Since the loss of her brother, Mendez said she has continued to use the gym as both an outlet and a refuge. "The gym was the one place I could push the anger out, crying in the weights section ...

“Ngl I’m doing the same thing, not boutta wait to do pull-ups while you playing jungle gym,” one bloke scoffed. “How was he to know that she was going to be using it as monkey bars ...

For the past two years, I’ve been going to the gym a couple times a week, something a younger, exercise-averse version of me would find hard to believe. At the beginning of my fitness fixation ...

But if you ever want to see what it’s like to be unburdened by these inhibitions, all you need to do is go to any gym and find a person hitting record. They’re setting up their tripods near ...

Get in touch with Chloe Mayer by emailing c.mayer@newsweek.com The founder of a women-only gym has found herself at the center of a social media storm—with both critics and supporters—after ...