Often, people ask how they can improve their scores for their upcoming physical fitness test. There are several exercises you can do that target muscle groups used during PT.

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Extreme makeover winner now loving ab work (The Andover Townsman)

Tewksbury's Cheryl Forbes says she loves doing abdominal exercises - something she might have thought crazy just a few months ago. Forbes was one of two local residents chosen for and quot;extreme makeover and quot; giveaways by several Andover businesses. In August, the mother of two, began working with a personal trainer.

Farrar's at camp, but his thoughts are with his hospitalized father (Velo News)

Although this week’s Garmin-Chipotle team camp has been a series of meetings, fittings, easy rides, meals and team-building exercises, it hasn’t been all fun and games for Tyler Farrar. The 24-year-old sprinter is staying in close contact with his family following an October car-bike collision that left his father, Ed, in intensive care with serious injuries, including spinal trauma. “He broke ...

'I saw people who had been injured, bleeding and running. It was like the Earth was coming to an end' (Guardian Unlimited)

Valentino Achak Deng last worked with Dave Eggers on a fictionalised account of his experience of Sudan's bloody civil war. Now they've joined forces again - this time to let the country's refugees tell their stories