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    Jennifer Taft Lost 163 Pounds: 'The Girl Who Struggled to Get Up Off of the Couch 3 Years Ago Just Ran Her First Half Marathon!'

    In 2014, after Jennifer Taft's weight climbed to over 300 pounds, she realized she wanted to live a healthier and happier life. This is the story of her weight-loss journey.

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    The 7 Trainers of ‘Work Out New York’ Share Their Fitness Secrets

    Fit friends, your reality TV guilty pleasure is about to get slightly less guilty. The new Bravo series Work Out New York, premiering Sunday, Dec. 1 at 9 p.m, brings together seven of the city’s most popular trainers for an inside look at the fitness industry … with plenty of drama, of course.  Before you write off their advice, know this: These trainers are more than a bunch of hot bodies. Each one has real-world experience working in some of New York’s most elite fitness facilities, and has sh

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    So, You Signed Up for a Turkey Trot — Now What?

    Thanksgiving day races, known as Turkey Trots, are popular events for families and friends to run together. “Thanksgiving is the most popular running day of the year, by far,” says exercise physiologist Tom Holland, author of Swim, Bike, Run, Eat. “I see a lot of people overdressing during Turkey Trots,” Holland says.

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    Tone Your Whole Body with One Resistance Band

    The exercises above, created by celebrity trainer David Kirsch, require only a park bench and a resistance band to work your entire body. “You don’t need to have hundreds of pounds of weights, and you don’t need need to be inside a gym [to get a great workout],” says Kirsch, author of the new book Ultimate Family Wellness. Watch Kirsch demonstrate the workout in the video above, then head outdoors and try this fast full-body routine! Related: This Butt-Lifting Workout Will Make Your Muscles Fe

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    What 12 Experienced Marathoners Wish They Knew During Their First Race

    Hindsight is 20/20, as the saying goes. And for marathoners, it’s more like 20/26.2. Once you’ve logged a few of the 26.2-mile races, you can’t believe that you didn’t know about BodyGlide, or that you ran the whole race without eating anything. With that in mind, we asked experienced marathoners: What do you know now that you wish you knew back when you ran your first marathon?