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Broad Street Run Training Playlist for Your Long Run: Feel-Good Oldies Edition

This week’s training playlist is brought to you by my mom’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame album collection. Not only will these tunes get […]

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The Checkup: All the Amazing Things Your Body Does While You Sleep

• John Mayer was right—your body is a wonderland. I mean, just look at all the amazing things it does while you’re asleep! [Huffington Post]

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Make: Vegan Banana Bread with Applesauce (and Less Sugar!)

First: Props to all the food photographers out there who’ve managed to take a drool-inducing photo of banana bread. Let me tell you, making banana […]

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Buttered Coffee: The New Superfood?

Here’s something you probably never considered embracing: butter—and in your coffee, no less. New York blog Well + Good NYC has an interesting piece this […]

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Start Your Day Like a Pro: How 8 Philly Fitness Pros Wake Up

If the first thing you do after opening your eyes in the morning is check your email, Instagram and Facebook, then your mornings could probably […]

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The Checkup: The 13 Absolute Worst People at the Gym

• Here, 13 insanely annoying gym people that make even the most devoted gym lovers say “I’m Never. Coming. Back.” And, yes: That guy who […]

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Expert Opinion: When Doctor Becomes Patient

I’m at the tail end of my pregnancy and hopefully all will go well. I was recently told I have gestational hypertension—i.e. high blood pressure […]

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Stream It: Broad Street Run Training Playlist for Your Weekend Long Run

Training for the Broad Street Run is no easy feat. And training on the weekends, when all you really want to do is sleep and […]

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6 Simple Ingredient Swaps to Seriously Slash Calories

With Spring Break approaching and bikini season looming, the big question is this: What can you do, besides hitting the gym, to get your sweater-season […]

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$5 Dance Classes At Philly Dance Fitness All Week Long

Good news, friends: This week, Philly Dance Fitness is giving you the chance to get your groove on at any of their newly refurbished Midtown […]

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Is the Clean-Eating Obsession the New Disordered Eating?

The other day, I was on the phone with one of my good friends, waxing nostalgic about all of the delicious dinner dishes we’d each […]

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The Checkup: 32 Ways to Have a Better Night’s Sleep

• Lordy, I need this: 32 ways to have a better night’s sleep. [Greatist]

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BeWOW: Get A Spring Break Body With This Tough Snow Day Workout

Get ready, folks: It might be freezing outside, but you are about to sweat up a storm thanks to this week’s workout.

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5 Scary Facts About Americans’ Eating Habits

In case you needed any more proof that our country’s eating habits are less than stellar, we’ve found it: Shape excerpted some of the most […]

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New Onesie Body Monitor Tracks Baby’s Health on Your Phone

Anxious new parents everywhere can breathe a big sigh of relief, thanks to Rest Devices’s new “smart baby monitor.” Adorably dubbed the Mimo Kimono, the […]