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Ewunike A. Akpan trains her boot camp class outside.

Going to extremes to get fit

Yanick Rice Lamb
theGRIO REPORT - Intensive workouts like P90X, CrossFit or Insanity can be good ways to jump start a fitness or weight-loss plan, but only with the right start...
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(Photo courtesy of 'Today')

Michelle Obama talks about Ohio kidnap victims

Kelly Wallace, TODAY
When first lady Michelle Obama heard the stunning news that three women missing for a decade had been found alive in Cleveland, she reacted just like any other mom.
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A black woman eating fruit

7 reasons we don’t eat right and exercise

Sloan Luckie, Blackdoctor.org
Blackdoctor.org - Most people know how to eat right and exercise…right? Maybe, maybe not...
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This image released by NBC shows host Jimmy Fallon dressed as a mom, left, dancing with first lady Michelle Obama during an appearance of "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," Friday, Feb. 22, 2013 in New York. Obama returned to the show to promote her "Let's Move" campaign and to perform in a sketch called "Evolution of Mom Dancing," airs tonight at 12:35am ET on NBC. (AP Photo/NBC, Lloyd Bishop)

First lady and Fallon 'mom dancing'

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theGRIO REPORT - In honor of her "Let's Move!" fitness campaign, First Lady Michelle Obama showed off her dance moves on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" Friday...
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Ellen and Lana Ector

Mother-daughter fitness duo launches 'Black Girls Workout Too!'

Clutch Magazine
CLUTCH - Ellen and Lana Ector have transformed their popular group exercise classes into a workout tape that women can use at home.
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President Barack Obama (R) does pushups as members of the Harlem Globetrotters look on during the annual Easter Egg Roll on the White House tennis court April 9, 2012 in Washington, DC. Thousands of people are expected to attend the 134-year-old tradition of rolling colored eggs down the White House lawn that was started by President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1878. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Obama's fitness put to test at Pentagon clinic

Darlene Superville, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama underwent a fitness test at a Pentagon health clinic on Saturday as part of a periodic medical exam coordinated by his doctor...
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Jennifer Turner leads her "Mad Cool Dance Party" exercise DVD crew

Tips for holiday health from Jennifer Turner of 'Mad Cool Fitness'

Alexis Garrett Stodghill
Exercise entrepreneur and activist Jennifer Turner offer tips for the holiday season for maintaing health and wellness.
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Jeanette Jenkins

Celebrity fitness trainer Jeanette Jenkins gets makeover show on BET

Frugivore Magazine
Stepping down from a high-profile career and into the trenches of modern-day black American health, Jenkins has recently secured her own “makeover” show on the BET network.
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Taylor Townsend of the United States returns a shot against Anett Kontaveit of Estonia during their junior girls' singles quarterfinal match on Day Twelve of the 2012 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 7, 2012 in the Flushing neighborhood, of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images for USTA)

Serena Williams stands up for Taylor Townsend

Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - Serena Williams says she's alarmed by the U.S. Tennis Association's decision to hold a top junior player out of competition over concerns about her fitness...
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Michelle Obama and White House chef Sam Kass taste food in Dallas. The White House staff is spilling details about Obama family life, from the first family's fitness regime to their eating habits. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

White House staffers dish on eating, fitness habits of the Obamas

Stacy A, Anderson, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House staff is spilling details about Obama family life, from the first family's fitness regime to their eating habits...
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