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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 […]

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The Checkup: Science Says This Calorie-Free Trick Makes Your Food Taste Better

• New research shows Instagramming your homemade green juice or your avocado toast at Bluestone Lane, while it will certainly earn you a few eye rolls, delays […]