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If you are like me and completely over did it with Halloween Candies last weekend, but are a firm hater of the gym, don’t worry we have some tone up treats for you. All you need is a couple of chairs and bit of determination. Watch more DIY videos on 5min.com
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I’ve never been a very sporty person. After all, it runs in the family: my mom hates sweating and my dad’s favorite quote is: “Those who can’t do teach. Those who can’t teach, teach gym.” My sisters weren’t any better, so when it was my turn to prove myself, my sports teachers already knew that [...]

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As a child of the 80’s, I grew up associating fitness with aerobic dance classes, a trend that much like the rest of that unfortunate decade was incredibly tacky. I was horrified by the hyper instructors who looked like they were on speed, the awful upbeat music, ugly bubble-gum colored outfits and most of all [...]

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Way before my former yoga instructor came into my life, I thought that nobody was as beautiful as Miss Jan, my junior school teacher who was not only gorgeous , but also sweet and funny.
As kids, we were all obsessed with Miss Jan: if she still lived with her parents, if she had a boyfriend, [...]

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Ah, the things you need… You can’t always get what you want, and there are things you had no idea just how much you needed them until after you got them.
Take the latest iPhone, for example. One day you don’t even know it exists, and the next day you’re burning with desire for one of [...]

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