1. Vaccinations rates are up, but remain relatively low overall  Although influenza vaccination rates have risen in general, fewer than 40 percent of healthy American adults ages 18-64 have been vaccinated. 2. The flu hit especially hard last year Last season was “a relatively bad year for flu. There were tens of millions of illnesses,” said CDC director Dr. Tom Frieden. Young and middle-aged adults were...

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This total-body strength routine works overtime to firm your core by challenging your stability. The result? An effective sweat session we don't mind doing in the heat! Perform three sets on nonconsecutive days three times a week. MOVE 1Suitcase Deadlift MOVE 2Half-Kneeling Overhead Dumbbell Press SON OF ALAN Kneel down with your right leg bent in front of you at a 90-degree angle. Hold a...

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Beth Shaw is the President of YogaFit, the world’s largest yoga training school. Her third book, YogaLean, will be released this fall, and offers a holistic approach to eating healthy, losing weight, and keeping it off. Find more tips at her personal site desiplay.com. At the end of a summer, as fall approaches, we can sometimes feel busier than any other time of year. We tend to work too...

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A couple of month's ago, Men's Health asked Alwyn Cosgrove, C.S.C.S.—one of the world's top trainers—to create a cutting-edge fat loss program forMen's Health. And, of course, he obliged. But a curious thing: One of the workouts in the plan featured just two exercises. That's right: When asked to create a super-effective, calorie-torching routine, Cosgrove gave us a workout that had readers do only a dumbbell...

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The mat is a great place to sculpt sexy abs. What's not so great? Only doing crunches—which utilize just a portion of your core muscles—to tone up. So we put together five intense and efficient core-strengthening moves that target all the regions of your abs. Here's how to torch calories and cinch your waistline, no crunches required.  Weighted Russian TwistWith both hands, hold the ends...

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Planks and crunches are great, but if you love really rocking out to your gym playlist, being stuck on the floor can get a bit boring. We asked dance instructor Jennifer Galardi, star of the Dance Off the Inches: Hip Hop Jam DVD, to pair her favorite abs-toning dance moves with some awesome tunes (find her playlist here) so you can get an incredible core workout,...

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