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The Checkup: How to Be On Time for Every Single Appointment This Week

• Can we all just agree that late people are the worst? Actually, strike that: The worst is when you yourself are late to something […]

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The Checkup: 8 Mind Tricks You Can Use to Finally Become a Morning Person

• Waking up early just plain sucks — but it doesn’t have to. Make use of one or two of these easy mind tricks (one […]

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The Checkup: 10 Things You’re Fooling Yourself About When It Comes to Germs

• Thanks, Mental Floss, for setting us straight on germs.

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The Ultimate Guide to Living Room Workouts for Snowy Days

Okay, okay, so we didn’t quite the get snowy wallop weather forecasters predicted. But by the looks of my desolate office and the largely deserted […]

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The Checkup: 8 Things Not to Do If You’re Trying to Lose Weight

• Look, we all make mistakes, especially when it comes to our health and fitness. So in the interest of helping you avoid one or […]

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4 Workout-Motivation Tricks to Guarantee You Get to the Gym This Week

It’s that time of year again. The hopefulness and exuberance of the New Year has given way to the cold reality: Getting in shape is […]

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The Be Well Philly Wish List: Let’s Make Philly the Best City for Fitness in 2015

Over here in Be Well Philly Land, we’re pretty much always talking about what we absolutely love about Philly’s fitness-and-health-food scene (The Schuylkill Banks Boardwalk! […]

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6 Fit Things to Do in Philly This Weekend: Chilly Cheeks 7-Miler, Hip-Hop Yoga, Free Workouts at Hotel Monaco and More

Starting to think about the weekend? Us, too! If you’re hoping to figure in some time working up a sweat, you’ve come to the right […]

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How to Decide When It’s Time to Get Rid of Your Gym Clothes

I’ve amassed quite the collection of gym clothes over the years. From crappy cotton undershirts to tights in every conceivable length to insanely expensive tech […]

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Be Well Workout of the Week: Let’s Talk About Legs, Baby

Last week, we tackled your upper body, so this week—surprise!—it’s all about your legs. Get ready to feel the burn. You are going to complete three […]

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#MotivationMonday: Behold! These Backflip Burpees Are Simply Insane

There are really no words for this one, except maybe: wow. Just … WOW.

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The Checkup: 5 Free Apps to Make Your Commute Today So Much Better

• Because getting to work can sometimes be more stressful than work itself, there’s this: a super-useful roundup of five free apps for commuters—whether you […]

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5 Things to Do on Sunday to Prep for the Best Week Ever

Look, you don’t have you spend your entire day on Sunday in prep-mode for the week ahead. But if you carve out some time to […]

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The Checkup: How to Get a Ridiculously Effective Workout in Just 4 Minutes

• You can do anything for four minutes, right? Two words: Tabata workouts. These workouts require all-out bursts of hard work followed by short rest […]

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Be Well Workout of the Week: Upper Body Blast

This week, we’re going to work your arms, shoulders and back until they feel like Jell-O. Ready?