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Be Well Workout of the Week: Can You Run 30 Sprints in One Workout?

For your workout this week, let’s do some sprint intervals. You want to work hard during the sprints, and then take advantage of your recovery […]

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Your Weekend Workout Playlist: Escape from the Madness

Whether you’re trying to escape from the Pope madness or just a maddening week at work, we’ve got the answer: This week’s playlist. Strap on […]

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At-Home Workouts to Stay Fit During the Pope Frenzy

If you plan to sequester yourself in the confines of your crowd-free, port-a-potty-free home during the Pope frenzy this weekend, we are totally with you. […]

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Be Well Workout of the Week: The 25-15-10 Workout

For this week’s workout, you’re going to complete four rounds of exercises, each with three different moves. Once you complete the first group of exercises, […]

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The Checkup: The Case for Doing Easier Exercises

• Yes, you read that right: easier exercises. Check out these very intriguing (dare I say, convincing?) reasons for taking it a little easier at […]

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Be Well Workout of the Week: The 5-Minute Countdown

For the workout this week, you will have five minutes to complete a circuit of exercises with weights. along with a bit of cardio. Once […]

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Your Best Outdoor Workout: Philly Boot Camps for Every Kind of Fitness Nut

For the early bird: CoreFitness This is the kind of wake-up call you won’t mind answering: a wee-hours-of-the-morning workout on the pretty Water Works Pier overlooking […]

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The Checkup: The Waist-Friendly Guide to Ordering at Chipotle

• Love chipotle more than life itself? This should come in handy: Your guide to ordering your burrito (or bowl, or salad) like a bonafide […]

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Be Well Workout of the Week: Body-Shredding Ladder Workout

The workout this week will work like this: You’ll do five reps of the first exercise, 10 of the second, 15 of the next, and […]

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Be Well Workout of the Week: The 10-Move, Two-Person Challenge

For this week’s workout, grab a friend — heck, grab a BIG group of friends — and get ready to sweat. Everything in this workout will […]

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Be Well Workout of the Week: The Countdown to Killer Muscles 

Ready to sweat, people? For this week’s workout, you are going to do 20 reps of each exercise, then 18 of each, 16 of each, […]

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Your Weekend Workout Playlist: Cheaters Never Prosper Edition

With cheating being so, um, top of mind this week, we thought it duly appropriate to dedicate our latest workout playlist to all the cheaters in […]

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Be Well Workout of the Week: Killer Full-Body Workout in Just 8 Moves

For this week’s workout, you have four pairs of exercises to work with. You’re going to complete 10 reps of each exercise, and four rounds […]

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The Checkup: This Is the Best Way to Catch Your Breath Mid-Workout

• Finally, the mystery has been solved! When you’re trying to catch your breath mid-workout, your best bet is not to put your hands over […]

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Why Do So Many of Us Think of Exercise As a Luxury Rather Than a Necessity?

Confession: The number of times I’ve toted my yoga mat to the office only to end up skipping my  yoga class and staying late at […]