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Your Weekend Workout Playlist: 20 Workout Songs We Have On Repeat Right Now

For the past few weeks, we’ve given you mixes of old and new songs to sweat to, which is cool and all, but we thought […]

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Do This: Jingle Bell Boot Camp At the Art Museum Steps This Weekend

‘Tis the season for holiday workouts people! This Saturday, December 12th, CoreFitness is having their second annual Jingle Bell Boot Camp, and you’re invited. Here’s how it works: You’ll […]

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Be Well Workout of the Week: Jump Rope for Joy 

This week, let’s take it back to the playground. Grab a jump rope, a high ceiling and some space and channel your inner third grader. […]

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Your Weekend Workout Playlist: The Ultimate Pop Playlist (Oldies Included!)

There’s nothing like a playlist so good that it has you movin’ and groovin’ straight through a tough workout. And this week, we’ve built just […]

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The BeWOW Breakdown: “This Workout Was Deceiving”

This Week’s Workout: Crush Calories With a Kettlebell and Physioball The Breakdown: Total time commitment: 35 to 40 minutes Difficulty (out of 5): 3 Soreness factor: […]

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The Checkup: How to Know for Sure If You Got a Good Workout

• For everyone who’s ever walked out of a fitness class wondering “Was that a good workout? I really do NOT know”: Six physical signs, courtesy […]

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I’m Sorry, But Has Anyone Ever Actually Worked Out At the Office?

Office workouts are supposed to be a thing. This is how I know: If you Google the term “office workout,” you yield more than 86 […]

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Be Well Workout of the Week: Crush Calories With a Kettlebell and Physioball

For this week’s workout, you’ll need a kettlebell and a physioball. (Can you tell this week’s workout is going to be a toughie?) For the […]

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Your Weekend Workout Playlist: All Your ’90s Favorites

Hey closeted Backstreet Boys fanatics, this week’s playlist is for you. We’re taking you back to the ’90s for the ultimate dance-your-butt-off workout playlist, including all of […]

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The BeWOW Breakdown: Hallelujah! There Are No Burpees in This Workout

This Week’s Workout: The Super-Killer Superset Workout Testing date: Monday, November 16th. See the workout here. The Breakdown Total time commitment: 40 to 50 minutes […]

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Be Well Workout of the Week: The Super-Killer Superset Workout 

This week, you are going to superset each body part. That means you’ll do one exercise, like a chest press, then immediately do another chest exercise, […]

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The Top 10 Ways You’re Ruining Your Workouts, According to Philly Trainers 

What is the absolute worst workout habit? That is the question I asked 10 Philly trainers, and the answers I got back truly surprised me. […]

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Your Weekend Workout Playlist: Hip-Hop Tracks Guaranteed to Get You Amped

It’s been too long since we’ve given you a decent hip-hop playlist to bust a sweat to. And let’s face it, some workouts just aren’t […]

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The BeWOW Breakdown: “Our Arms and Legs May Have Already Fallen Off”

This Week’s Workout: Opposite Exercises Attract Testing date: Monday, November 9th. See the workout here. The Breakdown Total time commitment: 45 minutes to one hour. Difficulty: 5 (out of […]

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Be Well Workout of the Week: Opposite Exercises Attract 

Six pairs of exercises, done five times each: That’s your challenge this week. (And yes, it will be harder than it sounds.) Get ready to […]