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03/04/2010

Interval training may be best bet for fitness
People who complain they have no time to exercise may soon need another excuse.

02/04/2010

Let's chill

Avid runner Andi Smith goes for a quick run around the Jas F. Chambers, Jr. Youth Fitness Park.
Sonya N. Hebert
Avid runner Andi Smith goes for a quick run around the Jas F. Chambers, Jr. Youth Fitness Park.

Does a chill in the air make you want to curl up underneath a blanket by the fire? The first freeze of our mercurial Dallas-Fort Worth weather hit early December, and who knows when the next Arctic blast will blow through.

01/27/2010

Better you, better world

Julia and Michael Woods take Pit Bull mixes, Smudge (left) and Gilda (right) out of their cage to play in the yard while volunteering at the Plano Animal Shelter.
Lara Solt
Julia and Michael Woods take Pit Bull mixes, Smudge (left) and Gilda (right) out of their cage to play in the yard while volunteering at the Plano Animal Shelter.

In helping others, you can help yourself – not just because it's good for your spirit, but because there are ways of giving that yield tangible physical benefits.

01/26/2010

Stay motivated by finding the right gym
Fitness centers provide some of the best opportunities to shape up. What you need is a game plan for finding the right place, making fitness goals and sticking to them.

12/10/2009

Sign Me Up: Get fit to a Bollywood beat
Bollywood musicals have long been an underground favorite of movie buffs, with their big, elaborately staged dance numbers being the highlight of most films. Now a new fitness video helps you re-create the fun and energy of the movie choreography, while getting in shape.

11/12/2009

Vegetable lovers get juiced

Yohana Bencosme is seen pouring juice into a container in the Liquiteria juice bar in the East Village section of Manhattan.
Associated Press
Yohana Bencosme is seen pouring juice into a container in the Liquiteria juice bar in the East Village section of Manhattan.

At midmorning, the line at Liquiteria is almost out the door. Customers at the bright, cheerful New York City juice bar can't seem to get enough of owner Doug Green's menu of smoothies and fresh-squeezed juices.

08/20/2009

Nia helps exercisers move it and lose it
Imagine dancing with joyous abandon, grooving and gliding into soul-kissing bliss. That's what my morning was like when I took my first "Nia" class.

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