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Adult Swim
Updating your swimming technique can make it not only easier, but, the writer attests, downright pleasant. (Noel Hendrikson/ Veer)
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Fitness Issue
Exercise? Count on It
As an experiment, one author resolved to do no exercise for nine days. Here are his results.

• Graphic: Muscle Bound
• Bringing the Gym Home
• Exercising Good Judgment
• Make it Fit
The Moving Crew
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• President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
Calvert to Get Indoor Pool After Long Wait
Calvert County will partner with the College of Southern Maryland to build the county's first indoor aquatic center, the Calvert commissioners announced this week.
The Moving Crew
The Pregnant Question: How to Exercise?
Among the many benefits of serving as Crew Chief is the opportunity to investigate fitness matters I would never pursue for my own benefit -- for instance, the question of exercising during pregnancy, one of the queries we receive most frequently during our online chats. An Internet search on the topic yields pages of information, much of it (I learned) misleading, alarmist or wrong.
In the News
CALENDAR (Post, May 3, 2005)

A World of Fun in Prince George's County (Post, April 21, 2005)

Where the City Meets the Country (Post, April 21, 2005)

Glenelg Country Marks Half-Century of Growth (Post, April 14, 2005)

Something of a Stretch: Can Pilates Really Make You Taller? This May Set You Straight (Post, April 12, 2005)

Don't Just Rest Between Sets -- Do Something (Post, April 12, 2005)

At Play With a Madman (Post, March 29, 2005)

On the Treadmill: Keep Hope Alive (Post, March 22, 2005)

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This Week In Health (Post, March 15, 2005)

Calculating the Curves (Post, March 15, 2005)

Feeling the Pull of Thai Massage (Post, March 8, 2005)

This Week In Health (Post, March 8, 2005)

Does Bush Put His Budget Where His BMI Is? (Post, March 8, 2005)

Making Girls Fit: FitNut Helps At-Risk Girls Stay Healthy (Post, March 1, 2005)

Out of the Running? Friends Can Help (Post, March 1, 2005)

Repairing Ties With U.S. Is Key, U.N. Officials Say: Personnel Changes, Visits to Hill Part of Effort Initiated by Annan (Post, Feb. 26, 2005)

Passing P.E. Can Be (Almost) No Sweat (Post, Feb. 24, 2005)

Listening to Your Trainer (Post, Feb. 22, 2005)

With City as Subject, the Class Is Not Just Academic: Frederick Educates Residents About Home (Post, Feb. 6, 2005)

Interactions (Post, Feb. 1, 2005)

Calvert Faces Arduous Zoning Revision (Post, Jan. 30, 2005)

Fit for '05: Four Ways to Keep Up With the Times -- And Meet The New Exercise Guidelines (Post, Jan. 25, 2005)

Just Starting Out? Not So Fast: Road to Fitness Begins Very Slowly (Post, Jan. 25, 2005)

Cheap Tricks: Inexpensive Gear That Can Get You Moving (Post, Jan. 25, 2005)

Training for the Game (Post, Jan. 25, 2005)

Making Exercise Functional (Post, Jan. 25, 2005)

Aerobic Dance With Class (Post, Jan. 25, 2005)

Niche Gyms: Tailored to Fit (Post, Jan. 25, 2005)

Carving a New Path: Adaptive Skiing Helps Disabled Vets, Others Move On (Post, Jan. 25, 2005)

Learn About Adaptive Sports (Post, Jan. 25, 2005)

But First, A Word From Your Doctor (Post, Jan. 25, 2005)

The Old and The Restless (Post, Jan. 25, 2005)

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