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Be Well Workout of the Week: Major Muscle Meltdown

This week’s workout consists of pairs of exercises working specific muscle groups. The end result: a total-body muscle meltdown that’ll leave you shaking like a […]

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The Checkup: The Best Exercises to Target Your 4 Most Important Ab Muscles

• How about a Friday morning anatomy lesson? Read up on your four most important ab muscles, then learn how to shred ’em to pieces. [Health]

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The Checkup: Why the Sound of Someone Chewing Drives You Nuts

• If you get easily annoyed or disgusted by certain sounds — like someone chewing with their mouth open or smacking their gum or even breathing loudly — […]

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Winter Slowing You Down? 5 Ways to Boost Your Fitness Motivation Right Now

If you’re anything like me, you’re proud of yourself for even making it to the gym during the winter months. The process of waking up […]

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Your Weekend Workout Playlist: Dave Matthews and Friends

The Dave Matthews Band is coming to town this summer, and everyone seems to be excited about it. So excited, in fact, that for the […]

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Be Well Workout of the Week: Super-Fast Snow-Day Sweat Session

It’s snowy out there! But lucky for you, as long as you have a pair of dumbbells lying around, you won’t have to leave the house […]

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5 Snow-Filled Philly Fitness Instagrams That Will Make You Want to Go Outside

If the thought of abandoning your house for a workout in the snowy — or in some cases, very slushy — outdoors is proving difficult (because […]

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The Checkup: Why You Should Sleep at Work Today (And Not Feel Bad About It)

Hooray for naps! A new study finds that just 30 minutes of midday shut-eye can undo a LOT of the damage — like weakened immunity […]

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The Checkup: You Probably Don’t Wash Your Towels Often Enough

• It might be time to do some laundry, you guys. Experts say you shouldn’t go more than three uses (!!) without washing your bath […]

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The Checkup: The $10,000 Treehouse Tent You Need for Your Next Camping Trip

• If you thought summer camp for adults was cool, how about this spherical tent you can pitch in a tree to satisfy all your latent and […]

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Be Well Workout of the Week: The Mountain-Climb Workout

Ready for this week’s workout? It goes like this: You’re going to start with five reps of pull-ups, then you’ll follow those with 10 burpees, […]

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The Philly Fitness Cheat Sheet: Cecily Tynan’s Favorite Places to Work Out

Welcome to our new feature, the Philly Fitness Cheat Sheet, where we get Philly fitness lovers to dish on their favorite workout spots, events, fitness-friendly getaways […]

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5 Fitness Classes That’ll Get You Back on Track With Your New Year’s Goals

Newsflash: Many of you are about to fall off the New Year’s resolution wagon. According to a survey (and a rather discouraging one at that), […]

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The Checkup: 15 Tips to Guarantee You Get a Great Workout

• Make sure you’re getting the most out of your gym time with these 15 awesome workout tips that guarantee you a killer sweat session. [Fitness Magazine]

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Be Well Workout of the Week: The Power Workout

This week’s workout is a real test of your speed, endurance and power. Get ready to move quickly and push yourself. You’ll start with 10 reps […]