Tighten your abs and booty with an emphasis on the beat. There's no reason strength training can't feel like a dance party. This 20-minute workout from celebrity trainer JJ Dancer will get you moving and tone muscles you never even knew you had! Grab two hand towels, or paper plates if you're working out on carpet, press play, and get ready to work.

 

Get ready for a serious booty burner from Pilates trainer Jake DuPree. It's only 15 minutes long, but he works your glutes from all angles to create a lifted, sculpted backside without ever having to stand up. Yep, the entire workout is on the floor. Grab a mat, press play, and get ready to work your booty.

 

It's pretty incredible when products you already love and need also give back to an incredible cause.  We've seen some amazing pieces for Breast Cancer Awareness Month across different brands, from fitness equipment to printed active tights to green juices and more.

Dive into some of your favorite brands like Kayla Itsines and GoMacro and some underground ones that are doing wonderful things for wonderful charities — each of these products gives a percentage or dollar amount back to a different program, like the National Breast Cancer Foundation, Think Pink, and Rethink Breast Cancer.  You'll feel good, body and mind — and so will the women you help.

 

Give-a-Care Package

The product:  Give-a-Care Package ($50 and up)

The donation:  100 percent of the proceeds

The organization:  Rethink Breast Cancer

Why you need it:  This box is the ultimate care package for someone you love who has breast cancer with an assortment of products from high-end brands like Avon, The Cashmere Shop, and Leaves of Trees.  Each product is carefully curated to specifically help the needs of someone going through breast cancer treatment, and they all have a cheeky message on the packaging.  The charity, Rethink Breast Cancer, supports young women who have been affected by this awful disease and their families — so not only will you help a loved one, but even more people in turn with your donation.

 

Benson Pink Cardinal Watch, Limited Edition

The product:  Benson Pink Cardinal Watch, Limited Edition ($99, originally $210)

The donation:  100 percent of proceeds

The organization:  We Can-Cervive and the Fight After the Fight campaign

Why you need it:  Keep time — and awareness — all in one.  This ultracute blush-toned watch is stylish and philanthropic, with all the profits benefiting great causes.  We Can-Cervive is a Washington DC-based nonprofit that contributes to fighting all types of cancer, with both cancer awareness and patient advocacy.  We Can-Cervive is also the parent organization for the Fight After the Fight campaign, which sheds light on the multitude of struggles post-cancer survival.

 

Sabre Pepper Spray

The product:  Sabre Pepper Spray ($10)

The donation:  Sabre's pink line has donated over $1 million since 2008 and helped provide mammograms in its year-round effort.  It's backed by the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

The organization:  American Cancer Society

Why you need it:  One, it's always good to have some pepper spray on your keychain.  Do you go for solo runs often?  Safety first!  Two, in the words of Janelle Hail, NCBF founder and CEO, "SABRE Red has been steadfast in their support of NBCF's mission to help women now.  Since 2008, they've raised $1 million and helped provide over ten thousand mammograms and early detection services for those in need."

 

Kayla Itsines Fitness Equipment

The product:  Kayla Itsines Fitness Equipment ($6 and up)

The donation:  100 percent of the proceeds

The organization:  Funds split 50/50 between the National Breast Cancer Foundation and McGrath Foundation

Why you need it:  Kayla's products are awesome to begin with — now you can get them for 50 percent off (seriously incredible price) and 100 percent of the proceeds this month will be donated to two great charities.  Kayla's signature pink gear — think ankle weights, foam rollers, towels, and more — will keep you breast cancer aware (and fit!) all year long.

 

Archipelago Botanicals Find a Cure Soy Candle

The product:  Archipelago Botanicals Find a Cure Soy Candle ($25)

The donation:  50 percent of proceeds

The organization:  Breast Cancer Angels

Why you need it:  Archipelago is known for beautiful fragrances;  this limited-edition variety supports breast cancer awareness and has "a fruity essential oil blend of pink grapefruit, cassis, and bergamot, poured in soy wax and designed for over 50 hours of burn time".  Use it for your at-home yoga practice to set the tone.

 

Bikini Pink S’well — 25 Ounces

The product:  Bikini Pink S’well — 25 Ounces ($45)

The donation:  20 percent of the purchase price

The organization:  Breast Cancer Research Foundation

Why you need it:  We know you want another S'well bottle, so why not get the one that gives back?  Keep your water cold, look stylish, and contribute to saving lives.

 

The Neshama Project Tikva Necklace

The product:  The Neshama Project Tikva Necklace ($108) and The Pink Fund Tikvah Necklace with Tank ($108-$136)

The donation:  10 percent of sales (year round) from the Tikvah, 25 percent of sales (in October only) for the Pink Fund Package

The organization:  The Pink Fund

Why you need it:  You can totally wear this beautiful necklace to your yoga class.  It's beautiful and subtle, and tikvah means "hope" in Hebrew — and we all need a little bit of that.

 

AfterShokz Trekz Titanium Headphones, Limited Edition Hot Pink

The product:  AfterShokz Trekz Titanium Headphones, Limited Edition Hot Pink ($130)

The donation:  25 percent of sales

The organization:  Bright Pink

Why you need it:  According to the site, not only are these hot pink phones sturdy and stylish, but they're "bone conduction" headphones that "allow you to hear it all with their open ear design."

 

Fitlosophy Fitbook Pink

The product:  Fitlosophy Fitbook Pink ($25)

The donation:  $4 for each book sold

The organization:  Avon Foundation

Why you need it:  Journaling is one of the best and most effective ways to reach your fitness and weight-loss goals.  Not only does this version of Fitlosophy's classic Fitbook have a cute pink design, but it contributes a significant portion of the proceeds to an amazing cause.  You'll feel good inside and out.

 

Hollie Watman Swimwear and Leggings

The product:  Hollie Watman Swimwear and Leggings ($99-$228)

The donation:  15 percent of sales

The organization:  Breast Cancer Research Foundation

Why you need it:  Because if you're going to get a new pair of active leggings, they should be as cute as they are charitable.  This collection also has beautiful luxury swimwear in bright pink, which benefits the same cause.

 

Daily Greens Cold Pressed Juice

The product:  Daily Greens Cold Pressed Juice (prices vary)

The donation:  20 percent of cleanse kit sales, $1 for every coupon redeemed

The organization:  Young Survival Coalition

Why you need it:  You get to drink juice and fight cancer?  Two birds with one stone.  What've you got to lose (besides calories)?

 

Lokai Bracelets

The product:  Lokai Bracelets ($18)

The donation:  $1 per bracelet

The organization:  Breast Cancer Research Foundation

Why you need it:  Stay balanced, stress less, and have more energy.  These Lokai bracelets are pretty sweet to begin with and are "infused with elements from the highest and lowest points on earth" with mud from the Dead Sea and water from Mount Everest, all to keep you centered.

 

Vie Active Zanna Supplex Tights in Pink Python and Persian Rose

The product:  Vie Active Zanna Supplex Tights in Pink Python ($106) and Persian Rose ($78)

The donation:  $10 for each pair of tights sold

The organization:  Breast Center at Weill Cornell Medicine

Why you need it:  Gorgeous active tights that give back?  We'll take one of each.  The high waist is a nice touch and will keep you covered for all types of activity.

 

GoMacro Sunny Uplift Cherries + Berries Bar

The product:  GoMacro Sunny Uplift Cherries + Berries Bar ($3)

The donation:  10 percent of sales

The organization:  Keep a Breast

Why you need it:  GoMacro was founded by a mother and daughter — the mother, Amelia, survived breast cancer and used clean eating as a part of her cancer recovery.  This bar is delicious, will help fuel you during the day (or between workouts!), and contributes to an amazing cause.  You can use the code "GOBOOBIES20" to receive 20-percent off of your online GoMacro purchase during the month of October.

 

Vie Active Mia Bralette in Persian Rose

The product:  Vie Active Mia Bralette in Persian Rose ($48)

The donation:  $5 for each bralette sold

The organization:  Breast Center at Weill Cornell Medicine

Why you need it:  This sweet fuchsia bralette is perfect for a mellow yoga class or LISS training, and you'll raise a little awareness with the hot color.

 

If you're an I-love-lifting-weights kind of gal, you're going to love these quotes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When the day of the Movemeant Foundation's Dare to Bare event rolled around, I was not even the tiniest bit excited to work out.  Maybe it was the corn dogs, french fries, and beer I'd downed at a festival a day earlier (is it obvious I'm not a fitness editor yet?), but the SoulCycle class I'd eagerly signed up for days earlier now seemed like a death sentence.  To make matters worse, I hadn't signed myself up for just a regular SoulCycle class.  No, I had signed myself up for a shirtless ride promoting body positivity in one of the busiest parks in New York City.  Awesome.

I won't lie to you, I considered just skipping the whole thing altogether.  I let myself imagine a glorious day spent melting into my couch, wearing a shirt in the privacy of my own home.  Besides, a lackluster workout when I felt like crap would be a total waste of my time, right?  But when I felt the guilt of skipping a workout (a charity workout, even worse) creep in, I quickly threw on the event's Sweaty Betty sports bra and promised myself that I'd only clock in the minimum amount of effort necessary to avoid public humiliation.

 

Strapped into my bike, armed only with a sports bra and my really bad attitude, I settled in for a mediocre ride.  Only, that's not at all the kind of ride I ended up having.  Two songs in, I found myself humming along to the blaring music and smiling to myself as my more cheerful classmates shouted words of encouragement into the crowd.  A few tracks later, my body was tuning into the improved mood of my brain and I was really cruising.  Sure, I was skipping all of those double tap backs and taking more breaks than usual, but who cares?  Without even giving it a thought, the catchy tunes and positive attitudes of my classmates had melted away my reluctance to give the workout a fair shot.

 

My Dare to Bare experience gave me a new fitness mantra to live by:  just show up to class.  No.  Matter.  What.  Even if I'm confident I'll hate every second of it.  Even if I feel awful after eating my way through an entire festival's worth of fried food the day before.  I accept that the classes where I have to physically drag myself to the studio may not be the ones where I set personal records and completely kick ass.  But I won't accept pressing the cancel button and simply throwing away an opportunity to surprise myself with what my body can do if I just get myself in the room.