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Working Out: Solo Or Social?

Caroline Gick | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Group Exercise, Training Partners, Group Exercise Classes, Gym, Motivation, Virtual Training Partner, Personal Trainers, Working Out in Groups, Solo Exercise, Solo Workout, Workout Alone, Working Out Alone, Workout Solo, Fitness and Exercise, Healthy Living News
Caroline Gick

I like to train alone. I don't care for classes or working out with others. I prefer to do my own thing and rely on the kindness of others if I need help with a spot.

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The 10 Most Annoying Facebook Status Updates

Andy McDonald | Posted 04.24.2012

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Andy McDonald

Facebook isn't a "thing" anymore. It's so ingrained, it just is. Before the Internet, if you didn't have a television, people automatically assumed you were weird. Now, if you don't have a Facebook page, you're either old, weird, or old and weird.

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Your Gym Etiquette Questions Answered

Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: Gym, Fitness and Exercise, What Not to Do at the Gym, Video, What to Do at the Gym, blisstree.com, Gym Etiquette, Healthy Living News

By Miss Fit for Blisstree.com Hello again from Miss Fit, a weekly advice column from someone who is a bit of a non-conformist when it comes to heal...

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Exercising A Mind-Body Connection

goodmenproject.com | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Health Post 50, Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse, Exercise, Body, Distraction, Gym, Fitness and Exercise, Reading, Mind, Fifty News

Full disclosure: I'm 57 years old, and twenty pounds over weight - and that was fine with me, at least until I caught a glimpse of myself, ambushed by...

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Let's Get Physical

Jerry Zezima | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Triceps, Stamford Advocate, Biceps, Humor, Spider-Man, Canada, United States, Gym, People Magazine, Hollywood, Dumbbells, Melville, College, Cpr, Abs, Bradley Cooper, Heineken, Aarp, Muscles, Stamford, Comedy News
Jerry Zezima

Even though I was recently edged out by Hollywood hunk Bradley Cooper as People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive, I am proud to say that, for a guy with an AARP card, I still have a boyish figure.

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Nearly 50 Percent Of Gay Men Would Die Early For The Perfect Body: British Survey

Posted 01.06.2012

Read More: Gay Men's Health, Men Fitness, Gay Men Body Image, Men Body Image, Men's Health, Gym Memberships, Gay Men's Fitness, Gay Men Fitness, Gym, Gay Voices News

Exactly how far would you go for cast-iron pecs or the perfect six-pack? Indeed, gay men have been stereotypically cast as gym bunnies by popular ...

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How Do These Ads Promote Fitness?

Blisstree | Posted 01.05.2012

Read More: Gyms, Terry Richardson, Gym, Equinox, Advertising, Women's Health, Equinox-Ads, Women News

Equinox, the upscale gym with locations in New York, Dallas, Chicago and other locations throughout the east and west coast, is causing quite an uproa...

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How To Navigate Over-Crowded January Gyms

The Huffington Post | Sarah Klein | Posted 01.05.2012

Read More: Guide to the Gym, Video, Healthy-New-Year, New-Years-2012, Fitness, New Years Resolution, Gym, Fitness and Exercise, New Years Resolutions, Gym Guide, Healthy Living News

A line for the showers, no available locker (or parking spot!) in sight and a waitlist for the treadmill that's longer than the time you're allowed to...

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What You Don't Know About People

Sam Sommers | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Personality Types, Situations Matter, Curriculum, Context, Personality, Kindergarten, Crowds, Airlines, Customer Service, Human Nature, Negotiation, Gender Differences, Mars and Venus, Gym, Sex Differences, Attraction, Gender, Arousal, Dating, Internet Dating, Video, Culture News
Sam Sommers

You've been lied to. Or, at the very least, misled. It's simply not true that everything you need to know about life you learned in Kindergarten.

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The One-Legged "Yogini"

Elizabeth Boleman-Herring | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Iyengar-Yoga, Yoga, Polio, Eastern Teachings, New Jersey, Suffering, Fifties, Dharma, India, Kofi Busia, Gym, Enlightenment, Teaching, Compassion, Healthy Living News
Elizabeth Boleman-Herring

You would think that, as an Iyengar-style yoga teacher of three (mere) years' standing, I might at least notice if a one-legged yogini (female yoga student) "walked" into my classroom. Reader, I did not notice.

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Peewee Perspiration

Leslie Goldman | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Childhood Obesity, Gym, NFL's Fuel Up to Play 60, Kids, Exercise, Parents News
Leslie Goldman

Why is there an 11-year-old on the elliptical next to me?

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More Than a Desperate Housewife, Eva Longoria Talks Activism

Avital Binshtock | Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: Clean Alternative Energy Program, Children, Epa, Beso, Agriculture, Green, The Harvest, Shine Global, Producer, Seasonal, Recycling, Regulations, Farms, Volunteer, Eva Longoria, Al Gore, Farmworkers, Dropouts, Poverty, Local, Gabrielle Solis, Pizza Fusion, Film, United Farm Workers, School, Greenville Project, Sustainable, Chefs, Las Vegas, Developers, Food, Construction, Fields, Health. Education, Pesticides, Eco, Immigrants, Retail, Hormones, Organic, Commercial Real Estate, Desperate Housewives, Inconvenient Truth, Philanthropy, Hybrids, Activism, Bill Clinton, Abc, Oregon, Toxic, Felicity Huffman, CARE Act, Laborers, Los Angeles, Gym, Portland, Fame, La Cosecha, Marcia Cross, Restaurants, Environment, Documentary, Ingredients, Ranch, Prop 87, Bottled Water, Hollywood, Green News
Avital Binshtock

Eva Longoria, who plays the self-involved Gabrielle Solis on ABC's Desperate Housewives, takes on extracurricular projects that set her far apart from her shallow onscreen persona.

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Dummy for Yoga

Elizabeth Boleman-Herring | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Yoga, Gym, Hatha Yoga, Teaching, 50s, Iynegar Yoga, Career Change, Fifty News
Elizabeth Boleman-Herring

In the middle of my sixth decade (at age 54, Oh Best Belovéds), I abandoned the life of the mind, as I once conceived it, and gave myself over, quixo...

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Man Dies In Gym Brawl After Being Stun Gunned By Officers

AP | GEORGE M. WALSH | Posted 12.31.2011

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COLONIE, N.Y. — A burly, incoherent 32-year-old man who rampaged through an upstate New York gym died after going into cardiac arrest when he wa...

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The 5 Commandments Of Gym Etiquette

Michael Feigin, M.S., C.S.C.S. | Posted 12.24.2011

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Michael Feigin, M.S., C.S.C.S.

I wanted to know what you all thought were the most offensive breaches of gym etiquette. The answers came in fast and angry.

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Spoonfuls of Peanut Butter and Other Dorm Room Snacks That Are Making You Fat

Small Kitchen College | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Drinks, Pizza, Bacon, Hummus, Sugar-Free, Beer, Fat, Cheese, Gym, Steak, Peanut Butter, Salad Bar, Drinking, Workout, Diet Soda, Alcohol, Protein, Salad, Portion Control, Low Calorie, Salad Dressing, College News
Small Kitchen College

When I was about one week into my freshman year of college, I remember thinking that I had finally discovered the way to a Jessica Biel body. Six months and 40 pounds later, I was staring at my muffin top and wondering what had gone wrong.

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U.S. Surgeon General: Don't Let Your Hair Keep You From The Gym

Posted 10.22.2011

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From CNN.com: The U.S. surgeon general stopped by the spectacle known as the Bronner Bros. International Hair Show on Sunday - and it wasn't for a new...

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Mom Forced To Leave Women-Only Gym For Breastfeeding

www.more.com | Posted 10.18.2011

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Any mother who has ever nursed a child knows when a baby’s gotta eat, a baby’s gotta eat. But despite the declarations that “breast is best,” ...

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Reconnecting Through an App: Hello Sunshine, Goodbye Gym

Jennifer Ketcham | Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: Iphone, Nike-Training-Club-App, Li Na, Nike, Lea Michele, Best Iphone Apps, Jeanette Jenkins, Community, Gym, Saving Money, iPhone Apps, Goals, Nike-Gps-App, Fitness and Exercise, Fitness Apps, Los Angeles News
Jennifer Ketcham

Since the discovery of my hips, I've been trying to slim them down, and as a result have spent thousands of dollars on gym memberships where I get toned under bad fluorescent lighting.

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How To Burn Calories In The Kitchen

Big Girls, Small Kitchen | Posted 10.05.2011

Read More: Castiron, Pots and Pans, Home Cooking, Workout, Cheap, Budget, Quarter-Life, Food, Gym, Grocery Shopping, Food News
Big Girls, Small Kitchen

Ditch those free weights, and grab a cast iron skillet instead! It's summertime, which means some of us are a little bit less worried about what topp...

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What's The Best Gym For You?

Michael Olajide Jr. | Posted 10.01.2011

Read More: Boutique Gym, How to Find a Gym, Gym, Franchised Gym, Choose a Gym, Find a Gym, How to Choose a Gym, Healthy Living News
Michael Olajide Jr.

Basically, if you are not into professional athletics, you have two choices: It's the "boutique gym" or the "franchised gym."

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The 7 Best Gym-Free Workout Routines

Big Girls, Small Kitchen | Posted 09.25.2011

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Big Girls, Small Kitchen

A gym membership was out of the question; the price of a month-long membership to anywhere is INSANE, and I didn't have a way to get there anyway. So I came up with my own routines.

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Love on the Rock Wall

Julia Plevin | Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Online Dating, Thailand, Rock Climbing, San Francisco, Exercise, Dating, Gym, Climbing, San Francisco News
Julia Plevin

Sometimes when people show up at the climbing gym on Harrison without a partner, the employees will announce over the P.A. system that someone is looking for a partner to belay. This is like putting yourself in a live date auction.

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Sara Gaynes

Gym Etiquette: 11 Common Faux Pas

HuffingtonPost.com | Sara Gaynes | Posted 09.13.2011

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Gym-goers everywhere have, at some point, encountered another member behaving badly. We spoke to Jon Baraglia, a regional fitness director for Bally T...

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No Excuses: How To Fit Exercise Into Your Busy Day

Natasha Hastings | Posted 07.17.2011

Read More: Fitting in Exercise, Fast Exercises, Gym, Healthy Living, Fitness and Exercise, Natasha Hastings, Exercise at Work, Healthy Living News
Natasha Hastings

For workaholics, nutrition and fitness are the last things in mind when you still have to factor in rest, family and leisure activities. Well, who says you can't have it all?

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