7 Hot and Heart-Pumping Fitness Trends

7 Hot and Heart-Pumping Fitness Trends

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Can You Get Fit in Just 3 Minutes?

Expert advice on whether you should add high-intensity interval training to your routine

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If You Don’t Use It, Do You Lose It?

You haven’t seen the inside of a gym in weeks. Have you lost all the fitness you’d previously gained?

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Fitbie Spring Fitness Challenge

Dedicate a few minutes each day to sampling these workouts for a flatter belly, supercharged metabolism, and a toned body

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Spring Forward: 7 Hot Fitness Trends

Out with the old, in with the awesome! These cool classes are the perfect way to freshen-up your workout regiment

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Spring Out of Your Gym

Fitness clubs are helping you escape their four walls and explore the outdoors for a variety of invigorating workout experiences

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Turbocharge Your Metabolism

The secret to quicker weight loss: Adding one of these five moves to your sweat session

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7 Reasons to Sign Up for a Spring Race

Setting your sights on a spring foot or bike race readies you for success throughout the year—and training for one can whip you into shape STAT

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6 Signs You Joined the Wrong Gym—and What to Do About it Now

These solutions to your membership misfortunes will help you navigate through the haze and see the bigger picture down the road

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Megyn Price Runs in Tinkerbell Half Marathon

Watch the "Rules of Engagement" star complete her first 13.1-mile race--wearing a sparkly tutu

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4 New Exergames for Winter 2012

Battle winter blahs with active video games designed to help you strengthen, tone, and torch calories at home. Here, a look at the latest fitness titles for Kinect on Xbox 360

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Give Your Heart a Workout

Unlock the lifesaving power of exercise with this three-pronged fitness breakthrough

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Hit Like a Girl

With this do-anywhere boxing routine, you'll look like a knockout in no time flat

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Take a DIY Spin Class

Get your best cardio workout ever with this fast-paced cycling routine from Justin Rubin, group fitness manager at Equinox in Los Angeles

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Hope Solo’s 15-Minute Workout

Give your workout routine a world-class upgrade with these signature training moves from the women’s soccer star

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How to Become a Morning Exerciser

Rise and shine! This 4-week exercise plan will get you out of bed and help harness the powers of morning exercise

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4 Weeks to Fit and Fabulous

Swimsuit season is here and the heat is on. Crank up your body's fat-burning power—even while you snooze—with this cutting-edge plan to drop 10 pounds this month!

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Run Less—Lose More

This simple but strategic running program will help you shape up and shed pounds in minimal mileage

Mario Lopez
Muscles by Mario

If Extra host (and new dad) Mario Lopez can make time for fitness, so can you

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Walk Off 5 Times More Belly Fat

Exercise breakthrough: Scientists discover the best way to stride off pounds without dieting

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Efficient, See?

Improve your running economy—how efficiently your body uses oxygen—and you'll go stronger and longer at any pace

Now I Can Bare My Legs at the Beach

Mandy Lopez used to swelter in jeans all summer long. Now that she's dropped 100-plus pounds, she says, "Bring on the shorts and bathing suits!"

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This Mother-Daughter Pair Got in Shape Together

With Weight Watchers and the support of each other, Lenora Bryant and her daughter, Karenga Ross, dropped more than 100 pounds total

They Lost 321 Pounds Together!

Mother-daughter duo Caryn and Michele Habermann motivated each other to get in shape

Alicia and Shirley Myers
We Inspired Each Other to Drop 134 Pounds

This mother-daughter pair call each other weekly to stick to their diets

Donia Ontiveros
She Lost 35 Pounds by Biking

This busy mother of four cycled her way slim with her kids

Fran Jacquez
She’s Half Her Former Size

Fran Jacquez exceeded her weight loss goal and inspired her mom to drop 25 pounds, too

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"I Never Thought I Would be 120 Pounds—Ever!"

Krystal Sanders’ wedding pictures prompted the 27-year-old to adopt smaller portion sizes, start exercising, and ultimately shed 65 pounds

Krista Johnson
She Lost 92 Pounds and Opened a Gym

Mom Krista Johnson clobbered nearly 100 pounds with Tae Bo and now inspires others at her own fitness studio

Steven Robalino
He Lost 75 Pounds and Went Raw Vegan

Steven Robalino fought the pounds he packed on after his mother’s death by eliminating processed foods from his diet and beginning to exercise

Bill Garner
“Health and Fitness are Now My Life”

Bill Garner, 45, dropped more than 100 pounds and discovered a passion for cycling in the process

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Abs Diet for Men

The Abs Diet is a simple plan that will help you shed pounds and build a strong, chiseled body. Within days you'll start shredding flab to reveal a more defined midsection and sculpted muscles all over.

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Personal Trainer for Women

Don’t work out harder, work out smarter: This plan combines the genius of interval cardio with full-body strength training to keep your body burning calories longer.

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Personal Trainer for Men

This program does triple duty—building muscle, burning fat, and saving you time. The plan is built on complex movements that use more muscle with every rep, so you build more lean tissue in fewer sets.

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Abs Diet for Women

The Abs Diet for Women Jumpstart will help you lose weight and shape a healthier, hotter body. The plan's trouble-spot toning workouts and fat-melting meals help trim away belly fat for good.