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|September 15, 2025
Here's a common train of thought among some (those who haven't yet discovered the joys of movement!) that any exercise which benefits our health, strengthens bones and muscle and aids in the quest to reduce fat stores has to be unpleasant. So unpleasant, in fact, that we find ourselves doing anything to avoid it.
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It’s a bit like PE at school - that thing that was on the weekly timetable, which some people would dread. I was a chubby teenager and the indignity of a red, sweaty face was too much to bear at the sensitive age of 13. However, we're all older and wiser and able to take much more on the chin, so maybe it’s time to revisit old fears and see if they are still - well - fears.
This story is from the September 15, 2025 edition of WOMAN - UK.
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