Fitness

Youth Sports COVID-19

As youth sports return, doctors urge athletes to take 'quaranteam' pledge

Fairmount Park Conservancy offering virtual greenhouse yoga for free

Virtual greenhouse yoga

Stepping up your fitness game can decrease your risk of developing sleep apnea

Exercise sleep apnea risk

Rundiscover is new, virtual running challenge on Philly's trails

Rundiscover

A simple blood test may be able to measure your fitness level

Blood test for fitness

Rumble's 10-hour, virtual fitness marathon to benefit the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund

Rumble boxing marathon

Workplace wellness programs have little impact on overall staff health, study finds

Workplace wellness programs

Cherry Blossom 10K and 5K become virtual springtime races

Cherry Blossom 10K/5K

Philly Dance Fitness hosting three virtual classes on Memorial Day

dance fitness workout

Running with a mask is difficult and hot weather could make it even harder

Running Mask COVID-19

Camden County gym owner says he’ll reopen Monday in defiance of New Jersey order

Atilis Gym Tucker Carlson

Manayunk fitness studio offering free Mother's Day virtual workout

Mother's Day virtual workout

Barry's new online fitness classes are donation-based with proceeds going to Direct Relief

Barry's Cares Classes

Center City District hosting virtual fitness classes on Facebook

Center City Fit virtual series

Run for Clean Air becomes virtual race you can do anywhere

Run For Clean Air virtual race

Americans' response to the coronavirus provides a model for future behavior change

Coronavirus COVID-19 Zoom

Finding your new normal through healthy behaviors during the COVID-19 outbreak

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Here's how many daily steps you need to potentially expand your life

Steps to stay healthy

Philadelphia Runner launches PR Solo Challenge to motivate runners during coronavirus crisis

Philadelphia Runner launches PR Solo Run

Fitness apps to use at home during the coronavirus pandemic

Fitness apps to use at home during the coronavirus pandemic

Shop wellness and beauty vendors at Mind, Body and Bubbly

Mind, Body and Bubbly event

Leprechaun Run postponed due to coronavirus concerns

Leprechaun Run

City Fitness leading Broad Street Run training series benefiting Back on My Feet

Broad Street Run training

Kick off spring race season with the Back on My Feet 5-Miler

Back on My Feet 5-Miler springtime race

Is your city making you fat? How urban planning can address the obesity epidemic

Obesity City Policies

Score discounts on registrations for local spring races at Philadelphia Runner

Deals on local spring races

Exercise could be key to curbing appetite during diet, Drexel study finds

Drexel Diet Exercise

Barry's hosting challenge benefiting two worthy causes

Barry's Bootcamp

Looking to begin tracking your physical activity? Choose a smartphone over a wearable, Penn researcher says

Smartphone Wearable Fitness Tracker

Things to do in Philadelphia this weekend, Feb. 7-9

Cupid's Undie Run

Reward yourself with Girl Scout Cookies at the end of this fun run in Manayunk

Manayunk

Time to sign up for the Blue Cross Broad Street Run lottery

Broad Street Run 2020

Use it or lose it: How physical activity strengthens heart health

Heart benefits of aerobic exercise

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Ice skate for free this February at Dilworth Park in Center City

Dilworth Park ice skating

New infection control program wipes out MRSA from athletic training rooms

Education, resources key to infection prevention

New Jersey adults among the least physically active in the U.S., CDC finds

New Jersey Physical Activity CDC

Things to do in Philadelphia this weekend, Jan. 17-20

Women's March will take place on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway

MLK Day Of Service

Lumos Yoga & Barre donating MLK Day proceeds to Philly causes

Lumos Yoga Barre Philly

IBX members can book discounted fitness classes through new app

IBX Global Fit Anywhere Fitness Classes

Barry's Bootcamp hosting two classes with all proceeds going to Australia bushfire relief efforts

Barry's Bootcamp in Philadelphia

You can get a workout by watching a movie – if you're at the theater

Watching a movie in the theater may be good for you

Runners strip down to their underwear for the annual Cupid's Undie Run

Cupid's Undie Run

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