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Woman in a gym on an exercise machine

What’s the point of exercise?

June 11, 2021Health

The science behind why you’re sweating away on a stationary bike.

Veronica Mbithe trains at the Dallas Boxing Club in Muthurwa,  Nairobi

This young Kenyan turned to boxing to protect herself from assault

July 19, 2017Culture
Lina Khalifeh (center), Batoul Jaikat (right) and one of the students at the SheFighter studio in Amman, Jordan.

This Jordanian started her country’s first self-defense studio for women

March 13, 2017Business
Stephanie Drazic is SmugMug's office manager.

Watch office workers become athletic gods

January 19, 2015Arts

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