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My Top 5: Spots to Do Hill Sprints in Philly

Despite the ungodly 95-degree weather Mother Nature has been torturing us with lately, fall race season is still upon us, which means many of you out […]

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7 Easy Ways to Upgrade Your Workouts, According to Philly Fitness Pros

We’re sure you all have little tips and tricks up your sleeve for staying motivated and powering through your HIIT workouts or hill sprints (the […]

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Be Well Workout of the Week: Fast and Furious Full-Body Workout 

For this week’s workout, you have 35 minutes to do as many rounds of the exercises below as you can. That means it’s up to […]

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Pssst: This Is When Solidcore’s First Philly Studio Will Open

Well, my friends, we’ve been waiting with bated breath for quite some time now to hear exactly when Solidcore, a D.C.-based fitness studio that’s bringing its […]

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Meet Philly’s New Free Fitness Group: The Liberators 

If you can never, ever seem to get yourself up to make it to the November Project’s awesome twice-weekly free workouts (they go down at […]

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The Busy Person’s Workout Cheat Sheet

Between early-morning work meetings, dentist appointments, calling to yell at your cell phone company, and finding the perfect gift for your best friend’s bridal shower, some […]

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Be Well Workout of the Week: The Cardio-Strength Challenge

This workout will challenge not only your strength, but also your cardio. Why challenge both at the same time? Well, because pairing strength and cardio […]

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Do This: Free Workout at Parks on Tap Tomorrow

We have some pretttttty sweet — and cheap! — Friday evening plans for you: Get your sweat on with South Philly’s new Charge Performance and […]

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The Checkup: The Most Efficient Exercise to Strengthen Your Entire Core

• A recent study put folks to work, having them perform a slew of of abs-strengthening exercises while hooked up to electrodes to determine which […]

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The Checkup: The Cooking Technique That Instantly Upgrades Eggs

• Steamed eggs: Ever made ‘em? Neither have I. But if you regularly add a hardboiled egg to whatever you’re eating for a punch of […]

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Be Well Workout of the Week: Tone Up With Heavy Weights and Low Reps 

This workout is going to focus on using heavy weights to work your muscles in just a few reps. You’ll start by doing 10 reps […]

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How to Stick to Your Workout Plans Every Day This Month

Another month of miserable weather, another workout streak challenge to make sure you don’t sit on the couch for 31 days straight. As some of […]

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The Checkup: The Unexpected Meal to Add to Your Post-Workout Routine

• Confession: Homemade fried rice is one of my favorite lazy-night meals. And even though I always pack it with tons of veggies, I still […]

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The BeWOW Breakdown: This One-Weight Workout Gets Five Stars

This Week’s Workout: Shred Your Entire Body With One Weight The Breakdown Difficulty (out of five): 3.5 (easy exercises to do; not an easy workout) Soreness […]

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Sit at a Desk All Day? Here’s How Much Exercise You Need, Study Suggests

As I type this, I am about to spend eight hours, more or less, in my desk chair. Previous studies have suggested that, given my […]