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A Yoga-CrossFit Hybrid Workout? It’s Officially a Thing.

• Your task this week: to try this at-home yoga-CrossFit hybrid workout. Yes, you read that correctly. [Shape]

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The Trendy Way to Stay Active at Work: A Sleeker, Redesigned Treadmill Desk

Newsflash: Desk chairs are so OVER. So what are you supposed to sit on at work? Well, nothing actually. The folks over at Well + […]

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How Sleep (and Lack Thereof) Affects Your Workout

Everyone wants to get more done in a day, and with our hectic lives, sleep is usually the first activity to be sacrificed. The Better […]

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The Checkup: What Correct Portions Really Look Like for Your Favorite Foods

• Gaaaaah! The giant-size smoothie I’ve been so dutifully chugging every day for the past two weeks is apparently waaaaay bigger than it should be. […]

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To Do: Donation Classes to Benefit MANNA at 12th Street Gym

Here is a class that will finally get you into the gym on Friday evenings! For four Fridays throughout the month of November, the Metropolitan Area […]

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The Surprising Top Fitness Trend for 2014

When you think of what’s trending in the fitness world, crazed SoulCycle junkies and green-juice guzzling yogis probably come to mind. So the findings of […]

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Get a Pre-Holiday Body Reboot with Unite Fitness’s Clean Eating Challenge

November brings to mind thoughts of pie, stuffing and creamy mashed potatoes. With so many delicious indulgences to look forward to, why even think about […]

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To Do: Halloween Glow in the Dark Yoga Classes at Sculpere

I’m sure you want to celebrate Halloween, right? Just minus the screaming children, the egg-throwing high schoolers, and the ouch-I-really-overdid-it-on-the-candy-bowl stomach ache. Well, lucky you! […]

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BeWOW: High-Intensity, No-Time-To-Catch-Your-Breath Workout

We’re going to get your heart pounding and your lungs working on overdrive this week. In the latest Be Well Workout of the Week, you are […]

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The Checkup: Conquer Fall Allergies With These Yoga Poses

• Hey, you! Stop popping Benadryl like they’re M&Ms and try these congestion-relieving yoga moves instead. [POPSUGAR Fitness]

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The Checkup: 5 Perfectly Balanced Snacks for Marathoners

• Snacking well is an art. No really—think about it: You eat too much, and you spoil your dinner (or worse); you eat too little, […]

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Awesome! First Lithe Method Class Now Free

Remember how I told you about the promotion Lithe Method was running in October, offering free beginner classes at all its studios? Well, apparently, the […]

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$10 Donation Classes at Pure Barre This Weekend for Breast Cancer Month

Ladies, cancel your workout plans this weekend and make a date with Pure Barre. The studio’s Main Line and South Jersey studios are holding $10 […]

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The Checkup: 5 Exercises That (Theoretically) Burn the Most Calories

• I guess we can all stop wasting our time on the treadmill. These five exercises, which target multiple muscles at once, supposedly burn the most […]

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New CrossFit Gym Opening in Pennsport This Weekend with a Free Workout

CrossFit 2 St. (Get it? Like, Second Street?) will celebrate its grand opening this weekend in Pennsport at 1323 South 2nd Street. The box is a […]