Women's Health

5 Fit Women Whose Stories Inspire Us

If you’re a regular Oxygen reader, you know we love to highlight inspirational women from our badass community of fitness fanatics. Here are five women who take fitness to the next level. Charlene Farnsworth Grassie, Ontario, Canada Stats: 51 • 140 lb • 5’9” Gig: Housecleaner and model Medical Scare. In 2011, Charlene Farnsworth found a lump on her throat. Thankfully, it wasn’t…
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Study Suggests It's Never Too Late to Get Active

A study conducted on more than 30,000 older adult heart patients found that becoming active later in life can be nearly as beneficial to quality of life as continued activity earlier in youth. The European Society of Cardiology suggests that it is possible for someone to…
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How Van Lifer Claire P. Thomas Stays Fit and Healthy on the Road

We chose a location on a random stretch of beach just off the Honoapi‘ilani Highway on Maui — a place where we could pull Claire P. Thomas’ converted Sprinter van through the kiawe trees and onto the sand. The only other people around were a few environmental volunteers taking water samples down the way. We were shooting Thomas “making breakfast,” and she stood just inside the van…
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How Exercise Boosts Mental Health

Molly Kujawski has a family history of mental illness. In college she became depressed and took medication to fight the blues. At the same time, in an effort to counteract her genetics, she started working out regularly and eating better — and everything changed, including…
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7 Surefire Ways to Beat Holiday Hibernation

How many times have you planned to attend a holiday party where you knew you’d eat and drink a few too many festive treats, but still vowed to wake up early the next day and sweat off your transgressions with a killer workout? Except after the fact, all you want to do is…
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7 Ways to Enjoy the Holidays Without Blowing Your Fitness Goals

Fast-forward a few weeks — it’s January 1, and you’re lying on the couch, surrounded by empty wine bottles and cookie tins, feeling bloated, defeated and angry with yourself for completely ditching your health and fitness priorities for a holiday-induced bender that destroyed all the hard work you did in the gym and in the kitchen the last few months. Oh yes, your day of reckoning is fast…
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How To Give Your Water Bottle A Deep Clean

You’re about to hit the gym, so naturally you reach for your water bottle because a girl’s gotta stay hydrated. As you pop open the cap to fill it up, it hits you: that not-so-fresh scent of mildew. Or maybe there’s still sticky stuff in there left over from last…
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5 Mistakes You're Making in and Out of the Gym

Lifting — or any other exercise — requires focus and education. When it comes down to it, you’re performing movements and practices that can lead to injury if your form is even a little bit off during certain exercises. If you’re in the gym in the first place, we…
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How Lindsay Raynne Balances Weight Loss With Self-Love

Lindsay Raynne was featured in considered one of Oxygen’s Success Tales for her unbelievable transformation — not solely bodily, however on the within, too. Turning into a mother is without doubt one of the most particular experiences you possibly can have, however for Raynne, it was additionally one of the nerve-racking. After her second daughter, Anna, was born, her blood strain was spiking…
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