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Portland’s BurnCycle to Donate All Profits From Classes Today to ACLU In Response to SoulCycle Owner’s Trump Fundraiser

Portland-based spin studio BurnCycle is joining in a protest against the owner of popular national fitness companies SoulCyle and Equinox, Stephen Ross, who is holding a fundraiser for President Trump at his New York home today.

Plus-Sized Women Hikers Are Coming to Portland to Train For a Summit Attempt of Mount Kilimanjaro

Bonnie Crawford is a member of a group that plans to celebrate International Women’s Day next March from the top of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s tallest peak.

I Spent a Week Going to Portland Spin Classes. Here’s What I Learned.

The room is pitch black. Dance remixes of Top 40 hits are cranked to deafening levels. I’m being told to “embrace the dark” as purple and blue lights pulse, briefly illuminating those around me. I’m also on a stationary bike.

Weedy Workout Mary Jane Fonda Wants You To Get Lit and Fit

Cannabis and fitness go hand in hand. Despite the lazy stereotypes about stoners, lots of cannabis consumers spark up before hitting the gym, yoga class or basketball game, and it enhances their performance.

We Spent Two Weeks Trying Six Different Modern Group Fitness Classes Across Portland. Here's What We Learned.

The new wave of Portland group fitness—whether a bicycle-based health rave or a bewildering run between rowing machines with three women named Becky—is wonderful.

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For a gangly emo kid from the Midwest, a trip to a gym in America’s fittest city is hell. If it weren’t for the fact that I spent my first year in Portland living in a van, I would’ve burn,Culture Features

The Health Goth Issue

Of course Health Goth happened here. The moment’s hottest fashion trend—think sweaty, muscle-bound cyberpunks, black mesh and blacker spandex—originated in Portland. It may have started,Cover Story

Macrolicious

Did you spend much of November and December lolling in a greasy puddle of nutritionally questionable party snacks and rum? Us too. Well, it’s time for your January redemption, but without,Culture Features

Health Goth FAQ

What is Health Goth? Something between an Internet meme, an ironic joke and a real-life fashion trend, whose aesthetic is best summed up as “sportswear for cyberpunks.” Though the term “g,Health Issue

Yoga Issue 2014: Yogi Bare

When it comes to yoga, Portland isn’t the “most” anything. We don’t have the most studios per capita. Or teachers. We don’t have scads of Lululemon-armored yogalebrities offering swank,Cover Story

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