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Stay in, work out: picking the best home gyms

Fitness & Sports
By Alex Nunez on August 10, 2010 in

Home Gym

Depending on where you live, and what kind of services are provided, gym memberships can be expensive. Now, for some exercisers, making offsite workouts part of the daily schedule may be a motivating factor. But what if you’re not quite as… driven? If getting out of the house is an obstacle itself – for any reason – maybe moving the gym to your place is the answer. But which home gym to choose? There are a couple of key factors to consider: how much space you have, and what kind of workout you’re looking for.

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Thinking of buying adjustable dumbbells?

Fitness & Sports
By Christine Frietchen on January 31, 2010 in

Bowflex SelecTech Dumbbells

If you're looking to add some dumbbells to your home workout routine, fixed-weight models are the cheapest way to go. (We discuss the various options in our new report on dumbbells.) But the problems are obvious: When you're ready to graduate to heavier weight, you have to buy new ones, and if you'd like to use dumbbells for both upper and lower body exercises, you'll likely need several sets in various weight increments. 

With adjustable dumbbells, you can add or subtract weight, so they take up less room and can grow with you. But there are a few things you should know before you buy.

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The truth about energy bars

Health & Beauty
By Sarah Burns on January 19, 2010 in

The truth about energy bars.

Once reserved for fitness fanatics, today's energy bars appeal to a much broader audience -- and they taste better, too. Gone are the cardboard-stiff, bland-tasting products of years past. Instead, today's energy bars are chocked full of exotic ingredients and formulated to fit a variety of consumer needs. Offerings now run the gamut from high-protein and super-fortified to low-cal, organic or whole food energy bars.

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