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Can stretching replace other types of exercise? Fitness experts explain the positives (and negatives) of the latest trend
A person stretches on a table with a cylinder foam roller while another stands over them.

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Can stretching replace other types of exercise? Fitness experts explain the positives (and negatives) of the latest trend

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What can we learn from elite athletes about fitness and longevity?
Venus Williams in a matching pink tennis set waiting for the ball to be hit to her.

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What can we learn from elite athletes about fitness and longevity?

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‘What they need is guidance and direction.’ SquashBusters celebrates 20 years of developing young people to prepare for college and beyond
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‘What they need is guidance and direction.’ SquashBusters celebrates 20 years of developing young people to prepare for college and beyond

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Pandemic pounds are real. Northeastern study calls on public health officials to address the fitness quandary
Lauren Raine standing on a treadmill

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Pandemic pounds are real. Northeastern study calls on public health officials to address the fitness quandary

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What fitness marketers don’t tell you about New Year’s resolutions
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What fitness marketers don’t tell you about New Year’s resolutions

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To sit less and promote healthy aging, artificial intelligence may be key
Graduate student Diego Arguello is working on a study funded by the National Institute of Aging to help improve and sustain physical activity and fitness in older adults using AI.

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To sit less and promote healthy aging, artificial intelligence may be key

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More than a fitness group, CHAARG is about women empowering women

More than a fitness group, CHAARG is about women empowering women

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The new fitness coach might not have a body

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The new fitness coach might not have a body

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Northeastern recreation centers to reopen on Friday
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Northeastern recreation centers to reopen on Friday

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They’re helping small businesses reopen responsibly

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They’re helping small businesses reopen responsibly

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Northeastern University professor combines computer science with health and measurement with self-reporting to improve accuracy of fitness tracking
By asking short, digitally delivered questions, associate professor Stephen Intille hopes to get a more complete picture of people’s health—and ultimately make fitness trackers work better for people. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

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Northeastern University professor combines computer science with health and measurement with self-reporting to improve accuracy of fitness tracking

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‘Broscience,’ dehydration, and costly wardrobes: a student bodybuilder’s odyssey

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‘Broscience,’ dehydration, and costly wardrobes: a student bodybuilder’s odyssey

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