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Olympic moves at school

Gold medalist Ashton Eaton shows off in the classroom

Olympic gold medalist Ashton Eaton, who holds the world record in the decathlon and heptathlon, is in Atlanta this week to compete in a track and field event and to meet with school kids to introduce a free classroom program that offers five-minute brain breaks throughout the day. Read More

Work-a-cise

From standing desks to hand-held fax machines, we've got the future of office-bound exercise covered.

In this brave new world of oddball and doctor-disapproved exercise regimens—where people use electric shocking belts in their desperate attempts to develop six-pack stomachs—there must be a product that can help sedentary lawyers fulfill their office-bound dreams of chiseled bodies, right? Read More

The no-work workout

Shake your way fit in 10 minutes a day

The problem with exercise is that there's so much moving involved. And it hurts. And it takes time. Unless you try GOGA. That's where you basically stand on a vibrating platform and let it shake you for 10 minutes. You don't break a sweat or have to move on your own very much. You can just watch TV and your gently bobbing body parts. Read More

Get off the couch

CDC says we don't get enough exercise

Put down the cookie and take a walk. Only about 20% of us are getting the exercise we need, according to a new report by the CDC. Read More

Tips from a Trainer: Amber Owens

Armpit squish and back fat, be gone

Though I normally seethe silently at the sight of a brand-new mommy with a slammin’ post-baby body, I can’t hate on Amber Owens. She got back into great shape when her daughter was still teeny-weeny, and she earned her physique. Here, the Atlanta-based trainer, fitness instructor and mother of an almost-two-year-old shares her tips on addressing two tough trouble spots: armpit squish and back fat. Read More

The benefits (and drawbacks) of nocturnal weight-lifting

What happens at a gym that's open all night?

I arrived at Workout Anytime, a gym in a Buckhead strip mall, near Frank Ski's Restaurant and Lounge, at 3:14 this morning. A normal-ish kind of person works out as late as midnight and as early as 5:30 a.m., I figured, having done so a few times myself. But who works out in the vampirish hours between? Read More

A liberal, not rich man's ode to a country club gym

Working out (kind of) with Sean Hannity

I'm cutting coupons now, but it wasn't always so. I grew up in a midtown neighborhood with wide streets and big houses, and I learned to play tennis and squash (like tennis but with smaller racquets and larger bank accounts) at a country club around the corner where two previous generations of my dad's family did the same. Read More
 

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