Karen Asp is an Indiana-based journalist who specializes in fitness, health and nutrition.

She's currently the fitness columnist for Allure and the sport training columnist for Oxygen. She also writes for dozens of other publications including Cooking Light, Fitness, Glamour, Good Housekeeping, Health, InStyle, Men's Fitness, Newsweek, Prevention, Redbook, Self, Shape, Weight Watchers, and Women's Health.

Karen is also a personal trainer and group fitness instructor certified by the American Council on Exercise with over 10 years teaching and training experience. In her own time, Karen played competitive tennis through college, has logged numerous centuries on her bike and also counts cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, hiking, kayaking and yoga as her favorite fitness activities.