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Be Well Workout of the Week: Beat the Clock and Feel the Burn 

Are you ready to work, folks? For this workout, you’re going to see how quickly you can get through four rounds of the circuit below, starting […]

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The BeWOW Breakdown: This Bench Workout Will Make You Feel Strong — But Not Dead

This Week’s Workout: Your New Go-To Bench Workout The Breakdown Total time commitment: 25-30 minutes Difficulty (out of five): 3 Soreness factor: It was a quick and […]

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Be Well Workout of the Week: Your New Go-To Bench Workout

What you need for this week’s workout: one bench and one weight — that’s it! Well, a sturdy bench, I should say. Each exercise will […]

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The BeWOW Breakdown: “Good Thing We Don’t Need Our Shoulders to Do Our Jobs”

This Week’s Workout: Feel the Burn with Bigger Weights The Breakdown Total time commitment: 35-45 minutes Difficulty (out of five): 5 Soreness factor: Good thing we […]

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Broad Street Run Training: What an Effective Runner’s Warm-Up Looks Like

If you’ve ever run a race before, odds are you’ve seen the runners jogging, jumping, marching, and even sprinting before the race starts. Perhaps you […]

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Be Well Workout of the Week: Feel the Burn with Bigger Weights

Let’s do some heavy lifting this week, shall we? We’ll keep the reps low (about four to eight at a time for each exercise), so grab […]

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Best News Ever: A Daily Dose of Chocolate Could Improve Your Workouts 

So we’re going to go ahead and call this the best news ever: A small recent study, published in the Journal of the International Society […]

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Be Well Workout of the Week: The Muscle-Burning Mountain-Climber Challenge

Doing this workout is kind of like climbing up and down a mountain — five times. Here’s the deal: You’re going to start with five burpees, […]

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The BeWOW Breakdown: This Is a Workout You Can Recycle Over and Over Again

This Week’s Workout: Shred Your Arms and Abs with a Stability Ball The Breakdown Total time commitment: 45 minutes Difficulty (out of five): 3 Soreness factor: […]

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For Everyone Who Misses #RunStreakPHL: A New Local Running Challenge to Try

Like some rabbits need a carrot dangling in front of their face, some runners need a little motivation to get moving. Well, here’s your carrot: […]

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The Checkup: The 5-Minute Ab Workout You Can Definitely Fit Into Your Day 

• If you’ve got five minutes (c’mon, you’ve got five minutes), you’ve got time for this no-equipment ab workout. You’ll thank us later. [POPSUGAR Fitness]

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Be Well Workout of the Week: Shred Your Arms and Abs with a Stability Ball

This week’s workout is going to zone in on — you guessed it! — your arms and your abs, with many of the moves in this […]

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The BeWOW Breakdown: You Can Do This 770-Rep Workout at Home

This Week’s Workout: The 10-Round Challenge for a Full-Body Workout The Breakdown Total time commitment: 40 to 50 minutes Difficulty (out of five): 3 Soreness factor: There […]

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The Checkup: Why Daylight Saving Time Makes You Hate Life

• Daylight Saving Time is coming up this Sunday, which means we’ll all be getting an hour less sleep — and some of us will […]

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The Checkup: The Scary Link Between Carbs and Cancer

• Welp, this will make you think twice about your bagel addiction: A new study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention found that people whose […]