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  • Kick Your Own Booty

    It may seem like you've set yourself up for failure by resolving to get in shape AND save money this year (why is it so hard to have one's cake and eat it too?), but fear not:  here at BGG we aim to achieve the impossibl... more

  • Best of the Broke: June

    Can you believe it's been nearly a month since you received your first Broke Girl's Guide email? We hope we helped beat the June Gloom (and the more permanent cubicle gloom) by enlightening you as to your options for living large and spendi... more

  • Let It Burn: Cheap (and Free!) Workouts Around Town

    We know what you did this weekend. It’s okay. The fifth hot dog was overkill, but you were on your third BBQ of the day and fourth margarita and, well, it was there. In this moment, you’re probably just focused on surviving the day so... more

  • BGG Weekender

    Four-day work weeks are like puppies and babies and kittens and cocktails all rolled into one marvelous, truncated little thing, aren’t they? The fact that we have almost arrived at our next reprieve from conference rooms and cubicles makes u... more

  • Free Dance Classes, Sans Humiliation

    We were dancers our whole young lives, taking hours upon hours of serious instruction from serious teachers. So, when we one day in our adult lives thought it would be fun to get back into dancing, we decided ‘the school where Britney Spears ... more

  • Get Fit For Free With Our Expert-Created Workouts

    We used to be big on exercise, and then, you know, life got in the way. One day off led to two days off (and a drunken foot injury did little to help the situation), until eventually we realized a year had gone by since we'd incorporated workou... more

  • Best of the Broke: January

    Good morning!  The birds are chirping, the sun is shining, and you’re sitting at your desk counting down the minutes from Monday to Friday. To help you get through it, we’ve put together a little refresher on our best content thi... more

  • DIY Workouts + Freebies from YAS

    We hate to join the media legions bent on freaking you out about how soon summer will be here, and how potentially far you are from the banging beach body of your dreams. So instead we’ll just say that a good workout feels amazing, which is e... more

  • Free 11-Minute Booty Workout

    We're told that the newest body craze coming out of South America involves fillers for your derriere.  Since we don't believe in fillers anywhere, but particularly not in places that we can fill out on our own with just a little hard w... more

  • The Perfect Detox Day in LA

    We don’t know about you, but Coachella absolutely wrecked us.  Since the big event is over, and summer is a good month and a half away, we feel that now is as good a time as any to nurse ourselves back to health.  Accordingly, we&rs...; more

  • Best of the Broke: April

    It’s hard to believe that April has already come and gone, taking Tupac’s hologram with it.  No time to mourn the loss, however, as this is our favorite time of year because there’s so much to look forward to as spring slowly... more

  • 10 Ways to Fit Exercise Into Your Day

    This article has been graciously contributed by one of our favorite websites, LearnVest.com: We know two things: 1. We should be exercising more. 2. We're probably losing money on our well-intentioned gym membership. We're awar... more

  • BGG Weekender

    When the weekend begins, we completely understand the urge to drop everything, smash your computer screen, and run like a wild banshee into the bliss of Saturday and Sunday.  However, before doing so tomorrow evening, first make sure to enter ... more

  • BGG Weekender: Bootsy Bellows, Arrested Development Art, & a Pizza Crawl

    This weekend is going to be particularly amazing given its the start of a week-long period of acceptable slacking thanks to the midweek 4th of July holiday.  We don’t plan on doing anything even remotely productive from this Friday throu... more

  • BGG Weekender: Le French, Some Ghosts, and a Bit of Grease

    We just got back from a (work-related) trip to London, and after a week spent feeling like a pauper in a city that makes NYC seem cheap, we’re happy to have returned to sunny LA.  Suddenly, we feel flush!  However, we know better th... more

  • Carmelita Jeter, the Fastest Woman in the World

    Most days, we consider a walk to Starbucks to be tantamount to an Olympic feat, which is why few things could impress us more than a 32-year-old athlete who's been named the fastest woman in the world.  LA native Carmelita Jeter is just su... more

  • BGG Weekender: The Yogalympics, Some Chariots, and a Lot of Sex Talk

    How the eff did it get to be August already?!?  Somehow, we’ve found ourselves in the last month of summer with no evidence of a tan, having worn more bridesmaid dresses than bikinis.  Sigh.  While we’re trying not to dwe... more

  • 10 Affordable Apps to Keep You Healthy

    This article was graciously contributed by one of our favorite websites, LearnVest.com.  This article was graciously contributed  Everyone agrees that good health is priceless. And if you can maintain it with tools that cost le... more

  • BGG Weekender: Meteor Showers, Truffle Burgers & Liza Minnelli

    With temperatures pushing 90 all week, we’re just about ready to ditch our work-appropriate clothing and wander into the office in a bikini. Our responsible/sane/dessert-stuffed side will hopefully prevent us from actually doing this, but the... more

  • Your Weekend To-Do List: Ryan Gosling, Breakfast Pizza, & 30% Off Fall Must-Haves

    Our LA readers love the weekend itineraries we send them (oh-so-creatively called BGG Weekenders) so much that we couldn’t bear the thought of depriving the wider world of their genius. So, we’ve begun creating weekend to-do lists that ... more

  • Celebrity Trainer Holly Perkins' "Sit & Be Fit" Office Workout

    After two straight months of turkey dinners, Christmas cookies, and more than my fair share of wine, I have officially grossed myself out enough to join the chorus of New-Year-resolvers everywhere—I need to get healthy again, ASAP!  And ... more

  • The BGG To-Do List: Buy Jeans That Reduce Cellulite, Win Money, and Get Your Sh*t Together

    You’ve got a three-day weekend ahead of you, so we’ll keep this short and sweet while you bide your time until 5 p.m. Fact is: We were finally getting into the rhythm of this whole five days of work/school thing, but no matter—we&... more

  • 50% Off Personal Training Sessions with Celebrity Trainer David Waters

    Let's face it. Whatever it is you're doing (half-hearted leg lifts while watching "Downton Abbey") isn't working. You need professional help if there's any hope of getting out of your January fitness slump. Luckily, celebrity traine... more

  • BGG Weekender: Taste Of The Eastside, A Vintage Fashion Expo, & The Paris Photo Fair

    Maybe some of you didn’t get your fill of festival madness after the past two weekends of Coachella. Or maybe you've just been waiting for a festival with a little less of this t ype of  nonsense and a little more of this type o... more

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