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5 Common Mistakes You’re Making at the Gym

Hitting the gym every day is great — unless you're doing it wrong. We've asked fitness experts to help tweak your workout to make it more effective.

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Boot Camp, Week 5: Sharing the Fitness Love

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Getting fit is easier with a buddy — or a spouse — who can commiserate about the devilishness of V-ups

Pumping Iron? A Lighter Load May Give Better Results

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Enough with the grunting and groaning at the gym already. New research this week in PLoS One shows that, to build muscle, it’s more effective to lift a lighter weight many times than to lift a heavy load that you can only manage five or 10 times.