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Fitness Through The Ages

According to a 2019 study by Pew Research, more than one in five Americans use smart watches or fitness trackers, rising to three in 10 for higher income households. 
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Long before Europeans arrived, Remu-wera was the Māori name of an area near Ōhinerau Mt Hobson, situated in Tāmaki-Makau-Rau, on the isthmus between the Waitematā and Manukau harbours.
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Ponsonby Muses

A suburb whose hippest pub, The Gluepot, hosted gigs by the likes of Hello Sailor,  Mick Jagger, and Midnight Oil’s Peter Garrett who once, mid-performance, leapt high enough to headbutt a hole into the ceiling. That suburb is Ponsonby.
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The activewear industry is expected to be worth around $811 billion by 2024 according to Allied Market Research, while the sneaker market alone will likely reach $178 billion by 2026, up from $117 billion in 2020. Verve examines athleisure’s spectacular rise.
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A Brief History Of Preventing Pregnancy

There used to exist a silly schoolboy poem about what medieval knights used as contraception (socks, so went the rhyme), but have you ever wondered how birth control really did work way back when?
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