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

The only piece of equipment you’ll need to feel the burn in this workout is a stable bench or surface that you can jump onto […]

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The Free Fitness Challenge That Will Get You to Exercise for 31 Days Straight

Hold up — how is it almost October?! While we’re bummed that summer is in the rearview, the good news is that October weather is usually […]

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Be Well Workout of the Week: The Ultimate Workout for Philly Trail Lovers

There are SO many great trails to run in and around Philly. Let’s take advantage of them! This week, grab a buddy and pick a trail you’ve […]

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The Checkup: 6 Insider Tips for Buying Healthier Booze

• It’s finally the weekend (insert praising-hands emoji), which means you may be hitting up your local Wine & Spirits store on the way home […]

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The Checkup: The Daily Exercise You Should Be Doing (But Aren’t)

• We hear you: You’ve already penciled all your workouts for the week into your calendar. (And we applaud you.) Still, there’s one type of exercise […]

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Weekend Plans: There’s a Giant Fitness Fest Coming to the Mann Center

Being the health and fitness-minded Philadelphian that you are, you’re likely one of Tone It Up‘s 1.2 million Instagram followers. In case you aren’t, though, […]

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Be Well Workout of the Week: Torch Calories By Sprinting Your Fastest Mile

The perfect post-Labor Day Weekend workout to get you back on track after a weekend of over-indulging goes as follows: This week we will start […]

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The Checkup: How to Cleanse (Without Being Miserable)

• The word cleanse is pretty much always associated with deprivation: drink nothing but liquified kale, or cut all things sweet and good out of […]

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8 Rules We Wish All Fitness Trainers Would Follow

I should preface this post by saying that I think fitness trainers are wonderful. I’m a big fan, really. You guys are super motivating, very knowledgable […]

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The Checkup: The Argument for Eating a Giant Breakfast

• You’ve likely heard that breakfast is a pretty important meal, but recent research suggests that you also might want to make it your biggest meal of […]

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The Checkup: How This Common Weight-Loss Tactic Is Backfiring on You

• Just typing the words “counting calories” makes me die a little inside. It makes eating sound like … work. Yuck. And good news: Nutrition […]

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The Checkup: These Fridge Staples Are Totally Confusing Your Metabolism

• A new study published in Current Biology found that, not too surprisingly, foods that are both sweet and low-calorie (like, say, like yogurts with low-cal sweeteners […]

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Be Well Workout of the Week: Torch Calories with High-Intensity Sprint Intervals

This week, we sprint. Before you get freaked out by the word sprint, think of it in terms of simply pushing yourself to your limits. […]

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Shore Workouts: Do Pure Barre on the Beach

There’s something about working out on the beach that is just better. And this weekend, the folks from Pure Barre Ardmore are giving you a […]

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30 Exercises to Do with a Kettlebell

Kettlebells can be … intimidating. I mean, they look like wrecking balls with handles attached. But it turns out, you don’t have to be a bodybuilder […]