National Body Challenge Casting Call


Updated 01/23/07 12:30 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 0 comments

National Body Challenge Casting Call

Discovery Health is looking for twins who need to lose weight and want to do it together for next year's National Body Challenge. The selected twins will be provided with a professional weight loss program, gym membership and personalized one-on-one instruction with physicians, nutritionists and fitness experts. All for free. The 10-week journey will be documented on camera for “National Body Read more

National Body Challenge


Updated 01/09/07 8:15 PM · Posted by FitSugar · 2 comments

National Body Challenge

Need a little competition to kick-start your healthy new lifestyle? How about the chance to win a million dollars?! Discovery Health's National Body Challenge is a FREE, eight-week, comprehensive fitness and weight-loss challenge that provides the tools and inspiration, online and on television, to get in shape, shed extra pounds and adopt a healthier lifestyle. Open to individuals, groups and Read more

An Everyday Athlete Is Still an Athlete


Updated 05/18/12 12:25 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

A Title IX Woman Athlete's Story

We are pumped to share one of our fave stories from espnW here on FitSugar! By Risa Isard On June 23, 1972, Title IX was signed into law, leveling the playing field for female athletes. To mark the 40th anniversary, espnW explore the impact of this landmark legislation. You might not know me, but chances are you know someone like me. I'm that girl who grew up playing hoops in the driveway with Read more

Swimmer Dara Torres on the Quest For Her Sixth Olympic Games


Updated 05/11/12 9:33 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Dara Torres Interview on 2012 Olympics

We are pumped to share one of our fave stories from espnW here on FitSugar! By Luke Cyphers Dara Torres once wrote a book called Age Is Just a Number. Nowadays, though, the feel-good story of the 2008 Olympics admits to, well, feeling her age. Torres won two silver medals as a 41-year-old mother and swimmer in Beijing, but she harbors no illusions about repeating the feat four years later. "You Read more

Energize Your Morning with 4 Wake-Up Moves


Updated 05/09/12 4:30 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Energizing Morning Yoga Routine

We are pumped to share one of our favorite stories from Self here on FitSugar! Can't get through your morning without your daily java fix? You're not alone. According to a survey conducted by the National Coffee Association, Americans spend an average of $164.71 on coffee per year. That's almost enough for a monthly car payment or a couple of weeks worth of groceries! Want to wean yourself off Read more

Nathan Vincent's Majorly Masculine Yarn Art


Updated 12/05/11 5:11 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Nathan Vincent Crochet Art

To celebrate Father's Day, I wanted to feature an artist whose work honors masculinity while also turning it on its head. Crochet artist Nathan Vincent was raised in the Midwest and later attended art school in California before moving to New York City, where he found his true calling: questioning gender norms through working in a very cozy medium. Nathan explains, The works shown here focus on Read more