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As soon as you step foot into the cardio room, you must make a tough decision: whether to snag a trusty treadmill or ...

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That means lifting a weight to the point where you feel that you are close to fatigue, or close to the point that you may need to stop. The key here is that you don’t have to get to the point of ...