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Don’t Let Illness Take the Lead
Editor’s Note: The father of the writer of this article is a member of Dance for PD’s advisory board. When students walk into Dance for PD, they’re not defined as people...
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Health-Care Reformer
When Mariska Breland, the founder of Fuse Pilates in Dupont Circle, was developing a program for training clients with multiple sclerosis, she examined all the research she co...
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Rock Out on Green Day
The folks behind the organization Broccoli City don’t just want you to eat your vegetables. They want to make it cool to eat your vegetables — and live in a healthy, susta...
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The Tree Route
How people get to the cherry blossoms around the Tidal Basin is almost as much of a spectacle as those famous clouds of pink petals. As I marched over Wednesday afternoon, I j...
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A Powerful Substitute
Getting yelled at through your TV screen just isn’t as motivating as being screamed at by someone in the same room. So Jillian Michaels has found another way — beyond her ...
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This Mother Knows Best
Jillian Michaels doesn’t believe in doing things halfway. That’s true not just for exercise — she’s best known as the toughest trainer on NBC’s “The Biggest Loser...
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When Change Is the Subject
No matter why clients come to Tanya Colucci, she has the same goal: “I really want them to make a change or shift in their life.” In other words, she wants them to Transfo...
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Up for Cabs
What should a taxi look like? Maybe it should be painted solid red, like a D.C. Taxicab Commission panel suggested in February. Maybe it should have a standardized dome light ...
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Try These on for Size
City Sports is thinking bigger. Specifically, it’s thinking about those female customers who have shopped for footwear and accessories but have skipped the clothing. That be...
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A Bottom-Line Adjustment
Bras give women support up front. So what can give them a lift in the back? That’s the question that Italian activewear brand Freddy has answered with WR.UP pants. The tight...
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What Do You Say to a 5K?
It can be rewarding to train for a long-distance race, such as Sunday’s Credit Union Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run or the 2013 Marine Corps Marathon (which sold out in a recor...
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Moving Targets
You have to worry about getting hit if you’re playing dodgeball. You shouldn’t have to if you’re taking a walk and obeying traffic laws. At least, that was my theory bef...
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Gonna Need a Bigger Cart
Vitamins at pharmacies usually come in pill form. But at the new Walgreens “Well Experience” flagship store in Chinatown, customers can try the chewable kind — from a to...
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Winning Pair
Running-shoe companies want you to lace up their newest innovations. Find out which of these styles is the right fit for you. Don’t know where to wear it? We’ve got the id...
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Campaign Trail
I have a slogan all ready for Karen O’Donnell in case she runs for office in 2016: She’s going places. The 58-year-old picked up Express on the Friday before Obama’s sec...
