester and a fair-skinned Emma Stone wore minidresses at the MTV Movie Awards; and Jennifer Aniston bared her enviably toned gams in a black leather mini at the London premiere of "Horrible Bosses." What does this mean, ladies? A. You don't have to be a spring chicken to wear a mini. And, B. It's time for a spot-check: Are your legs miniskirt-ready?
Have you ever been sitting in the movie theater, watching the Oscars, or flipping through gossip magazines and just thought, "Celebrities seem to have it all, don't they?" Fame, money, washboard abs. Life is a peach for the ladies of the red carpet (personal scandals aside). However, before you get jealous of gorgeous celebs like Jennifer Aniston and Eva Mendes for their enviable bodies and income brackets, you should know they work hard for their assets -- particularly the ones men ogle over and we dream of having.
Stop us if this sounds familiar: It's 2 AM, and despite your best efforts to stop today's to-do list from taking over your mind, you're wide-awake, staring at the TV. The concept of doing a sleep-inducing shoulder stand has lost its appeal to the thought of watching part of that movie you've seen 100 times while eating the scrumptious chocolate chip cookie dough you have stashed in the freezer. And just as you're stuffing a second, third, fourth spoonful in your mouth, you're momentarily mesmerized by a peppy, slim fitness instructor wearing a leotard and a Scrunchie, describing some overweight girl's amazing (and, uh, completely bogus) transformation story: "Kate lost 150 pounds after just two months of using the fat-blasting thingamajig. It was so easy! Buy one now and we'll send you free ankle weights and an instructional DVD."
There's nothing like the feeling you get after a good, adrenaline-fueled workout -- your endorphins are high, your body is tingling and you feel way better than you did before, even if it was a total pain to motivate.
