Best and worst workouts for flexibility
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Best: Pilates. Besides strengthening your core, Pilates also keeps you limber. A University of Iowa study found that participants were an inch closer to touching the floor with their fingertips after two months of weekly Pilates classes. Worst: Running

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Back in the '50s, heavy housework meant thinner women
Arizona Daily Star
In the 1950s, women didn't need Pilates or yoga to stay fit. They had 25-pound vacuum cleaners. A recent British study found that back then the average waistline was 28 inches (today it's 36) because women exerted so much more energy around the house

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Vacuums once whittled waistlines
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COM | Staff In the 1950s, women didn't need Pilates or yoga to stay fit. They had 25-pound vacuum cleaners. A recent British study found that back then, the average waistline was 28 inches, but today it's 36, because women had to exert so much more

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In eras past, pushing vacuums whittled waistlines
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In the 1950s, women didn't need Pilates or yoga to stay fit. They had 25-pound vacuum cleaners. A recent British study found that back then the average waistline was 28 inches, but today it's 36, because women had to exert so much more energy around

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In eras past, pushing vacuums whittled waistlines, study shows
Lincoln Journal Star
In the 1950s, women didn't need Pilates or yoga to stay fit. They had 25-pound vacuum cleaners. A recent British study found that back then the average waistline was 28 inches, but today it's 36, because women had to exert so much more energy around

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When vacuuming whittled waistlines
Journal Times
In the 1950s, women didn't need Pilates or yoga to stay fit. They had 25-pound vacuum cleaners. A recent British study found that back then the average waistline was 28 inches, but today it's 36, because women had to exert so much more energy around
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In eras past, pushing vacuums whittled waistlines
Minneapolis Star Tribune
In the 1950s, women didn't need Pilates or yoga to stay fit. They had 25-pound vacuum cleaners. A recent British study found that back then the average waistline was 28 inches, but today it's 36, because women had to exert so much more energy around

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Pilates was found to be as effective for easing lower back pain as a general exercise program, a study found.

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Pilates may be as good as regular exercise for low back pain

Pilates was found to be as effective for easing lower back pain as a general exercise program, a study found.

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Pilates may be as good as regular exercise for treating low back pain