The Journal

THE STRONG SERIES #8: How Many Sets Do You Actually Need - and How Hard Should They Be?
The Strong Series is your weekly guide to training smarter, not just harder. Every week, we break down one thing that actually moves the needle. There are two very different... Lire plus...
5 Last-Minute Halloween Costumes You Can Actually Pull Together
Halloween has a way of sneaking up on you. One minute you have weeks to figure out a costume. The next, you have plans this weekend and approximately nothing prepared.... Lire plus...
THE STRONG SERIES #7: Should You Train Differently During Your Period?
The Strong Series is your weekly guide to training smarter, not just harder. Every week, we break down one thing that actually moves the needle. Cycle syncing has become one... Lire plus...
The Fall Reset, Without Reinventing Your Entire Life
There is something about fall that makes everyone want to get their life together. Maybe it is the colder mornings, the return to routine after summer, or the fact that... Lire plus...
The Strong Series #6: What to Do When Your Progress Stalls
The Strong Series is your weekly guide to training smarter, not just harder. Every week, we break down one thing that actually moves the needle. Welcome back to The Strong... Lire plus...
A Love Letter To The Alura Girl
A love letter to the woman behind the workout. We both ask ourselves and get asked a lot: who is the Alura girl? And to be fair, the answer isn't... Lire plus...
The Strong Series #5: The Mental Side of Training
The Strong Series is your weekly guide to training smarter, not just harder. Every week, we break down one thing that actually moves the needle. You can have the perfect... Lire plus...
Ranch Day, Recapped
Okay. Let's talk about ranch day!!! Last weekend we invited a group of girls to spend a day with us outside of the gym, which, given the fact we are... Lire plus...
The Strong Series #4: The Truth About Protein for Women Who Lift
Welcome back to The Strong Series. 🖤 Last week we talked about rest days, why they're not optional, what to actually do on them, and why the adaptation you're training... Lire plus...
Things We're Crushing on This Week
September is here and she came in with an agenda. The shift is reaaaaaaal. You can feel it in the air, in the light, in the very specific back-to-school-energy of... Lire plus...
The Strong Series #3: What to Actually Do on Rest Days
Welcome back to The Strong Series. 🖤 We've spent the last two weeks building your training week and filling it with the right movements. This week we're talking about the... Lire plus...
What Your Gym Era Says About You
Every woman who has been training for more than a year has been through at least one. A gym era. A distinct phase of your training life defined by the... Lire plus...
The Strong Series #2: The Compound Movements Every Woman Who Lifts Should Know
Welcome back to The Strong Series, our weekly deep dive into the training and wellness stuff that actually matters for women who lift. If you missed Week 1 on how... Lire plus...
How to Dress for the Gym When You Actually Care What You Look Like
We've gotta get something out of the way first.  Caring about what you wear to the gym is not vain. It's not shallow. It's not a distraction from the real... Lire plus...
THE STRONG SERIES: How to build your training week
WELCOME TO THE STRONG SERIES Every week we're going to land in your inbox with one thing: something genuinely useful about training, wellness, or the kind of stuff that makes... Lire plus...
The Summer Slump Is Real. Here's How to Train Through It
August is the month that gets people. We started the summer so strong, new gear, fresh energy, a training schedule that actually made sense. And then somewhere between the vacation... Lire plus...
Best Activewear Brands for Women Who Lift in 2026
If you've ever stood in front of a full wardrobe and still had nothing to wear to the gym, you're not alone, and you're probably not shopping from the right... Lire plus...
Things We're Crushing on This Week 🤎🤍
Things We're Crushing On This Week August (omg !!!) is fully here and she is not playing around. We're not going to talk about how summer is going just as... Lire plus...
A Love Letter to the 6am Girls (And the 9pm Girls, And Everyone in Between) 🤍
Hello!!!!! I have to confess that I've fallen off with my gym routine this summer. I've leaned heavy into fun (as we should!!!) but as I attempt to lock back... Lire plus...
Meet Our Co-Founder 🤍
Fair warning: you're gonna love her. Erin Boddy is the co-founder of Alura, the woman behind every product you're currently obsessed with, and also, in our humble and completely unbiased... Lire plus...
ALURA vs. DFYNE: Which Activewear Brand Is Better?
Okay, we wanna acknowledge upfront that we're a little biased here. But we're also going to be genuinely useful, because if you're Googling "Dfyne vs Alura" you deserve an actual... Lire plus...
Your Gym Bag Is Doing Too Much: A Packing Edit
Open your gym bag right now. Go on, I'll wait. Found an elastic with simply no elastic left that's been in there since March? A protein bar wrapper with half... Lire plus...
Why the "That Girl" Era Is Over (And What Replaced It)
Remember "that girl"? 5am wake-ups. The matcha. The colour-coded planner. The 12-3-30 on the treadmill before sunrise, filmed in a mirror, set to a very specific kind of piano music.... Lire plus...
Things We're Crushing On This Week 🩷🩵
Is time going by faster these days? We don't know how but it's already the end of June?! Like genuinely, where did the first half of this year go? We... Lire plus...
Plot Twist: June Is the New January
Uhhh we blinked and we're halfway through the year?? When the f*ck did that happen? We don't know about you guys but some of us on team Alura haven't been... Lire plus...
Science Says Your Cute Gym Fit Is Actually Making You Stronger
You've probably been told, directly or indirectly, that caring about what you wear to the gym is vain. That worrying about a matching set is "girl stuff" distracting from what... Lire plus...
The Secret to Building a Shelf (Hint: It's Not More Squats)
We get it babe, you're frustrated. You're showing up to the gym, you're putting in the hours and you feel like you've done the work and yet the gains aren't... Lire plus...
Things We're Crushing On This Week
There are two types of people in this world:  People who think life is just an endless cycle of laundry and dirty dishes, and people who know that if life... Lire plus...
I’ve Tried Every Workout Tip, Trick & Trend. Here’s What Actually Works.
If you’ve spent even five minutes on TikTok, Instagram, or wellness Reddit, you’ve probably been told that this workout is the one. The one that burns the most fat. The... Lire plus...
The Morning Glow-Up Ritual
Here’s the truth: the IT-girl version of you? She doesn’t just happen - she’s built. And it starts the moment you get ready in the morning.When you slip into your... Lire plus...